Lorde faces backlash after 'weird' comment about Pamela Anderson's sex tape
Lorde fans are asking 'what was that?' after the singer admitted to watching Pamela Anderson's stolen sex tape, which the former Baywatch actress has previously spoken out against
Lorde is best known for her synesthetic rhythms and creative lyrics. But now the artist has shocked fans after admitting to watching Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's stolen sex tape while on psychedelics.
Recently, the 28-year-old New Zealand singer-songwriter opened up to Rolling Stone about a variety of struggles, including her eating disorder and her experience with taking therapeutic psychedelics. She even references her journey with drug-use in her new single, What Was That, which went viral on TikTok, where she sings, 'MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up.'
But that's not the part that's left fans shocked. She continued to reveal that while taking these substances, she found herself searching for Pamela and Tommy's sex tape without really knowing why.
Lorde said: 'I found it to be so beautiful. And maybe it's f---ed up that I watched it, but I saw two people that were so in love with each other, and there was this purity. They were jumping off this big boat.… They were like children. They were so free.' She added: 'And I just was like: 'Whoa. Being this free comes with danger.'
Pamela and Tommy were one of the world 's most iconic celebrity couples of the 90s. The sex-tape which Lorde refers to was taken on Pamela and Tommy's honeymoon in 1995, which they celebrated in Mexico just four days after their first date. The footage was stolen and sold, throwing the pair into scandal before their divorce in 1998.
The story resurfaced with the release of Pam & Tommy in 2022, a biographical drama mini-series which depicts the pair's tumultuous relationship. At the time, the show's co-runner D.V De Vincentis told The Hollywood Reporter that the show was meant to be 'a love letter to [Pamela] and her strength'. However, they never received her permission to run the show.
Pamela has since vocalised how she felt exploited by both the sex tape and the Pam & Tommy mini-series. In her own documentary, Pamela, A Love Story, released in January 2023, she said: 'I blocked that stolen tape out of my life to survive. And now that it's coming up again I feel sick.'
In her memoir, Love, Pamela, published 2023, Pamela shared harrowing stories of sexual abuse she encountered through her childhood, including an instance perpetrated by a babysitter when she was between the ages of 6 and 10. She also discussed domestic violence she suffered during her relationship with Tommy Lee. In 1998, the Motley Crew drummer was charged with spousal and child abuse for attacking Pamela during an argument, as reported by The Los Angeles Times.
Unsurprisingly, many fans have found Lorde's interview distasteful. Some X users have even accused her of engaging with revenge porn.
One X user wrote: 'I feel like Lorde disclosed this to seem cool and edgy (with her new aesthetic) but that sextape was essentially revenge porn shared with the world without her consent and caused hella trauma … like let's not glorify it and promote it maybe???'
Another said: 'Knowing the trauma Pamela went through and the fact that this were released without her consent makes this all more disgusting and weird on Lorde's behalf'
"I'm not listening to her new album now. This is such an unacceptable behaviour," a third fan said. Lorde's new album 'Virgin' is expected to be released on June 27.
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