Lake Bell Explains How Being A Victim Of 2014 Nude Photo Leak Helped Her Direct Episodes Of ‘Pam & Tommy’
04.02.2022 - 21:43
/ etcanada.com
Lake Bell has a personal connection to the new “Pam & Tommy” TV series starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan.
The actress, who directed two of the episodes, was one of many celebrities to have their nude photos hacked in the 2014 “Celebgate” scandal.
The likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Kaley Cuoco were also victims of the leak.
“It was an unreal tsunami in the industry for private property being stolen by a hacking, and I was one of those people,” Bell told Insider.
“I remember having to talk to an FBI recovering agent for a week or so about that property being stolen and it was so humiliating, and for me, it was so personal.”
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“Pam & Tommy” follows “the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s relationship, going back to their whirlwind romance that started with them marrying after only knowing each other for 96 hours in 1995,” as well as focusing on their stolen sex tape.
Bell told the publication, “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.
“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. When I got hacked I went, ‘F**k!’ It feels gross.”
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She added of James, “Lily and I just connected about it and it became about how do we take this story and do it justice by not allowing for exploitation to yet again be the focal point.”
Bell, who said that being a part of