
The only difference, Bell said, was that for Anderson, she had no one to compare her experience to and no concept of how many people would be interested in accessing a very private moment between her and her lover.

"When I got hacked I went, 'Fuck!' It feels gross." "The disorientation that Pam Anderson felt when her stuff went viral, which wasn't even the word at the time, I just have that knowledge," Bell said. Now the show gets into not just how the tape got online and then was pirated endlessly on VHS tapes, but the chilling realization by Anderson that things aren't going to work out well for her.īell, who also directed episode seven, felt the aftermath story was where she could use her own experience to elevate the storytelling.

"Reading through the series, I realized this is shockingly intelligent in its way of addressing exploitation while allowing for the viewer to laugh and enjoy," Bell said.īy episode four, directed by Bell, viewers of "Pam & Tommy" are already familiar with how the one-time couple, who divorced in 1998, met and how the tape was stolen.
