After critical acclaim and awards for her role, which was described as life-changing The last showgirlPamela Anderson called Gia Coppola's “best comeback” after Hulu's 2022 hit Pam and Tommy Limited series.
Having previously discussed not participating in a show starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan in the wake of the premiere (and its own shift on the awards circuit), Anderson reiterated in a recent SiriusXM interview with Andy Cohen that she found it “very strange, painful, very strange.”
“I think morally it's illegal,” she said. “But I mean it's kind of fair game. I remember people telling me a long time ago that you're basically public property and you don't have a right to privacy.”
The author of the newly minted memoir and cookbook added that Hulu did not reach out to her about compensation, but she “didn't think much about it, but it was kind of weird that I would pick a really terrible time in my life and entertain it.” “.
Additionally, she pointed out the ridicule of other performers who have received accolades for her portrayal, taking down Deadline's Pete Hammond and pointing to an interview in which he noted that “'all these people won awards playing you, but not you'.”
She continued, “It's not the actor's fault, I mean, I'm sure she's a great actress and all that. I don't care, it's just one of those things. It happened, and now I'm here, and this is the best revenge. I'm being seen and appreciated for my work and not for these flashy moments.”
Pam and Tommywhich received nine Emmy nominations and won a makeup award, was adapted after producers acquired the rights to the 2014 show. Rolling Stone An article detailing the story that eventually culminated in the illegal release of the sex tape of Anderson and her then-husband Tommy Lee.
