Editing Pamela Anderson (section)

== Personal life ==
=== Homes and family ===
Anderson has two sons from her first marriage to [[Tommy Lee]],  Brandon Thomas (born in 1996)<ref name=Benza-1996-06-06-NYDN>{{cite news |title=Bay(by) Watch Ends Happily |first=A.J. |last=Benza |date=June 6, 1996 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |location=New York, NY |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bay-watch-ends-happily-article-1.717816 |access-date=March 8, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180308185638/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bay-watch-ends-happily-article-1.717816 |archive-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref><!-- information released to media by the parent's representative --> and Dylan Jagger (born in 1997).<ref name=Brozan-1997-12-31-NYT>{{cite news |first=Nadine |last=Brozan |date=December 31, 1997 |title=Chronicle |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/31/nyregion/chronicle-860271.html |access-date=March 8, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180308191735/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/31/nyregion/chronicle-860271.html |archive-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>
She became a [[Naturalization|naturalized citizen]] of the United States in 2004 while retaining her Canadian citizenship.<ref name=":1">{{cite web | url = http://www.today.com/popculture/pamela-anderson-becomes-u-s-citizen-wbna4962472 | title = Pamela Anderson becomes U.S. citizen | website = [[Today (American TV program)|Today]] | publisher = [[NBC]] | date = May 12, 2004 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015838/https://www.today.com/popculture/pamela-anderson-becomes-u-s-citizen-wbna4962472 | archive-date = November 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/pamela-anderson-57303964/|title=Pamela Anderson|work=[[Hollywood.com]]|date=June 5, 2013|access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref> After moving to California in 1989, Anderson felt that it was important to become an American citizen in order to vote and one day petition to bring her parents to the U.S. and care for them when they were older.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|title=New Citizen Pamela Anderson Can Now Vote|url=https://people.com/celebrity/new-citizen-pamela-anderson-can-now-vote/|magazine=People|date=May 13, 2004|access-date=August 28, 2021|quote="I felt it was important to become a U.S. citizen in order to vote in the United States," ... "U.S. citizenship will allow me, in the future, to petition to bring my children's grandparents down to the United States to care for them once they become older."}}</ref>

Anderson purchased a beach home in [[Malibu, California]] for $1.8 million in 2001 and attempted to sell it in 2013 for $7.75 million, but later took it off the market.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-pamela-anderson-malibu-lease-20180912-story.html|title=Pamela Anderson looks to rent Malibu beach house for $40,000 a month|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 12, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref> She previously lived in a mansion in [[Cassis]], in the commune of [[Marseille]], France.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20180130/pamela-anderson-moves-in-frances-so-called-murder-capital|title=Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson sets up home in Marseille|work=TheLocal.fr|date=January 30, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmhEEd9a450 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/QmhEEd9a450| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=From Playboy to Politics – inside the extraordinary life of Pamela Anderson|work=60 Minutes Australia|date=November 5, 2018 |access-date=April 12, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], her childhood home in Canada became her permanent residence,<ref name=nz>{{cite web
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=== Marriages ===
Anderson has been married five times. She married her first husband, [[Tommy Lee]], drummer of [[Mötley Crüe]], on February 19, 1995, after knowing him for only four days.<ref name="People Bio"/> They married on a beach, with Anderson in a white bikini and Lee in boardshorts.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/pam-and-tommy-the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-most-infamous-sex-tape-194776/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919154144/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/pam-and-tommy-the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-most-infamous-sex-tape-194776/ | archive-date=September 19, 2020 | title=Pam & Tommy: The Story of the World's Most Infamous Sex Tape | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=December 22, 2014 }}</ref> Lee was later sentenced to six months in the Los Angeles County Jail for [[Domestic violence|spousal abuse]] after assaulting Anderson,<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=K.C. |last1=Baker |first2=Janine |last2=Rubenstein |date=March 9, 2018 |title=Inside Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's painful past and new family drama: 'He feels like she crossed a line' |url=http://people.com/music/tommy-lee-pamela-anderson-painful-past-and-new-drama/ |magazine=[[People magazine]] }}</ref><!-- information released to media by the parent's representative --> and they divorced in 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=February 19, 2015 |title=Tommy Lee & Pam Anderson married 20&nbsp;years ago today |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6479855/tommy-lee-pam-anderson-marriage-anniversary |access-date=March 8, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616035204/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6479855/tommy-lee-pam-anderson-marriage-anniversary |archive-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref> A long custody dispute over their sons followed, and was finalized when they were granted joint custody in October 2002.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Susman |first=Gary |date=October 3, 2002 |title=Pam and Tommy reach custody agreement |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/10/03/pam-and-tommy-reach-custody-agreement/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> In March&nbsp;2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted {{nobr|[[hepatitis C]]}} by sharing tattoo needles with Lee, and began writing a regular column for ''[[Jane (magazine)|Jane]]'' magazine. In October&nbsp;2003, Anderson jokingly said on [[Howard Stern]]'s radio show that she did not expect to live more than 10 or 15&nbsp;years,<ref>{{cite web |title=Pamela Anderson official site and fan club |url=http://www.pamelaanderson.com/news/news.asp?item=2056 |access-date=February 1, 2011 |archivedate=October 29, 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041029141238/http://www.pamelaanderson.com/news/news.asp?item=2056 |url-status=deviated }}</ref> but this was taken seriously by many websites and tabloids. By 2015 Anderson had been cured of hepatitis&nbsp;C.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Andrea |last=Park |date=November 24, 2015 |title=Pamela Anderson says she got her life back after being cured of Hep&nbsp;C: 'They told me I would die in 10&nbsp;years' |magazine=[[People magazine]] |url=http://www.people.com/article/pamela-anderson-cured-hepatitis-c-increase-environmental-activism |access-date=December 27, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|Anderson and [[Kid Rock]] in 2003]]

