Pam and Tommy
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If anything, the hollowness of the sentiment pisses Pamela off.
Tommy couldnt bear half the burden of their stolen and recirculated sex tape even if he wanted to.
So whats a supportive husband to say instead?
Would Tommy really give up those millions of sold records hes always hollering about to save Pams career?
Because those are the stakes by the end of the episode.
But Pamela Anderson Lee, the actress?
Tonight, she has got anEntertainment Weeklyevent.
Privately, Pam is mourning her miscarriage, but unlike Tommy, work offers a glitzy distraction.
Oh, poor, sad, misguided Tommy.
He attempts to drown his sorrows at the Viper Room, where they multiply instead.
The music playing Sleater Kinney makes him feel left behind; he bristles at going unrecognized.
Tommys outraged that the dude slighted his more recent albums.
The sex tape hasnt made the tabloids yet, but Tommys dust-up does.
Everything he does reflects on you, Gail tells Pam, but its not Pam who needs the lesson.
She and Tommy fight about it.
Of course they do.
Any couple would fight under this much stress and suspense.
Pam blames Tommy for not handling the sex-tape situation, which is an unfair ask.
Then she accuses him of having wanted it to happen on some subconscious level.
This is Tommys last gasp in the limelight and he knows it.
Motley Crue are out; Third Eye Blind, who seem like dickheads, are in.
Tommy suspects hell publish stills from the video just to get under Hughs skin.
In fact, its Tommys idea to sue Bob on the basis of his own hunch.
Pam, though, is reluctant to poke the bear.
Plus a lawsuit filed by Pamela Anderson againstPlayboys biggest rival will court the very attention theyre hoping to avoid.
From my 2022 vantage, its hard to believe.
On the other hand, Rand and Miltie are already on the run.
Remember what the loanshark Butchie Peraino told them from the beginning?
No one gets rich off a celebrity sex tape.
He fights back loudly with lawyers of his own.
He announces via a revelrous press release thatPenthouseis running naked photos of Hughs best girl.
The L.A.Timesruns a story below the fold on the front page of the entertainment section.
Somehow, Tommy still doesnt get it!
He thinks the storys containable, but its deeply not.
Hef sees it; theBaywatchproducers see it.
Even Nikki Sixx reads the entertainment section.
Other papers, including the SeattlePost-Intelligencer,write second-day stories.Glamourpulls Pams cover.
Worse yet, the lawsuit convinces Leno its okay to take aim.
Being a woman in Hollywood means standing up to roomfuls of men and saying no.
When a PA tries to manhandle her into position on set, she shakes him off.
Its too little, way too late, but its not nothing.
