I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite

Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode, we take a and survived them.

Today we're talking to director Ryan White and producer Jessica Hargrave.

There was no bigger sex symbol in the 1990s than Pamela Anderson.

From Playboy Centerfold to Sun Soak TV Life Guard

to that stolen videotape of her and her husband Tommy Lee,

Pamela was always associated with beauty and sensuality, but she was

objectified and easily dismissed by a lascivious press corps more interested in her physique than her talent.

Pamela, a love story, is an intimate portrait of one of the world's most famous blonde

bombshells.

It reveals a doting mother, a passionate activist, and a hopeless romantic.

And just as she settles into the quiet life of her old hometown, Pamela is offered the opportunity

for a comeback.

As much pain as we can endure in our lives

is kind of like the catalyst to all the great stuff,

like poetry, music, art.

I'm grateful for all the experiences I had and I don't blame anybody for anything.

I'm glad now by Director Ryan White and producer Jessica Hargrave.

Welcome to you Can't Make This Up.

Thank you for having us.

So Pamela Anderson is seen as this iconic figure,

but historically maybe not necessarily one that people took very seriously and Ryan I'm curious why did you want to tell her story in this way?

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