Pamela Anderson clarifies relationship with Liam Neeson after he said he was 'in love' with her
Fans have not quite been sure what the status of their relationship is after he said he 'loved' her earlier this year.
But now the 58-year-old Canadian pinup has set the record straight as the Baywatch queen posed for Entertainment Weekly for their digital cover published on Tuesday.
Unfortunately there is no romance yet. 'I think I have a friend forever in Liam,' said Anderson. 'And we definitely have a connection that is very sincere, very loving, and he's a good guy.'
Neeson, 73, stars as Los Angeles Police Squad detective Frank Drebin Jr., son of Nielson's Frank Drebin.
Anderson plays a femme fatale character named Beth who asks Frank to solve her brother's murder.
Pamela also called Neeson as 'a true artist.'
'He comes from theater and Schindler's List and has done over a hundred films,' she raved about the hunk.
'And I did things inside out and backwards, came from television, and then my personal life kind of overshadowed my professional life,' said the ex-wife of Tommy Lee and Kid Rock.
'It is funny: We all come to this place in different ways, but to be able to share this experience with him is very meaningful and such an honor,' she noted.
She also said that he is 'the perfect gentleman' and 'brings out the best in you ... with respect, kindness and depth of experience.'
In October Neeson said he was 'madly in love' with the Playboy cover girl.
'She's just terrific to work with,' Neeson told People.
'I can't compliment her enough, I'll be honest with you. No huge ego. She just comes in to do the work. She's funny and so easy to work with. She's going to be terrific in the film.'
The first Naked Gun films starred Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley: they were in 1988's The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, 1991's The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, and 1994's Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.
The Naked Gun reboot arrives in theaters August 1, is directed by Akiva Schaffer, and also stars Paul Walter Hauser and Danny Huston.
The first trailer for Naked Gun debuted in June 2025, and shows Neeson's character after he succeeded his father at the Los Angeles Police Squad.
This comes after Anderson said she doesn't enjoy her 'sex symbol' status.
The actress cemented her status as a sex symbol by playing 'C.J.' Parker in Baywatch in the 90s, but Pamela didn't actually enjoy the attention that came her way at the time.
During an appearance on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast, Pamela explained: 'I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy. I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know.
'It brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back that.'
Pamela has adopted a makeup-free look on red carpets in recent years, and the actress is now embracing being 'more natural'.
She said: 'It can be even scary at times, me not wearing makeup and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural.
'I want to challenge myself and become and to be present myself in different ways because women are many things. We're not just the wild animal between the sheets.'
Pamela previously admitted to being shocked by the public's reaction to her makeup-free appearance.
The Hollywood star actually assumed that no-one would even notice if she decided to stop wearing makeup.
She told The Sunday Times newspaper: 'There's these beautiful clothes. I'm wearing Vivienne Westwood. I have this great hat and beautiful coat. Nobody's going to notice if I don't wear any make-up.
'I didn't realize it was going to start all of this, all these people really relating to me.'
Pamela feels the public's perception of her has changed over recent times.
The actress believes the shift is also beneficial for her two sons.
Pamela - who has Brandon, 29, and Dylan, 27, with her ex-husband Tommy Lee - shared: '[My sons] probably don't feel they have to defend their mom any more.'
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