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‘She was the most famous woman.’
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Pamela Anderson’s son Brandon Lee opened up about his mother’s financial struggles in her latest Netflix tell-all Pamela, A Love Story.
In her new film – titled Pamela, a love story – the Barb Wire star opened up candidly about her life and career, and taking viewers behind-the-scenes of her tumultuous love affair with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.
The synopsis reads: ‘Pamela Anderson is ready to tell her story in a new documentary.
‘In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.’
In the documentary, her son Brandon – who is also a producer on the film – explained that his mother has been in debt most of her life, while they discussed the infamous sex tape scandal.
‘Things would have been different if she had made money on that tape,’ he said. ‘But people made millions of dollars and she was like ‘no’ because she 100 per cent cared about her family being OK and me being OK.’
Pamela’s documentary had dropped on Netflix (Picture: Shutterstock)
Director Ryan White expressed his shock after discovering the true extent of Pamela’s debts.
‘She was the most famous woman in the world on the most famous show in the world and she doesn’t have a nest egg from Baywatch to rely upon,’ he told Yahoo! Entertainment.
Ryan also claimed that he assumed the former Playboy model, 55, was wealthy but revealed to him that she wasn’t a good ‘financial planner.’
Pamela rose to fame on the American drama Baywatch (Picture: Shutterstock)
Ahead of the release of her new memoir and documentary, Pamela admitted she has ‘a little bit of anxiety,’ but she also hopes to ’empower’ others with her story.
The former Baywatch actress – who recently shared she has no intentions of watching the tape back – and her ex were later the inspiration for Pam & Tommy.
Starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan, the controversial series documented the fallout of the scandal.
Pamela also details her tumultuous relationship with Tommy Lee (Picture: WireImage)
Speaking to People about writing her story for Love, Pamela, she said: ‘[There’s] a little bit of anxiety before it comes out, because this has been a year, basically, of therapy, going through my life from my first memory to my last memory.
The ex-Playboy model added that she’s ‘really proud’ of her book.
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‘It is something I wrote every word of. I didn’t have a collaborator. I didn’t have any ghostwriter, nothing.’
In fact, it was two sons Brandon, 26, and Dylan, 25, who ‘encouraged me to tell my story.’
Pamela, A love Story is available to stream on Netflix.
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