In Pamela, a love storyA Netflix documentary on the life of the actressBaywatch:, the latter rekindles his forgotten love affair with surfer Kelly Slater, “the great love of his life.” Return to a passionate romance.
They met on the setBaywatch:Pamela Anderson, 25, and Kelly Slater, 20, were set to film Season 3 of the show at the height of its popularity. One plays paramedic CJ Parker, a young woman in love. Another slips into the shoes of talented surfer Jimmy Slade for 27 episodes. A figure modeled on his translator, who has become eleven times world champion in this category.
“He was so good to me”
All the ingredients are there for a beautiful one love story. However, one has to wait until 1998 for the beginning of the idyll between the professional athlete and the actress. Their romance would last 20 months for anyone and everyone. It marked Pamela Anderson no less. “He was my great love,” she recalled in the Netflix documentary Pamela, a love story, available on the platform from Tuesday 31st January. He was so nice to me. He was really beautiful.”
In the public eye, Pamela Anderson and Kelly Slater embody this dream couple, with expertly sculpted bodies and hair golden from the California sun. There is tenderness between them. they don’t hesitate to show their complicity in the stands at the June 2000 Lakers game. That day, they exchange a few jokes while Pamela Anderson sips her boyfriend’s soda.
“Heartbreaker”
Behind the scenes, the couple did not take an oath of allegiance. “When I went out with Kelly, I had other friends and he had other girlfriends,” Pamela Anderson continues in the Netflix documentary. I was not the only one. He was a heartthrob. A free spirit.” Today the actress relates. “It is impossible to own it. But no one belongs to anyone. Let others be themselves. Sometimes a person… just isn’t right for you.”
In an interview updated by Netflix, filmed at the end of the competition at the time, the surfer thus offered the public a great slip. He thanked “his girlfriends”… and not “his” official companion. Pamela Anderson, she is not offended. The opposite. The actress, co-owner of the Sanctuary club in Los Angeles, does not hesitate to meet people. On New Year’s Eve 1994, he crossed paths with one Tommy Lee, the drummer for the hard rock band Mötley Crüe.
Quick wedding
A month later, the musician and the actress appear in Cancun, Mexico, and within four days decide to put a ring on their finger. No offense to Kelly Slater, now convinced that his relationship with Pamela Anderson needs to take a more serious turn. While the actress seals her union with Tommy Lee, the surfer is waiting for her in Florida to introduce her to his family. Not imagining for a second what Pamela was going to say to him on the phone. “I called to say that I got married,” recalls the main interested party. He was shocked. It was terrible.”
Kelly Slater has since, of course, recovered from this disappointment in love. In a relationship with Kalani Miller, a woman he dated 16 years ago, he said he “learned a lot” from his history with Pamela Anderson. “I’m not angry with him,” he declared in 2011. I wish him the best. Hey, we had fun together.” Their split will also allow Pamela Anderson to fully experience her whirlwind romance with the second love of her life, Tommy Lee, the father of her children Brandon, 26, and Dylan, 25. Many years later, the actress does not look back fondly on these few passionate months with Kelly Slater, her feet in the translucent waters of Malibu.
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Source: Le Figaro
