Jay Leno's Pamela Anderson Interview: Is It Real & What Changed?
Warning: Spoilers for Pam & Tommy episode 7!
Pam & Tommy episode 7 disclosed further the impact of Pamela Anderson’s leaked tape, showing especially how the mainstream media like Jay Leno treated her — but which parts were real and which were changed? Following a four-day passionate affair, actress Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee were married in February 1995. Months later, the newlyweds decided to document their Lake Mead honeymoon, and the tape was eventually stolen from them and leaked on the then-emerging Internet. Once the news reached mainstream media, the Baywatch actress, in particular, was incessantly questioned by journalists and mocked by talk show hosts, as illustrated by a recreated Jay Leno interview in Pam & Tommy.
Anderson and Lee initially dismissed the gravity of their scandal, as seemingly no major publications had picked up on it. However, when the creator of Penthouse magazine, Bob Guccione, received a copy of the tape, the couple preemptively filed a lawsuit to prevent the Playboy rival from publishing stills. Unfortunately, all the lawsuit did was bring additional, unnecessary attention to the world-famous celebrities. Pam & Tommy depicted that while the couple was fighting for their right to privacy, Anderson was busy promoting her film, Barb Wire. The actress and her team had great expectations that the project would launch her into the biggest movie star in the world, but her appearances in talk shows and press conferences would only be focused on the leaked tape.
Related: Did Pam & Tommy Win The Penthouse Lawsuit?
Pam & Tommy episode 1 began with Anderson awkwardly dodging the sexual innuendos in Jay Leno’s Tonight Show interview, and the show’s episode 7 finally revealed the
Read more on screenrant.com
