Pamela Anderson is enjoying a career revival with her new film The Last Showgirl, which she sees as a form of redemption following the controversies surrounding the Pam & Tommy Hulu series. The show, which dramatized her tumultuous relationship with Tommy Lee and the theft of their private tape, received mixed reactions and earned Emmy nominations, but Anderson was notably excluded from the project. She expressed her hurt and surprise when she learned about the series during the filming of her Netflix documentary, Pamela, a Love Story, revealing that she had no involvement and that no one had reached out to her.
In an appearance on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, Anderson discussed her feelings of exclusion, stating that the portrayal of her life in the show felt unethical, as it used one of the worst periods of her life for entertainment. She highlighted the lack of privacy often afforded to public figures, reflecting on how people had long told her she was “public property” with no right to privacy. While she doesn’t dwell on it, Anderson admitted that it was strange to have her most vulnerable moments used as fodder for a TV series, particularly when the actors portraying her were nominated for prestigious awards, while she had never received such recognition for her own career.
Despite the pain from the past, Anderson finds pride in her role in The Last Showgirl, calling it her “best payback” as she embraces this new chapter of success and self-empowerment.