Pamela Anderson Details Encounters With Tim Allen and More: Biggest Revelations From Her New Book and Documentary

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Pamela Anderson Details Encounters With Tim Allen and More: Biggest Revelations From Her New Book and Documentary

Baring all. Pamela Anderson opened up about her childhood, marriages and career in her Netflix documentary, Pamela, A Love Story, and new memoir, Love, Pamela. The Baywatch alum, 55, announced both projects after the premiere of Hulu's Pam & Tommy miniseries, which focused on her marriage to Tommy Lee and the 1995 theft of the former couple's sex tape. “My life: A thousand imperfections, a million misperceptions,” Anderson said in March 2022 after announcing the film. “Wicked, wild and lost. Nothing to live up to — I can only surprise you. Not a victim, but a survivor. And alive to tell the real story.” Seven months later, the former Home Improvement star announced her latest book. "It feels like some kind of miracle — to be retracing the painful steps of my youth," she wrote via Instagram in October 2022. "I repainted scenes in detail if it were my childhood or at the Playboy Mansion. Just one girl's messy life. ... The book is [an] unpolished attempt. I had no cowriter. My life — as a mother, as an activist, and as an actress. I am so proud of this book." [jwplayer PFSrj5T4-zhNYySv2] Ahead of the film and book's releases on Tuesday, January 31, an insider exclusively told Us Weekly that Pam & Tommy was one of the reasons Anderson decided to share her version of events. “She hated how sensationalized the story was and wanted to be able to tell hers from the beginning," the source explained. "[She] didn’t want to consult with someone writing her life for her. She wanted to start fresh.” While promoting her new projects, the Barb Wire actress revealed that she hasn't watched Pam & Tommy and has no plans to do so in the future. She also noted that she never read a letter sent to her by Lily James, who played the former Playboy model in the series. “I think it’s hard to play somebody when you don’t know the whole picture," Anderson told Variety earlier this month. "I’ve got nothing against Lily James. I think that she’s a beautiful girl and she was just doing the job. But the idea of the whole thing happening was just really crushing for me.” In both the memoir and the documentary, Anderson made it clear that the sex tape incident isn't something she can speak lightly about. "It was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever gone through. It is still a great cause of pain for all of us," she wrote. “It ruined lives, starting with our relationship — and it’s unforgivable that people, still to this day, think they can profit from such a terrible experience, let alone a crime.” Keep scrolling for the biggest revelations from Pamela, A Love Story and Love, Pamela:

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Her Traumatic Childhood

In her memoir, Anderson claimed that she was sexually abused by a caregiver when she was a child. "In my case, it was a young female babysitter who sexualized me very early, forcing me to play weird games on her body, like ‘car.’ She’d bring me used toys — like a life-size Barbie head where I could style the hair and put makeup on the face," the PETA spokesperson alleged. "My parents thought she was generous and kind, when really, it was just a way to get them off the scent. At the time I couldn’t understand any of it. She threatened me and told me not to tell anyone. Or else.”

Anderson said she "tried to kill" the sitter by stabbing her with a pen. "And then I told her I wanted her to die, and then she died in a car accident the next day," the Stacked alum wrote. "So I thought I killed her with my mind and I couldn't tell anybody."

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A Cameo From Jack Nicholson

The Scary Movie 3 star claimed in her book that she once walked in on the Oscar winner, now 85, having a threesome in a bathroom at the Playboy Mansion. "I walked by to use the mirror, bending over the sink to fix my lip gloss," she wrote. "Trying not to look, but I couldn't help myself and caught his eye in the reflection. I guess that got him to the finish line, because he made a funny noise, smiled and said, 'Thanks, dear.'"

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Tim Allen's Alleged Flashing

In one chapter of Love, Pamela, Anderson claimed that Tim Allen exposed himself to her on her first day of filming Home Improvement in 1991. "I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe. He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath,” she wrote. “He said it was only fair because he had seen me naked. ‘Now we’re even.’ I laughed uncomfortably.”

