You may think you know everything there is to know about Pamela Anderson if you’ve followed her career since her first Playboy issue in 1990. Once she announced her Netflix documentary, however, we discovered that there’s still so much more to learn about her. But before Pamela: A Love Story arrived on the streaming service, the Canadian-American actress and model had one request before agreeing to be a part of the project: to not let her see the finished work prior to its release.
It seemed as if we already got some insight into Pamela Anderson’s life when watching the miniseries Pam & Tommy starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan as the ‘90s icons (available with a Hulu subscription). However, that dramatization depicting the scandalous sex tape moment between her and her first husband, Tommy Lee, was a TV series that Anderson never got consulted about– which made her feel “sick.” This time around, though, the Baywatch actress got a sense of control back in releasing the documentary Pamela: A Love Story, where she unveils her life story in her own words. While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Anderson explained how she was convinced to tell all in her Netflix documentary and it has to do with her son, Brandon Thomas Lee:
