Pamela Anderson says “The Last Showgirl” success is 'the best payback' after “Pam & Tommy”

Pamela Anderson knows that success is the best revenge, and she's having the last laugh after Hulu's Pam & Tommy series was made about her without her permission or involvement.

When Anderson stopped by SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live to promote her new movie The Last Showgirl, she celebrated her recent career renaissance, which comes two years after the most difficult time in her life was dramatized in a high-profile TV miniseries.

"I found out about the Hulu thing during the filming of [my Netflix] documentary, [Pamela, a Love Story]," Anderson said. "I didn't know anything about it. I didn't have any involvement. No one called me, which was so strange, and that was hurtful."

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Pam & Tommy starred Lily James as Anderson and Sebastian Stan as her then-husband Tommy Lee, in a comedic take on how the '90s tabloid couple's home video was stolen from their safe by an electrician (played by Seth Rogen) and sold online as a raunchy sex tape.

Anderson revealed last year that James only reached out prior to portraying her by way of a handwritten letter, which Anderson did not read (though she kept a scanned copy). James, for her part, previously told Entertainment Weekly, "I do wish things had been different and that [Anderson] wanted to be involved." Showrunners Robert Siegel and D.V. DeVincentis also told EW that they'd reached out to Anderson but didn't get a response, let alone her blessing.

Pam & Tommy moved forward without Anderson's involvement, and was officially based on a 2014 Rolling Stone article chronicling how the tape was stolen and released.

Anderson told Andy Cohen that she thinks it was unethical for the producers to make a scripted series about her, her marriage, and one of the most traumatic moments of her life. "But I mean, you're kind of fair game," she said. "I remember people telling me that a long time ago, that you are basically public property and have no right to privacy."

EW has reached out to Hulu for comment on Anderson's remarks.

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Anderson also told Cohen that Hulu never approached her to make things right after the fact.

"I don't dwell on it, but it was kind of a strange thing to pick a very terrible time in my life and make entertainment and people were nominated for Emmys and all sorts of stuff," she added. "And that's why I was laughing with someone the other day — Pete Hammond was telling me, 'All these people have won awards basically playing you, but not you'… I guess they did it better than me."

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As for James, Anderson said it wasn't her fault. "I mean, I'm sure she's a great actress and stuff, and I don't care," she continued. "I mean, it's just one of those things. It happened and now I'm here, and so this is the best payback… I'm being seen and recognized for my work and not these tawdry moments."

Since the release of Pam & Tommy, Anderson has reclaimed her legacy with a new memoir, Love, Pamela, and a Netflix documentary about her life co-produced by her son Brandon Thomas Lee. The Last Showgirl, which has garnered positive reviews, hits theaters Friday.

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