Anderson later married [[Kid Rock]], but after a miscarriage while in Vancouver shooting a new film, ''[[Blonde and Blonder]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Pamela Anderson suffers a miscarriage |date=November 10, 2006 |magazine=[[People magazine]] |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1557773,00.html |access-date=August 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109053625/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1557773,00.html}}</ref> Anderson filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Access Hollywood |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah2832.shtml |access-date=February 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712233524/http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah2832.shtml |archive-date=July 12, 2007}}</ref>

In September&nbsp;2007, Anderson stated on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' that she was engaged, and on September 29, Anderson and [[Rick Salomon]] applied for a marriage license in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite news | title = Anderson to marry Paris Hilton ex | website = [[BBC News]] | date = October 1, 2007 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7021566.stm | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180911033145/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7021566.stm | archive-date = September 11, 2018}}</ref> On October 6, 2007, Anderson married Salomon in a small wedding ceremony at [[The Mirage]], between her two nightly appearances at the [[Planet Hollywood Las Vegas|Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino]] in [[Hans Klok]]'s magic show.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gray |first=Mark |date=October 7, 2007 |title=Pamela Anderson weds Rick Salomon |magazine=[[People magazine]] |url=https://people.com/celebrity/pamela-anderson-weds-rick-salomon/ |access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> The couple separated on December 13, and on February 22, 2008, Anderson requested through the courts that the marriage be [[Annulment|annulled]], citing fraud.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anderson seeks annulment of marriage to Salomon |date=February 26, 2008 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-02-26-pamela-anderson_N.htm |access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> In October&nbsp;2013, Anderson stated on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' that she and Salomon were "friends with benefits". In January&nbsp;2014, she announced that she had remarried Salomon on an unspecified date.<ref name=eonline-jan2014>{{cite news |last=Fowler |first=Brandi |date=January 11, 2014 |title=Pamela Anderson remarries ex-husband Rick Salomon |website=E! Online |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/498233/pamela-anderson-remarries-ex-husband-rick-salomon |access-date=January 11, 2014}}</ref> Anderson filed for divorce from Salomon in February&nbsp;2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bacardi |first=Francesca |date=February 12, 2015 |title=Pamela Anderson files for divorce from Rick Salomon for the third time |website=[[E!]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |place=United States |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/625131/pamela-anderson-files-for-divorce-from-rick-salomon-for-the-third-time |access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref> The divorce was finalized on April 29, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kimble |first=Lindsay |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon finalize second divorce, apologize for 'hurtful comments' |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People magazine]] |url=http://www.people.com/article/pamela-anderson-rick-salomon-finalize-divorce |access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref>

She was in a relationship with [[Adil Rami]] from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=*This* Is The 'French Soccer Player' Pamela Anderson References In Her Doc |url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a42776681/pamela-anderson-french-soccer-player-boyfriend-adil-rami/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Women's Health |language=en-US}}</ref>

