Pamela Anderson has never seen the famous sextape she made with Tommy Lee, which was stolen and then sold around the world.
In an interview with CBS’ Jim Axelrod on Sunday morning, Anderson, 55, said it was so “hurting” for someone to take her private tape that she never had the guts to watch it. “And I haven’t seen it to this day,” Anderson said. “It was very hurtful.”
The Playboy model is promoting her upcoming memoir Love, Pamela and a new Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story.
Never Have: Pamela Anderson has never seen the famous sextape she made with Tommy Lee, which was stolen and then sold around the world. Seen in April 2022
Anderson said the tape – which she calls “stolen property” – showed “two crazy naked people making love”.
She took Lee, now 60, to Lake Mead, a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwest United States, during a vacation in 1995.
“I mean we were naked all the time and filming each other and being silly but those tapes weren’t meant for anyone else,” added the actress.
She was so hurt by the tape leak that she implied she would have taken her own life had she not been a mother.
Naked truth: In an interview with CBS’ Jim Axelrod on Sunday morning, Anderson, 55, said it was so “hurting” for someone to take her private tape that she never had the nerve to look at it. “And I haven’t seen it to this day,” Anderson said. “It was very hurtful”
Promo time: The Playboy model is promoting her upcoming memoir Love, Pamela and a new Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story
“I was a mother. That saved me,” Anderson said.
Her two children are sons Brandon, now 26, and Dylan, now 25,” she has with rocker Lee.
“You know, if I wasn’t a mother I don’t think I would have survived,” she added.
Today she lives happily on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
“I feel like I walked out of here, did something crazy and came back in one piece,” Anderson said in the interview. “Like I said, I don’t know what I’m capable of. I still don’t know, but I think that was the beginning… all the rest, you know, is behind me. I feel like I’m in a really good place.’
It was love: Anderson said the tape – which she calls “stolen property” – showed “two crazy naked people making love”. She hooked up with Lee, now 60, while vacationing in Lake Mead in 1995; pam and tommy
Happier Days: Here they are in 1996, a year after the sextape was filmed; at the American Music Awards
Anderson’s Sunday morning interview with Jim Axelrod for CBS airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. It will also stream on Paramount+.
Pamela, A Love Story starts January 31 on Netflix.
Anderson previously said she made her Netflix documentary to “take control of the narrative for the first time.”
The 55-year-old actress gives fans an intimate glimpse into her world in Pamela, a Love Story, and the blonde beauty has now revealed her motivation behind the project.
In a new trailer, Pamela explains, “I want to take control of the narrative for the first time.”
Her new show: In a new trailer, Pamela explains: ‘I want to take control of the narrative for the first time’
She wants control: The 55-year-old actress gives fans an intimate look into her world in Pamela, a Love Story and the blonde beauty has now revealed her motivation behind the project. In a new trailer, Pamela declares, ‘I want to take control of the narrative for the first time’
Pamela also admits that she was partly to blame for some of the negative things she’s gone through in her life.
She says: “I didn’t feel like I had a lot of respect. I had to make a career out of the leftover pieces, but I’m not the damsel in distress. I put myself in crazy situations and survived them.”
In 2022, Lily James played Pamela in the biographical series Pam & Tommy.
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The 33-year-old actress later admitted she was looking forward to watching Pamela’s Netflix documentary.
She said: “I can’t wait to watch Pamela’s documentary and find out more.
“Obviously we could only do our best based on the information we had, so it’s so important that she can tell her story. I’ll be watching with the rest of the world. I’m excited to hear what she says and what it’s all about.’
The brunette beauty underwent a dramatic transformation to play Pamela in the TV series.
The series: In 2022, Lily James played Pamela in the biographical series Pam & Tommy