Did Pamela Anderson Smash Up A Paparazzi’s Car? (Pam & Tommy Fact Check)
In Pam & Tommy episode 4, «The Master Beta,» Pamela Anderson (played by Lily James) smashes the windshield of a paparazzi's car after they stalk her on the way home from the hospital — but it's unclear whether this is an accurate reflection of the true story. Most of the events portrayed in the episode were fairly accurate, including the hiring of Private Investigator Anthony Pellicano (Don Harvey) and Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) siccing a biker gang on Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen) after he stole and distributed the titular couples' private honeymoon tape. Unfortunately, the tragic miscarriage of Pam and Tommy's first child was also very real.
The miscarriage occurred in late June 1995, absolutely devastating both parents. At the same time that Anderson and Lee were grieving the loss of their child, Rand Gauthier — a former porn star turned electrician with a grudge against Lee — was preparing to steal the safe kept in the couples' Malibu mansion. Gauthier enacted his heist a few days before Halloween, finding the now-infamous tape upon opening the vault. Therefore, Pam & Tommy is not entirely accurate in its timeline, as the show sees the release of the tape causing Pam considerable stress and implying that it contributed to her miscarriage. In reality, however, the tape hadn't even been stolen by the time of Anderson and Lee's tragedy.
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Pam & Tommy's fourth episode concludes with the paparazzi following Pam and Tommy home after her miscarriage, horrifically trying to get pictures of a vulnerable Pam. The paparazzi are illustrated as being terribly violating in Pam & Tommy, but the true story was actually even worse. As Tommy Lee wrote in
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