In the course of the current press run for The Bare Gun, Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson had the web in a chokehold. Gradual-motion video montages of the pair set to sappy love songs flooded Instagram and TikTok. In a single clip from the July 22 London premiere, Anderson provides Neeson a candy kiss on his cheek. In one other, filmed at a pink carpet in Germany on July 24, he gently helps her untangle herself from celebratory streamers as they lock eyes and snort. The feedback had been overwhelmingly constructive — the world at giant was delighted by the duo's apparent chemistry and hoping towards hope that the dashing, widowed actor and the unlucky-in-love popular culture icon had lastly discovered their fortunately ever after with each other.
They only may need. A supply near Anderson tells Us Weekly the 73-year-old Taken star and the 58-year-old Baywatch alum are collectively. “Pamela and Liam are relationship,” says the supply. “They'd chemistry whereas they had been filming, and their friendship naturally developed into one thing extra.”
Neeson and Anderson performed into romance rumors throughout their July 29 look on the At the moment present, pretending to get caught by cameras in a make-out session; when later requested about their relationship standing by cohost Craig Melvin, they remained coy. “America's right here for it, [and] we're right here for no matter this turns into,” Neeson mentioned. “It's all nonetheless new,” provides the supply, “they usually're studying the best way to navigate it collectively.”
Sparks flew when The Bare Gun — a reboot of the late '80s/early '90s basic comedies starring Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley — started filming in Atlanta final spring. “Folks did discover, but it surely additionally made the movie that a lot better,” says the supply of their prompt attraction. “[Liam] has been intrigued and smitten together with her since they began filming and expressed this to her.”
He hasn't been shy together with his emotions. “With Pamela, first off, I'm head over heels in love together with her. She's simply terrific to work with,” Neeson informed Folks in October 2024. Throughout a SiriusXM City Corridor with Andy Cohen on July 30 — the place Neeson and Anderson briefly held palms — the actor shared his first impression of Anderson: “I bear in mind considering, ‘Wow, she is attractive,' however she had this glorious sense of silliness and simply humanity about her.”
In Might, Anderson informed Leisure Weekly their chemistry “was clear from the beginning,” noting that they related over a shared “love of literature and a very good snort.” Added the star: “I'm in awe of him, his expertise, and work ethic. I soaked him in like a sponge.”
A real friendship blossomed. Anderson informed Folks in July that they typically went out to dinner with the forged and that she had Neeson over to her residence. “I invited him and his assistant over for romantic dinners with me and my assistant so our relationship stayed ‘professionally romantic' throughout filming.” Neeson recalled Anderson baking for him in an interview with the U.Ok.'s Coronary heart radio station. “Pamela's a unprecedented baker and prepare dinner. She made me lovely sourdough bread and muffins.”
In keeping with the supply, the costars did their finest to maintain issues platonic on set. “Emotions had been positively occurring between them, [but] they each felt it was essential to not blur any strains throughout manufacturing,” explains the supply, noting that it was after the film wrapped that their relationship really shifted. “They began spending extra time collectively [and getting] extra private… introducing their kids and having dinners,” says the supply. “They realized the connection went deeper.”
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At first look, they might seem to be an unlikely couple. Irish-born Neeson is an Oscar-nominated actor with greater than 100 motion pictures underneath his belt. Anderson discovered fame as a Playboy mannequin and was finest identified for her bombshell appears to be like and ill-fated marriage to rocker Tommy Lee.
However they've extra widespread floor than one might imagine. Each are dad and mom to 2 grown sons (he's dad to Micheál, 30, and Daniel, 28, together with his late spouse, The Mother or father Entice actress Natasha Richardson; she shares Brandon, 29, and Dylan, 27, with Lee). They've embraced the quiet life lately: Neeson spends most of his time in Millbrook, a village in New York's Hudson Valley, whereas Anderson lives on Vancouver Island, Canada, the place she was born and raised. “They're very non-public individuals who've lived public lives, so there's a shared understanding there,” says the supply, who provides that the celebrities are each “extremely humble” regardless of their fame. “They've related personalities and perceive one another.”
Neither are strangers to heartbreak. Anderson has been married 5 instances (to rockers Lee and Child Rock, professional poker participant Rick Salomon — they wed twice — and her former bodyguard Dan Hayhurst; they break up in 2021). Neeson misplaced the love of his life in 2009 when Richardson, his spouse of 14 years, died tragically in a snowboarding accident. (The actress was simply 45 when she fell and hit her head whereas taking a lesson throughout trip.) “They are saying the toughest factor on the earth is shedding somebody you're keen on,” Neeson wrote on Fb in 2016. “My spouse died unexpectedly. She introduced me a lot pleasure. She was my every thing.”
Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson in ‘The Bare Gun'. Paramount
In late 2024, he informed Folks he'd sworn off love. “No, in a phrase. I'm previous all that,” he mentioned when requested if he was relationship. However his reference to Anderson has been plain, and he or she's introduced a spark again into his life. “Liam is quiet and introspective, and Pamela brings this enjoyable curiosity that he enjoys,” says the supply, including that they stability one another rather well. “Pamela loves Liam's dry humorousness and the truth that he's such a gentleman. Liam admires how unapologetic Pamela is. She's not making an attempt to impress anybody…They're a very good match.”
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They've clearly bought the inexperienced mild from followers — and from Cohen, who was shut with Richardson. “Natasha was an expensive pal of mine… all the mates on this circle are very a lot excited [and] stanning no matter that is,” he mentioned on his SiriusXM present on July 30, including that he gave Neeson the thumbs up at a premiere get together for The Bare Gun. “I'm going, ‘Liam, she is an unbiased lady, identical to Tash was. She likes to prepare dinner. She has her personal factor occurring. She has two boys. This simply works,'” Cohen added, calling Anderson “a formidable human being” and praising how she's “reclaimed herself and redefined herself.”
Their youngsters are additionally on board, which has been an enormous plus for the celebrities. “They actually prioritize their households. That's been an enormous bonding level for them,” notes the supply. In a present of unity, the actors posed for a gaggle picture with their sons on the July 28 NYC film premiere; Neeson's son Danny additionally seemingly gave his dad's romance a nod of approval throughout the couple's joint Aug. 3 look on Watch What Occurs Dwell, agreeing with host Cohen that everybody was “stanning” the connection. “The vibe [between them all] has been actually constructive and welcoming,” provides the supply. “All of them approve.”
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