Tommy Lee's Marriage to Brittany Furlan Ends as The Rocker Struggles With Sobriety and His Bond With Pamela Anderson
A source says the Mötley Crüe drummer, 62, always looked at Pam, 57, as the 'one who got away,' and Brittany, 38, was fed up.
Tommy and the actress/influencer, who met in 2017 and married two years later, separated a few weeks ago.
'He's drinking again, which is not good, but the other big issue was that he's never fully gotten over Pam,' the source says. 'It's caused trouble with every relationship he's had since they broke up.'
As readers know, Tommy and the former Baywatch babe were married from 1995 to 1998, during which time they welcomed two sons, Brandon and Dylan, and weathered a sex tape scandal.
Ever since, Tommy has had a permanent scar that no other woman could heal, our source says.
Still, he swore to Brittany that he had no interest in getting back together with the Last Showgirl star. 'But then whenever he was in a bad mood, he'd say things to stir up jealousy,' says the source.
Making things worse, Pam accused Brittany of enabling Tommy's drinking again — the stickman once revealed that he used to drink two gallons of vodka a day but got sober in 2022 — and being a bad influence on him.
'Brittany is really sweet and tried so hard to make friends with Pam, but then Pam accused her of keeping Tommy 'drunk,'' says our source. 'That was such a punch in the gut.'
'Pam tried to make up for it a couple of years ago by saying a bunch of nice things about Brittany in interviews, but the damage was done.'
Adds the insider, 'Pam never wanted Tommy back, but she came between him and Brittany just the same and the feeling is she wrecked the relationship.'
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