“I hope you die!” Pamela Anderson once screamed at her childhood babysitter—words fueled by years of abuse. Born in 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Pamela grew up surrounded by trauma: she was molested as a child, witnessed violent fights between her parents, and was scarred by the memory of her father drowning her kittens. At just 16, she found a way out through modeling, launching a journey that would make her a global icon.
By the ’90s, Pamela had become a household name—gracing the pages of Playboy, running in slow motion on Baywatch, and navigating a whirlwind relationship with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. But behind the fame was chaos. Their marriage—done in true rock ’n’ roll style, on a beach in bikinis—was stormy. The leak of their private sex tape shattered her privacy and turned her into a tabloid fixture overnight.