Revealed: Pamela Anderson gets just $4,000 a year from Baywatch waste after she cut a ‘bad deal’ as a naive young actress
Pamela Anderson only makes $4,000 a year off leftovers from the popular ’90s series Baywatch, her son Brandon Lee said Monday.
Lee, 26, talks to Extra at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Hollywood, California at the premiere of her mother’s new Netflix documentary titled Pamela: A Love Story.
Lee, who is a producer on the documentary, said his mother was criminally underpaid during her time as a ’90s pop culture staple.
The latest: Pamela Anderson, 55, only makes $4,000 a year off leftovers from the popular ’90s series Baywatch, her son Brandon Lee, 26, said Monday at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Hollywood, California, at the premiere of his mother’s new Netflix documentary titled Pamela: A Love Story
“When I go back and even look at past offers and residual checks, people would be surprised to find out how people actually took advantage of it,” Lee said.
He described his mother, who played the role of CJ Parker in 110 episodes of the syndicated series from 1992 to 1997, as “a kid who did a bad deal on a big show and was the biggest star at the time.”
He continued, “A lot of people made a lot of money off of it, people are going to have their day when we play…when she makes $4,000 a year off Baywatch.” That is a crime.
The 55-year-old Ladysmith, Canada native was a breakout star in the cast of the beach-based series, which also featured David Hasselhoff, Yasmine Bleeth, David Charvet, Gena Lee Nolin, Nicole Eggert, Donna D’Errico and in his later years, Jason Momoa.
Anderson played the role of CJ Parker in 110 episodes of the syndicated series from 1992 to 1997.
The Canadian native was a breakout star in the cast of the beach-based series, which also featured David Hasselhoff and Yasmine Bleeth.
She posed with her sons Brandon Lee, 26, and Dylan Lee, 25, at the Los Angeles premiere.
The $4,000 annual residual rate pales in comparison to many of Anderson’s contemporaries who appeared on hit shows that were later syndicated, according to a 2019 article published by yahoo.
The six main cast members of Friends (Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc) earn $20 million a year in a deal that gave them 2 percent each on residuals. , according to a 2015 report. USA Today report.
The creators of another iconic ’90s show, Seinfeld, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, earn up to $400 million each syndication cycle. New York Magazine reported in 2014.
Cast members Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander have no involvement in the series, the international business times reported in 2013.
Ray Romano’s royalties from the hit CBS series Everybody Loves Raymond netted the actor as much as $18 million annually, according to the Yahoo report.
Seinfeld co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, pictured in 2015, earn up to $400 million each syndication cycle.
The cast of Friends, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow, have each earned $20 million per year in waste.