Pamela Anderson's relationship timeline, from Tommy Lee to Liam Neeson rumors
From bombshell Playboy cover star to natural beauty revolutionizer, Pamela Anderson has captivated onlookers over multiple eras.
The "Baywatch" alum has captured a number of hearts over the years, including five marriages and a handful of other suitors. The actress' love life has been almost as headline-making as her career, amassing much media attention and tabloid speculation.
Now, rumors of a budding romance with her "Naked Gun" co-star Liam Neeson have sparked interest in another possible chance at love for both parties.
From embattled and high-strung romances to one three-time divorcée, here's a look at her relationship timeline.
Pamela Anderson, Liam Neeson dodge dating rumors on 'Today' show: 'Are you two an item?'
1995: Tommy Lee
Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, now 62, married in February 1995, after four days of knowing each other. The couple would go on to have two sons: Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger.
During their romance, a home video the couple made was stolen by a disgruntled electrician and sold and distributed as a sex tape in 1996, making Anderson the subject of controversy. "Pam & Tommy," Hulu's 2022 limited series about the stolen sex tape, dramatized the incident but without Anderson's involvement, sparking outrage against the producers and reopening wounds for Anderson.
Lee's jealousy also tainted their fairy-tale union, spurred from Anderson's "Baywatch" scenes with other men, Anderson wrote in her 2023 memoir, "Love, Pamela." The despair from the relationship led to Anderson's suicide attempt.
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Parenthood proved stressful for Lee, Anderson shared. His desire to be his wife's main priority erupted one evening into a physical altercation. She said Lee twisted her arm as she was holding a 7-week-old Dylan, and after Brandon clung to her, Lee threw the older son off and threw Anderson and Dylan into a wall. Anderson would go on to call the police, and Lee was arrested and sentenced to six months in jail for spousal abuse. Anderson called her divorce from Lee "the hardest, lowest, most difficult point of my life."
Although Anderson said the two had a brief reunion after his release, it didn't last because "neither of us could forgive the other, deep down. We just weren't equipped to get through it all."
The couple divorced in 1998, but reconciled multiple times in the 2000s.
2006: Kid Rock
Anderson and Kid Rock, now 54, reportedly started dating in 2001 and broke up before reconciling and marrying in 2006. She suffered a miscarriage in November of that year, while filming the comedy "Blonde and Blonder" in Vancouver, Canada. News that Anderson and Rock, born Robert Ritchie, had separately filed for divorce came shortly after, with both citing "irreconcilable differences."
2007: Rick Salomon
Anderson married high-stakes poker player (and Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend) Rick Salomon, now 57, in October 2007 on the Las Vegas Strip. The couple separated two months later, and in February 2008, she requested the marriage be annulled due to fraud. They reconciled and remarried in January 2014. She filed for divorce a second time in July of that year, but had a judge throw out the request. Anderson again announced the couple had remarried in September 2014, before filing for divorce a third and final time in February 2015.
2017: Adil Rami
Anderson briefly mentioned her relationship to an unnamed soccer player – former French footballer Adil Rami, now 39 – in her 2023 Netflix documentary "Pamela, A Love Story." The couple reportedly dated on and off from early 2017 until 2019.
2020: Dan Hayhurst
Anderson dated and married her bodyguard Dan Hayhurst during the pandemic, wedding on Christmas Eve 2020. She said on on the British talk show "Loose Women" in 2021 that they had met on her family's property. "He was working here and I got stuck here during COVID and we stuck together," she said, calling Hayhurst "useful" and a "real man."
Anderson filed for divorce in January 2022.
2025: Liam Neeson
Neeson, 73, and Anderson began spurring interest in their relationship amid promotion of their reboot of the beloved 1980s and '90s action franchise "The Naked Gun." Posing on the red carpet at the film's London premiere, Anderson leaned up and gave Neeson a smooch on his cheek. As they took photos with one of the film's producers, she was seen clasping the Oscar nominee's hand around her left hip.
Later, on an appearance on the "Today" show, co-anchor Craig Melvin bluntly asked if they were dating: "You're both single right now. There's clearly chemistry on display throughout this film. Are you two an item?"
Neeson replied, "Craig!" as Anderson coyly quipped, "What? I don't understand the question." Neeson then explained to Melvin that he "had never met Pamela before. We met on set. And we discovered we had a lovely, budding chemistry as two actors."
Neeson, who was previously married to British actress Natasha Richardson from 1994 until her death in 2009 at age 45, added that their approach to their chemistry was "like, 'Oh, this is nice. Let's not mold this. Let's just let it breathe,' and that's what we did."
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On the release day of the film, Anderson posted a set of Instagram photos of the pair smiling and laughing together, and of Neeson taking her photo as she sweetly poses on the ground. "The Naked Gun is finally in theatres! Bring your friends, family, lovers… whoever… just go and have a laugh…" she wrote.
Contributing: Jay Stahl and Erin Jensen
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