Here’s Why Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee Got Divorced

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s love story is being revisited as soon as once more, because of Hulu’s new “Pam & Tommy” collection. The present explores the ups and downs of their relationship within the ’90s, together with the births of their kids, Dylan Jagger Lee and Brandon Thomas Lee; and the theft and leakage of their intercourse tape. Anderson and Lee had a whirlwind romance: the couple wed in February 1995 simply 4 days after they met, and Anderson filed for divorce three years later. So, what went fallacious?

In February 1998, Lee was arrested for spousal abuse, baby abuse, and illegal possession of a firearm. In keeping with police reviews, the Mötley Crüe drummer assaulted Anderson whereas she was holding their 2-month-old son, Dylan, of their Malibu dwelling. Lee was sentenced to 6 months in jail after pleading no contest to felony spousal battery. Anderson filed for divorce that very same February, requesting custody of Dylan and Brandon.

Lee opened up concerning the incident in his 2001 memoir, “The Filth,” saying he “could not perceive why Pamela had adopted by with urgent prices” in opposition to him. “She was in all probability scared and thought I used to be some loopy, violent monster; she in all probability thought she was doing the precise factor for the children; and he or she in all probability wished a straightforward means out of a tough state of affairs,” he wrote. “As a lot as I cherished Pamela, she had an issue coping with issues.”

Anderson and Lee finally obtained again collectively in 2008 earlier than breaking issues off for good in 2010. Nonetheless, they continue to be dedicated to elevating their kids collectively. “We’ll make it possible for we’re united after we discuss to our children,” Anderson advised Howard Stern in 2015. “We’re doing an important job, I feel, as a result of I go searching and I have a look at different dad and mom — I by no means had nannies, you recognize. I did this all myself . . . We’re fully united. He is not being the pal; he is being the dad.”

Lee is now married to web character Brittany Furlan, whereas Anderson lately filed for divorce from bodyguard Dan Hayhurst after one 12 months of marriage.

“Pam & Tommy” is on the market to stream on Hulu now.