Allen, now 69, denied the allegations in a statement to Us. “No, it never happened," he said. "I would never do such a thing."

Anderson subsequently told Variety that she didn't think her former costar had "bad intentions" during the alleged incident. “Times have changed, though," she added. "I doubt anyone would try that post #MeToo. It’s a new world.”

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An Uncomfortable Christmas Surprise

Anderson claimed in Pamela, A Love Story that she decided to end her marriage to ex-husband Rick Salomon after she found a crack pipe in the family Christmas tree in 2007. The Canada native and the poker player, 54, were married from 2007 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2015. "He still to this day denies it and says it was somebody else," Anderson explained. "Who else would have a crack pipe in the Christmas tree? It wasn't me."

Salomon, for his part, denied the specific Christmas tree allegation but admitted to using crack in the past. “I smoked crack for 25 f–king years, but the crack pipe in the Christmas tree was 1,000 percent not mine,” he told the New York Post in January, adding that he has been sober for 15 years. “[That] crack pipe has nothing to do with me, but I am a crackhead.”

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Her Relationship With Tommy Lee

Anderson and the Mötley Crüe drummer, now 60, had a tumultuous relationship, but in her memoir, she wrote: “My relationship with Tommy may have been the only time I was ever in love.” Their relationship ended in 1998 after Lee was arrested for domestic violence. "The divorce from Tommy was the hardest, lowest, most difficult point of my life," Anderson wrote. "I was crushed. I still couldn't believe that the person I loved the most was capable of what had happened that night. We were both devastated, but I had to protect my babies."

The former couple — who share sons Brandon, 26, and Dylan, 25 — still "check in, every once in a while," according Anderson. "Tommy is the father of my kids and I'm forever grateful," she added.

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A Request from Sylvester Stallone

In her Netflix doc, Anderson claimed that the Rocky actor once asked her to be his "No. 1" girl with benefits. “He offered me a condo and a Porsche to be his ‘No. 1 girl,’” the Dancing With the Stars alum claimed. “And I was like, ‘Does that mean there’s No. 2? Uh-uh.' He goes, ‘That’s the best offer you’re gonna get, honey. You’re in Hollywood now.' I wanted to be in love. I didn’t want anything less than that.”

The Tulsa King star, however, denied Anderson's story. “The statement from Pamela Anderson attributed to my client is false and fabricated,” a spokesperson for Stallone told the New York Post. “Mr. Stallone confirms that he never made any portion of that statement.”

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Her 'Baywatch' Reluctance

The documentary revealed that Anderson almost didn't join the series that made her a star. In a clip from 2001, casting directors Susan Glicksman and Fern Orenstein said the actress canceled on them 11 times when they tried to offer her the part of C.J. Parker. "They always tried to get me to come and audition in Marina Del Rey, which sounded very exotic and far away," Anderson recalled. "I was like, 'That sounds really far, I can't go.' I just ignored it."

After Anderson joined the show, however, Lee allegedly made things difficult when he visited the set. "The whole Baywatch crew, if they saw him coming they would change the dialogue, change the scene," the Home Improvement alum claimed. "He was always in my eyeline and he would always be behind the camera. Tommy was always there. It was too much." At one point, the musician allegedly trashed Anderson's trailer after finding out that she had to kiss costar David Chokachi in a scene. "He lost it," Anderson claimed in a diary entry. "Put his fist through a cabinet." After the alleged incident, Anderson attempted suicide.

If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or considering suicide, call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

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Past Abuse

"From the beginning, I've been drawn to different types of bad guys," Anderson explained in her documentary. "One of my first boyfriends, he had a habit of trying to chase me and run me off the road. Like, run me over if he saw me. He kicked me out of a moving car, and I did a gymnastic dismount into a ditch."

Anderson also claimed that she was sexually assaulted by a 25-year-old man when she was 12. "I felt like it was my fault," the Raw Justice star recalled. "My mom was always crying about my dad, I couldn't bear to hurt her more. I didn't tell her or anyone."

If you or anyone you know has been sexually abused, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).