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Fans of Pamela Anderson will get new insight into her life with the new Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story, which includes her shocking financial struggles.
The film was directed by Ryan White (The Case Against 8), who revealed in an interview with yahoo! Entertainment that he had no idea that she had been in debt for most of her life.
The revelation comes just days after her ex-husband, Jon Peters, revealed that he has left her $10 million in his will, whether she needs it or not.
Financial: Fans of Pamela Anderson will get new insight into her life with the new Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story, featuring her shocking financial struggles.
Debt: The film was directed by Ryan White (The Case Against 8), who revealed in an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment that he had no idea that she had been in debt for most of her life.
Anderson rose to fame through her Playboy centerfold photo shoots and starring in Baywatch, though neither really made her as rich as many would assume.
White said he was “shocked” to learn that she had been in debt for most of her life.
“She was the most famous woman in the world on the most famous show in the world and she doesn’t have a Baywatch nest egg to rely on,” White said.
Baywatch: Anderson rose to fame through her Playboy centerfold photo shoots and starring in Baywatch, though neither actually made her as rich as many would assume.
Baywatch: “She was the most famous woman in the world on the most famous show in the world and she doesn’t have a Baywatch nest egg to rely on,” White said.
White added that he “just assumed” that she would be fabulously rich, but realized it halfway through shooting the documentary when she insisted on paying while they went out to eat, as he always paid, as is usual for a documentary filmmaker.
‘She was like, ‘Ryan, you always pay. Just let me pay this time.’ As she handed over a credit card, she did this as a joke. [about how her credit card sometimes] doesn’t work,’ White said.
“I laughed, but she said, ‘No, really, many times throughout my career my credit cards have been declined. I’m just not a good financial planner,'” White said Anderson told her.
Rich: White added that he “just assumed” that she would be fabulously rich, but realized halfway through the filming of the documentary when she insisted on paying while they were out to eat, since he always paid, as is usual for a director of documentaries.
Credit card: “I laughed, but she said, ‘No, really, many times throughout my career my credit cards have been declined. I’m just not a good financial planner,'” White said Anderson told her.
“It’s shocking how famous she is and how much of a part of American pop culture she’s been over the last 30 years that she’s been in financial trouble so many times. It was really eye-opening and really humanizing,” White added.
Her son Brandon Lee, producer of the documentary, admits in the documentary that she was in debt for most of her life.
However, she still has no regrets about monetizing her infamous sex tape with Tommy Lee, which was estimated to have generated $77 million in revenue.
Shocking: “It’s shocking how famous she is and how much of a part of American pop culture she’s been over the past 30-odd years that she’s been in financial trouble so many times.” It was really eye-opening and really humanizing,” White added.
Monetization: However, she still has no regrets about monetizing her infamous sex tape with Tommy Lee, which was estimated to have brought in $77 million in revenue.
Still, Brandon said he wanted “her to make money” from the now infamous tape, which became one of the first viral videos on the internet.
White added that Pamela and her sons Brandon, 26, and Dylan, 25, are “such an unconventional family in so many ways.”
This family cannot be categorized. They’re crazy in the best of ways, and they’re very open and honest with each other, and they have nothing to hide. It’s like this open door policy to talk about anything,” he added.
Pamela, A Love Story premieres Tuesday on Netflix, and Anderson Love’s memoir, Pamela, will also be released Tuesday.
Viral: Still, Brandon said he wished “she’d make money” from the now-infamous tape, which became one of the internet’s first viral videos.
Memoir: Pamela, A Love Story premieres Tuesday on Netflix, and Anderson Love’s memoir, Pamela, will also be released Tuesday.