THE GOLDEN GLOBES FREEZE-OUT
If you thought the air conditioning was blasting too high at the Golden Globes, you were wrong—that chill was coming directly from Pamela Anderson‘s table. The bombshell actress and subject of endless tabloid fascination found herself in a nightmare scenario on Sunday night: trapped in the same room as Seth Rogen, the man who turned the darkest moment of her life into a streaming dramedy without her permission.
Anderson, , didn’t hold back in a scorching new interview with Andy Cohen, ripping into the comedian for his role in the Hulu series Pam & Tommy. While the rest of Hollywood was clinking champagne flutes, Anderson admits she felt “weird” and “uncomfortable” seeing Rogen, , taking a victory lap at the ceremony. Rogen was there to collect a trophy for his performance in The Studio, but for Pam, his presence was a painful reminder of betrayal.
“I just felt like, you know, how can someone make a TV series out of difficult times in your life, and I’m a living, breathing human being over here,” Anderson told Cohen on SiriusXM, her voice dripping with frustration. It is the ultimate Hollywood slight: stealing someone’s trauma, packaging it for entertainment, and then awkwardly bumping into them at the open bar.
“IT FELT A LITTLE YUCKY”
Let’s be real: “weird” is putting it politely. Anderson got brutally honest about the physical sensation of being near the man who played Rand Gauthier—the literal thief who stole her private sex tape with Tommy Lee—in the Hulu show. For Anderson, seeing Rogen wasn’t just awkward; it was repulsive.
“I don’t know, it just felt a little yucky,” she confessed to Cohen. That word—yucky—perfectly encapsulates the sleaze factor that has surrounded the Pam & Tommy project since its inception. Anderson has maintained from day one that she never consented to the series, which dredged up the violation of privacy that defined the s tabloid culture.
While Rogen and his co-stars Lily James and Sebastian Stan were praised by critics for their performances, Anderson was left picking up the pieces of her privacy all over again. To have Rogen sitting just tables away, celebrating his own success while she felt like an outsider in her own industry, clearly struck a nerve. The fact that she had to breathe the same air as the man who capitalized on her stolen intimacy is a level of toxicity that only Tinseltown can manufacture.
THE SILENT SCREAM ACROSS THE BALLROOM
The most explosive detail from Anderson’s confession isn’t what she said to Rogen—it’s what she didn’t say. The Baywatch icon revealed that she didn’t exchange a single word with the actor on Sunday night. There was no polite nod, no fake Hollywood hug, and certainly no burying of the hatchet. Instead, there was a psychic warfare happening across the room.
“I didn’t make a beeline for him, but in my mind, I did and really told him how I felt,” Anderson revealed. “I’m sitting there in my seat just [staring at him].”
“Imagine being Seth Rogen and looking over your shoulder to see Pamela Anderson staring daggers through your soul. I would have left the country, let alone the party.”
This image is absolutely haunting. While Rogen was likely schmoozing with agents and clutching his Golden Globe, Anderson was laser-focused on him, telepathically unleashing years of pent-up rage. She admitted that confronting him physically would have been pointless because the damage is already done, but the mental confrontation was real. She essentially ghosted him in person, refusing to give him the satisfaction of a reaction while silently judging his every move.
WAITING FOR AN APOLOGY THAT MAY NEVER COME
In a moment of vulnerability, Anderson hinted that she is still waiting for Rogen to do the decent thing. “Maybe [Seth will] reach out to me and apologize,” she mused to Cohen. But then, the reality of the business set in. “Not that that matters.”
Does it matter? Absolutely. But in a town built on egos and non-disclosure agreements, apologies are rare currency. Rogen has previously defended the series, claiming it was meant to be sympathetic to Anderson, but sympathy doesn’t pay the bills or undo the humiliation of having your sex life reenacted by actors in prosthetics.
Insiders whisper that Rogen’s camp has been actively avoiding this confrontation for years. With both stars now running in the same prestige TV circles—Anderson is currently riding high on critical acclaim for The Last Showgirl—these run-ins are going to become unavoidable. If Rogen knows what’s good for his karma, he might want to draft that apology letter sooner rather than later.
THE “LUCRATIVE” EXPLOITATION OF TRAUMA
Anderson didn’t just target Rogen; she took aim at the entire machine that chews up women and spits them out for profit. When asked if she thought Rogen had any “inkling” of how much he hurt her, she delivered a scathing indictment of the Hollywood elite.
“Do people? Do these kinds of people? What do you say? Some of these things have been very lucrative for people,” Anderson deadpanned. “So then, I think that just goes out the window.”
There it is. The cold, hard truth. Money talks, and empathy walks. Anderson is calling out the fact that Pam & Tommy made a lot of people very rich, while she was left to deal with the emotional fallout. The fact that Rogen produced the show adds an extra layer of sting. He didn’t just act in it; he helped orchestrate the revival of a scandal that Anderson has been trying to bury for decades.
“I DON’T FEEL LIKE I BELONG”
Perhaps the most heartbreaking part of Anderson’s admission was her feeling of alienation. Despite being one of the most recognizable faces on the planet, she confessed to feeling like an imposter at the Golden Globes. She left the party early, unable to stomach the fake smiles and the ghosts of her “Malibu days.”
“It’s so uncomfortable being around everybody there,” she said. “A lot of those people [are] even from Malibu days, so I still don’t feel like I belong in those rooms. I feel, you know, uncomfortable.”
This is a woman who defined an era, yet the industry has treated her like a prop for so long that she feels unwelcome at her own celebration. It is a damning critique of how Hollywood treats its sex symbols once they start demanding respect as serious artists. While Rogen was working the room, Anderson was looking for the exit sign.
THE “PUBLIC PROPERTY” DEBATE
Anderson also touched on the legal and ethical gray area that allowed Pam & Tommy to exist in the first place. Because the sex tape scandal was a matter of public record—thanks to the Rolling Stone article it was based on—the creators didn’t legally need her permission. But legal and right are two very different things.
“When you are a public person they say you have no right to privacy,” Anderson argued. “But your darkest, deepest secrets or your tragedies in your life shouldn’t be fair game for [a] TV series. That pissed me off a little bit.”
“Pissed off” is putting it mildly. Anderson is fighting a battle for agency over her own life story. She reclaimed some of that narrative with her own documentary and memoir, but seeing the unauthorized version win awards and accolades is a bitter pill to swallow.
LIAM NEESON AND THE NEW CHAPTER
Despite the “yucky” run-in with Rogen, Anderson isn’t letting the past define her future. She is currently in a career renaissance, starring in The Last Showgirl and making headlines for her romance with action star Liam Neeson. The two dated for several months in after meeting on the set of the Naked Gun reboot.
While that romance has cooled, the respect remains. “He is such a supporter of this new trajectory in my career and kindly tells me he is very proud of me,” Anderson told People. It is a stark contrast to the men in her past who exploited her image. Neeson seems to see the artist, while Rogen—in Anderson’s eyes—only saw the content.
CLIFFHANGER: WILL SETH ROGEN RESPOND?
The ball is now firmly in Seth Rogen’s court. Anderson has publicly called him out, labeled his behavior “yucky,” and admitted to mentally dressing him down at one of the biggest nights in Hollywood. Will the comedian laugh it off, or will he finally issue the apology that Anderson has been waiting years to hear?
With awards season just heating up, the likelihood of these two crossing paths again is high. The next time they are in a ballroom together, the silence might just break. Will Rogen approach her? Will Pam finally unleash that verbal tirade she played out in her head? One thing is for sure: the tension between Pamela Anderson and the creators of Pam & Tommy is far from over, and the next chapter could be unscripted chaos.
