BeforePamela Anderson’s split from film producerJon Peters, the two knew each other for decades as they worked in Hollywood.
The model and actress, 52, married Peters, producer ofBatman, Superman ReturnsandA Star Is Born, on Jan. 20 and announced their split on Feb. 1.
Peters, 74, spoke out for the first time about their brief marriage, tellingPage Sixon Monday it wasAnderson who proposed to himallegedly to pay off her debts.
“Needless to say that when she texted me that she wanted to get married, it was kind of a dream come true even though I was engaged to someone else and the lady was moving in,” Peters told the outlet.
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He claimed, “I dropped everything for Pam. She had almost $200,000 in bills and no way to pay it so I paid it and this is the thanks I get. There’s no fool like an old fool.”
A rep for Anderson told PEOPLE, “These claims are not only entirely fabricated, they are ludicrous. Despite Mr. Peters’ scurrilous and ongoing efforts to elicit a response from Ms. Anderson, she has no comment to provide and hopes he is well.”
Anderson and Peters go way back having met at the Playboy Mansion in the 1980s. The two began dating shortly after.
“I walked in and saw this little angel sitting at the bar. It was Pammy. She was like 19. I knew she would be a big star,” Peters toldThe Hollywood Reporterin October 2017.
He said the two “ended up living together.”
“Of course, Hefner loved her and saw her beauty,” Peters continued. “Pamela was a girl who with no makeup was gorgeous. She was very smart and very talented. I tried to talk her out of doingPlayboy. I said, ‘Don’t doPlayboy. Focus on a serious career.’ She said, ‘You’re nuts.’ She wanted to doPlayboyand she went on to do 13 covers.”
Pamela Anderson and Jon Peters.Pamela Anderson/Instagram
Their marriage may have come too soon for the actress and model.
A source told PEOPLE earlier this month Anderson “had just returned from India” when she married Peters.
“She spent several weeks on an Ayurvedic cleanse to start the new decade off fresh,” the source said. “I can understand how that could have influenced her propensity to accept a marriage proposal.”
The insider added, “That’s Pamela: she’s Hollywood’s wildflower.”
After Anderson announced their split, the same source told PEOPLE theBaywatchstar“just needed to take a step back.”
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“Although they have known each other for more than 30 years, they had never lived together,” the source said. “Living with someone, you truly get to know them. Pam’s a romantic, but she is also very independent.”
“This all moved a bit fast, so they both agreed to put it off,” the source added.
Anderson said she and Peters had “been friends for a very long time.”
Anderson was previously married to Tommy Lee from 1995 to 1998 and they share sons Brandon, 23, and Dylan, 22.
The actress later married and divorced Kid Rock in 2006. Then she married and divorced producer Rick Solomon twice — in 2007 and 2013. Both marriages to Solomon dissolved in less than a year.
Meanwhile, Peters, who produced both Barbra Streisand’sA Star Is Bornin 1976 and the remake in 2018 withBradley CooperandLady Gaga, was previously married to actress Lesley Ann Warren and producer Christine Forsyth-Peters.
source: people.com
