Pamela Anderson says the success of ‘Last Showgirl’ is the ‘best revenge’ after ‘Pam & Tommy’

Pamela Anderson She knows that success is the best revenge, and she has the last laugh after Hulu. Pam and Tommy A series was made about her without her permission or participation.

When Anderson stopped by SiriusXM Andy Cohen live promote his new movie The last showgirlcelebrated his recent career revival, which comes two years after the most difficult moment of his life was dramatized in a high-profile television miniseries.

“I found out about Hulu during the filming of [my Netflix] documentary, [Pamela, a Love Story]”Anderson said. “I didn’t know anything about it. I had no involvement. “No one called me, which was very strange and painful.”

Pam and Tommy star-strewn Lily James as Anderson and Sebastian Stan as her then-husband Tommy Leein a comedic version of how an electrician (played by Seth Rogen) and sold online as an obscene sex video.

anderson revealed last year that James only approached before portraying her via a handwritten letter, which Anderson did not read (although he kept a scanned copy). Jaime, for his part, previously said Entertainment Weekly“I wish things had been different and that [Anderson] “I wanted to participate.” Showrunners Robert Siegel and DV DeVincentis he also told EW that they had contacted Anderson but got no response, much less his blessing.

Pam and Tommy moved forward without Anderson’s involvement, and was officially based on a 2014 rolling stone article tells how the tape was stolen and released.

Anderson told Andy Cohen that she believes it was unethical for producers to make a scripted series about her, her marriage and one of the most traumatic moments of her life. “But I mean you’re a pushover,” he said. “I remember people telling me that a long time ago, that you’re basically public property and you have no right to privacy.”

EW has reached out to Hulu for comment on Anderson’s comments.

Anderson also told Cohen that Hulu never approached her to fix things after the fact.

“I don’t dwell on it, but it was kind of weird to pick a terrible time in my life and make entertainment and have people get nominated for Emmys and all kinds of things,” he added. “And that’s why I laughed with someone the other day: Pete Hammond was saying to me, ‘All these people have won awards basically playing you, but not you’… I guess they did it better than me.”

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As for James, Anderson said it wasn’t his fault. “I mean, I’m sure she’s a great actress and stuff, and I don’t care,” she continued. “I mean, it’s just one of those things. It happened and now I am here, and this is the best revenge… I am being seen and recognized for my work and not for these moments of bad taste.”

Since the release of Pam and TommyAnderson has reclaimed his legacy with a new memory, With love, Pamela.and a netflix documentary about his life co-produced by his son Brandon Thomas Lee. The last showgirlwhich has earned positive reviews, hits theaters on Friday.