'Pam & Tommy' miniseries: Anderson fans call for boycott - 'I'm not going to watch this mess'

Created: 2022-02-22Updated: 2022-02-22, 3:25 p.m

By: Juliane Gutmann

Pamela Anderson now works for animal welfare organizations.

In the 90s she was probably the most famous Baywatch actress.

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In 1996 there was a leak that went down in show business history.

Now the "incident" has made it back into the limelight - in the form of a series.

Pamela Anderson was at the peak of her career, largely thanks to her role as CJ Parker on the US series Baywatch*.

But the lifeguard actress was not only a frequent topic on talk shows and other media because of her exciting curves: her private life was also of great interest to her fans at the time, such as her marriage to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.

In 1996 the incident happened, which could not have been more intimate and private.

It was a feast for all sensational media representatives and fans:

Some even speak of the first viral porn video ever.

The story about Anderson, Lee and the tape has now been packed into a series:

- in the USA on the streaming platform Hulu, in German-speaking countries on Disney+.

The start of the series was accompanied by a lot of

, especially from loyal Anderson fans.

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Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee were not involved in the making of the series, the

is informed.

The two main protagonists are also not allowed to publish the series, according to US media.

A circumstance that upsets the fans bitterly.

For example, Twitter

writes : "Enough of making victims relive their trauma for entertainment.

Same with the serial killer movies.

It's all so weird and disrespectful.

Will not be watching that mess”, in English as much as: “It is enough if the victims have to live through their trauma again for entertainment.

Other users formulate their displeasure as follows: "They made a show without their consent, based on a sex tape that was published without their consent - are they stupid or are they stupid?" or "The absolute absurdity, a series about the non-consensual distribution of a sex film without the consent of the data subject”.

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But even bad publicity is publicity: a principle that the fast-moving entertainment industry in particular takes advantage of.

It wouldn't be surprising if the "Pam & Tommy" makers also expected even higher ratings due to the calls for a boycott.