Pamela Anderson Clarifies She 'Never Was Married' to Jon Peters for 12 Days: 'Just a Funny Moment'

Mar. 15, 2025

Pamela Anderson and Jon Peters.Photo: David M. Benett/Getty; Vince Bucci/Getty

Pamela Andersonis setting the record straight when it comes toJon Petersand her marriage history.

“I never was married to Jon Peters," she noted, referencing the 79-year-old hairdresser-turned-film producer whom Anderson was widely reported to bemarried to for just 12 daysback in January 2020. When the former coupleannounced their splittoTHR, on Feb. 1, 2020, a source told that outlet at the time that Anderson and Peters had never actually filed legal paperwork for a marriage certificate.

“I had just come home from France and my son called me. He goes, ‘You’re not going to believe it. Jon Peters called me. He offered me $20 million if I could get you to marry him,' " Anderson recalled on the podcast. “And he was laughing hysterically. Obviously, we don’t take Jon seriously. Jon is a movie-maker. He is a wonderful person. He’s very funny.”

Jon Peters and Pamela Anderson.Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Anderson and Peters' relationship dates back to the 1980s; the pair first met and became friends at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion early in Anderson’s career, asPeters toldTHRin 2017. “I knew him at the very beginning. And he’s kind of popped up here and there. So we said, ‘Well, let’s just have lunch with him,' " she recalled of Peters' marriage proposal.

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Jon Peters and Pamela Anderson on Dec. 11, 1989.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty

During theAwards Chatterpodcast, Anderson additionally clarified that she and Salomon are friends and that he “was using heavily and drinking” when they first married. “I remarried him when he was sober to give him another chance. It still didn’t work out. But the first one was annulled,” she said, adding, “It’s four men that I was married to, and like I said, it was a very short time. It’s not something I can say [I’m proud of]. It’s hard to correct someone when say I was only married four times instead of six. It’s just a little less bad. But I wanted to clarify.”

source: people.com