Pamela Anderson: «My children? A miracle, considering the genes”

The time has finally come to tell his story. Pamela Anderson he explains it was his two sons, Brandon , 26, and Dylan , 25, to convince her to do it. The two were born from the marriage with the rocker Tommy Leemarried in 1995 after only four days that they knew each other.

In her new memoir, Love, Pamela, and in a new Netflix documentary, Pamela: a Love Storyboth outgoing on January 31stthe actress and model, who became famous in the pages of Playboy, tells, in an almost candid way, everything she and Tommy Lee have been through together, for better or for worse.

«Brandon and Dylan are true miracles, considering their genetic heritage», he writes in Love, Pamela, “They’ve been through so much, but they’re still standing.” The 55-year-old actress reveals the difficulty of the moment she and her husband were robbed of theirs sex tapes, which were then sold without their permission. The pressure and attention that resulted changed their relationship forever.

“We dealt with it the best way we knew how but Tommy and I weren’t mature enough to handle it all,” she explains in the book. Just three years later she accused her husband of spousal abuse and shortly after asked the divorce.

Looking back on that time, Anderson says, “I think we really let our kids down. And that’s something that’s really hard for me to forgive myself for. We should have found a better way to overcome it. Instead, all my childhood fears came out. I didn’t want this end for them, but as much as I loved Tommy more than anything in the world, i loved my children the most».

Now that they are grown up, he marvels at their talent and tenacity: «Brandon it’s really creative. dylan it’s more introspective and more zen. They are a good team together”.

Even in the documentary, children play a key role. “We didn’t want to make a ‘talking head’ movie, so the only people who talk in the movie are Pamela’s parents, and then Brandon and Dylan,” says Ryan White, the director. “I was fascinated by knowledge what kind of mom was Pamela Anderson. And I found out who she is damn good».