As their global flirt-fest fuels speculation that they just might be the most unlikely new lovers of the year, Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson’s chemistry is too hot to handle! From London to New York, the pair’s amorous antics have included sneaking red-carpet kisses and constantly holding hands in public.
Such outright PDA is telling with emerging reports revealing that their on-screen passion has spilled over into real life.
Insiders say the 58-year-old former Baywatch star and the 73-year-old Taken star are “enjoying each other’s company”.
Hollywoods newest couple
Indeed Hollywood’s odd new couple seem to gush about each other whenever they get the opportunity.
Says Liam, “We had never met before and I remember thinking, ‘Wow, she is gorgeous,’ but she had this wonderful sense of silliness and just humanity about her.”
Pammy’s sweet gestures on and off set
Pammy has spoken about surprising her co-star with her baking talents by bringing homemade sourdough bread and muffins to set. She also revealed that she makes a “very special recipe” for
the Love Actually star.
Meanwhile, during an interview with US talk show host Andy Cohen, Liam puckered up for Pammy as she applied lip balm from her beauty brand Sonsie to his lips. The move caused Andy, 57, to remark, “The question I’m not asking the two of you tonight is what’s going on between the two of you.”
Friends and family approve
He also told Liam, “I do just want to say, as a very old friend of yours, all of your friends are very much stanning this relationship, as the kids would say.”
Andy then asked Liam’s son, Daniel, 28, who was in the audience, “Right, Danny?” to which Daniel replied “Yes!”
“Stanning” means being obsessively interested in and hyped about a celebrity or in this odd couple’s case, a celebrity relationship. At the New York premiere of The Naked Gun, the two posed for a group photo with their two sons.
Blending families and looking ahead
Pammy has Brandon, 29, and Dylan, 27, with ex-husband rocker Tommy Lee, and Liam has Micheál, 30, and Daniel with late wife Natasha Richardson. If the couple’s chemistry is to be believed and the pair have fallen head over heels for each other, it will be the first relationship for Schindler’s List actor Liam in 16 years.
His beloved actress wife Natasha, the daughter of legendary UK star Vanessa Redgrave, died suddenly after hitting her head during a skiing accident in Canada in 2009. Though she initially thought nothing of her fall, Natasha was unknowingly suffering a serious brain bleeding injury and two days after the accident she died.
Liam’s heartfelt tribute
“They say the hardest thing in the world is losing someone you love,” Liam once said.
“My wife died unexpectedly. She brought me so much joy. She was my everything.”
By contrast, former Playboy bunny Pammy has had a tumultuous love life. She famously married Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy, 62, on a beach in Mexico in 1995 with her in a bikini and him in board shorts.
Pammy’s chaotic past
And when a private home video was stolen from their garage and released to the public as a “sex tape”, their marriage crumbled. One night in 1998, Tommy twisted her arm as she was holding her then seven-month-old son Dylan. She called 911, Tommy was arrested, jailed for six months and then Pammy filed for divorce.
The serial bride went on to marry four more times.
In 2006, she wed Kid Rock, 54. By 2007, she was saying “I do” to film producer-turned- professional poker player Rick Salomon, before having the marriage annulled. In 2014, she wed Rick, now 57, again – only to divorce him a year later.
A quiet retreat after divorce
Her last marriage was in 2020 to her builder and bodyguard Dan Hayhurst, 45. The couple divorced two years later. Pam, a noted animal activist, became a recluse, hiding out with her dogs and tending to her garden. She re-emerged refreshingly make-up free to release a best-selling plant-based cookbook in 2024 that was praised by Martha Stewart and Drew Barrymore.
A promising new connection
Her new natural goddess enigma is no doubt what has attracted legendary actor Liam, with friends now hoping Pammy may give him a second chance at love.
“I have a forever friend in Liam,” says Pam.
“We definitely have a connection that’s very sincere, very loving and he’s a good guy.”
The Naked Gun is in cinemas Thursday 21 August.
