Pamela Anderson Opens Up About Her Uncomfortable Golden Globes Encounter With Seth Rogen

Award shows are supposed to be celebratory nights where the entertainment industry comes together to honor achievements. But when you're seated near someone who profited from dramatizing the most painful chapter of your life without your consent, celebration probably isn't what you're feeling.

That's the situation Pamela Anderson found herself in at the Golden Globes, sitting uncomfortably close to Seth Rogen, the man who helped turn her trauma into a hit television series.

Rogen served as executive producer on Hulu's 2022 series Pam & Tommy, which dramatized the theft and distribution of Anderson's infamous sex tape from the 1990s.

He also played Rand Gauthier, the actual person who stole the tape. The show received critical acclaim and attention, but Anderson was never consulted, never asked for her perspective, and apparently never received an apology for the project moving forward without her involvement.

In a recent interview with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM, Anderson opened up about how it felt to be in such close physical proximity to Rogen at the awards ceremony.

Her description was blunt: she felt "yucky" being near him. It's a simple word that carries significant weight, capturing the visceral discomfort of being forced into the same space as someone who commodified your trauma for entertainment without ever acknowledging the harm.

Pamela said she has yet to receive an apology from Rogen

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Speaking with Andy Cohen on a SiriusXM show, Anderson said she has yet to receive an apology from Rogen over the project. "Seth Rogen… he did Pam & Tommy without talking to me," she said, as per TMZ. "I just felt like, ugh. How can someone make a TV series out of difficult times in your life? And I am a living, breathing human being over here."

Watch Pamela express how she felt seeing Seth Rogen

"I felt like I'm not chopped liver over here. I felt weird about it," she continued. "I've been so busy working. I've done five movies in the last year. Sometimes it hits you, and you feel kind of down."

The comment about being "chopped liver" speaks to something deeper than just personal offense. It's about being treated as if you're irrelevant to your own story, as if the people making money from your trauma don't owe you even basic courtesy or acknowledgment.

Anderson has been actively working and rebuilding her career, yet she's still dealing with the emotional aftermath of having her worst moments repackaged as entertainment.

Reflecting further, Anderson added, "It felt a little yucky. Eventually, hopefully, he will reach out to me to apologize, not that it matters. When you are a public person, they say you have no right to privacy."

That last line captures the double standard celebrities face: the assumption that fame erases your right to dignity or control over your own narrative.

She went on to criticise the trend of turning real-life trauma into entertainment, saying people's "darkest, deepest secrets or tragedies" shouldn't be adapted for television, admitting it "pissed me off a little bit".

Final thoughts

Anderson's comments highlight an uncomfortable truth about how the entertainment industry treats real people's trauma as source material.

Pam & Tommy was celebrated for its performances and production value, but that success came at the cost of Anderson's agency over her own story.

Sitting near Rogen at the Golden Globes forced her to confront that reality in a very physical way; a reminder that while he moved on to acclaim and new projects, she's still living with the consequences of what was done to her decades ago and recently dramatized without her consent.

An apology might not change anything, but the fact that it hasn't come hurts her each day. What's your take on turning real trauma into entertainment? Share your thoughts.