As Kid Rock celebrates his 55th birthday this week, we take a look back at his marriage to Pamela Anderson, which lasted just four months. The pair married on July 29, 2006, aboard a yacht near Saint-Tropez, France
Pamela Anderson’s most iconic marriage is usually considered to be her partnership with Tommy Lee, the drummer of Mötley Crüe, which lasted between 1995-1998. However, you may not know that the Baywatch icon actually wed musician Kid Rock back in 2006 too – with the marriage lasting just four months.
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie, first began dating in 2001 and got engaged in April 2002, however that engagement ended in 2003. They later rekindled their relationship and married on July 29, 2006, aboard a yacht near Saint-Tropez, France. The marriage was extremely short-lived — Anderson filed for divorce in November 2006, about four months later, citing irreconcilable differences.
Anderson has spoken about the marriage Rock more reflectively and with some self-awareness in recent years.
In interviews promoting her memoir and documentary, Anderson made a damning confession as she said she realised “right when I got married” that things probably wouldn’t work out between them, because she didn’t feel the deep connection she had with her first husband, Tommy Lee.
She admitted she may have been trying to “numb the pain” of her earlier breakup and build a family unit for her sons, but ultimately she wasn’t in love in the way she expected and had “nothing in common” with the marriage long-term.
In her memoir she recounts an incident at a Borat screening where Kid Rock got very angry over a reference to a leaked sex tape from her past, reportedly storming out and yelling at her, which she reflects on as part of how their differences became apparent.
After the incident was talked about on Reddit, many people admitted they didn’t even know the pair had been married.
One person said: “Today I learned that Kid Rock and Pam Anderson were married.”
While another asked: “Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson were married?”
Despite Pamela’s comments on the marriage, she has also said she looks back on their time fondly in some ways, recalling that they had fun and that Kid Rock treated her children well.
Kid Rock, who turns 55 this week, is more blunt when he comments about their short-lived marriage. In interviews, including with Piers Morgan, the country star described the experience of getting married as a “blast,” and said it was “some of the most fun” he ever had.
At the same time, he’s often quipped that while the wedding and the experience were exciting, “being married sucks,” and he indicated he learned enough from it that, at least at the time, he didn’t plan to marry again.
In that same interview, he stated he didn’t regret marrying her even if it didn’t last.
The two have not been publicly close since their split; Anderson has said they don’t speak, and Kid Rock’s public focus moved on to other long-term relationships.
Since Kid Rock, Pamela has been married to professional poker player Rick Salomon between 2007-2008, as well as between 2014-2015.
Source: Mirror
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