On December 24, 2020, Anderson married Dan Hayhurst, her bodyguard.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fernández |first=Alexia |date=January 27, 2021 |title=Surprise! Pamela Anderson secretly married her bodyguard Dan Hayhurst on Christmas Eve |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |url=https://people.com/movies/pamela-anderson-ties-the-knot-to-bodyguard-dan-hayhurst/ |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> On January 21, 2022, Anderson announced that she had filed for divorce and split with Hayhurst.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pamela Anderson splits from 4th husband after 1 year of marriage |website=Global News (Globalnews.ca) |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8529183/pamela-anderson-divorce-dan-hayhurst/ |access-date=2022-01-21}}</ref>

=== Stolen tape ===
In 1995, personal home videos of Anderson with her then-husband [[Tommy Lee]] filmed on a [[houseboat]] on [[Lake Mead]] were stolen and sold as a [[Celebrity sex tape|sex tape]], which resulted in a legal fight and made her the subject of controversy.<ref name=time22/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a38812754/pam-and-tommy-true-story-pamela-anderson-sex-tape/ |title=The Mad, Sad True Story of 'Pam and Tommy' & the Stolen Sex Tape |publisher=Esquire.com |date= February 9, 2022|access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> Anderson sued the video distribution company, [[Seth Warshavsky|Internet Entertainment Group]], who posted the video on their website ClubLove in November 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-02 |title=Timeline: Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape saga, as it happened |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-02-02/timeline-pamela-anderson-tommy-lee-sex-tape-marriage-divorce-hulu |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Anderson was pregnant during the trial and, fearful of the extreme stress causing harm to her pregnancy, dismissed the case. The company began making the tape available to subscribers to its websites again, resulting in triple the normal traffic on the sites.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pelline|first=Jeff|title=Pamela Lee drops video case|url=http://news.cnet.com/Pamela-Lee-drops-video-case/2100-1023_3-205848.html?tag=mncol|work=CNET News|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=December 1, 1997|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> In the 2023 [[Netflix]] documentary ''[[Pamela, a Love Story]]'', Anderson states that there was no confidential agreement over releasing rights to the video, and that she never (by choice) made money from it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=2023-01-31 |title='Pamela, a love story' works to help Pamela Anderson reclaim her narrative |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/entertainment/pamela-a-love-story-review/index.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=CNN}}</ref>

The story of the tape was later portrayed in the [[Hulu]] 2022 miniseries ''[[Pam & Tommy]]''. In her 2023 [[Netflix]] documentary ''[[Pamela, a Love Story]]'', Anderson said that she was not consulted about the production of the series. Critics, journalists, and academics posited that the series was profiting off of Anderson's trauma without her consent, and likely doing further harm to her.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-02-02 |title=Is Hulu's 'Pam & Tommy' Exploiting Pamela Anderson All Over Again? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/pamela-anderson-tommy-lee-pam-tommy-hulu |access-date=2023-02-22 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=2022-02-15 |title=Exploiting the exploited: the problem with Pam & Tommy|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/feb/15/pam-and-tommy-hulu-series-pamela-anderson-consent |access-date=2023-02-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''Pamela, a Love Story'' verified those claims, in Anderson's own words.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |title=Pamela Anderson will 'never, never watch' 'Pam & Tommy,' source says |url=https://ew.com/tv/pamela-anderson-will-never-watch-pam-and-tommy/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=EW.com |date=February 11, 2022}}</ref> Producers of the series were able to develop the series without her participation, permission, or consent by optioning the rights to an article published by ''Rolling Stone'' in 2014.<ref name="EWJan2022">{{Cite magazine |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=January 31, 2022 |title=How Pam & Tommy was made without Pamela Anderson's involvement (or permission) |url=https://ew.com/tv/pam-and-tommy-made-without-pamela-anderson/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202035638/https://ew.com/tv/pam-and-tommy-made-without-pamela-anderson/ |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Some critics felt that this was a similar violation of privacy that mirrored the tape originally being stolen and distributed without Anderson's and Lee's consent.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lewis |first=Amanda Chicago |date=2014-12-22 |title=Pam & Tommy: The Story of the World's Most Infamous Sex Tape |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/pam-and-tommy-the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-most-infamous-sex-tape-194776/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>