8 Famous Music Love Triangles That Kept Everyone Guessing

7. TOMMY LEE, PAMELA ANDERSON, KID ROCK

Baywatch star Pamela Anderson married Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee in 1995, reportedly after knowing him for just 96 hours. They had two sons together, Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger, before divorcing in 1998. She eventually entered into an on-off relationship with Kid Rock, and the pair announced plans to marry in April 2002. They split before they could make it to the altar, but shocked fans in 2006 when they rekindled their relationship and tied the knot that July. According to rumors, the surprise nuptials were the result of Anderson’s pregnancy. Tragically, she suffered a miscarriage that November while shooting the film Blonde and Blonder.Seventeen days later she filed for divorce from Rock, citing irreconcilable differences.

Anderson revealed that she and Lee occasionally hooked up after their divorce, but relations between Lee and Rock were significantly less warm. According to Rock, Lee began sending him taunting emails while in the midst of his divorce.

When Anderson’s exes crossed paths at the 2007 VMAs, a fight erupted and Rock was cited by the Las Vegas police. “This was unavoidable,” Rock said on a Los Angeles radio program at the time. “I had to do what I had to do because this was a long time coming. You know, I came back from the bathroom and he was sitting right there. It was even more disrespectful after everything he’s said, I was like that’s enough, that’s it.”

Lee recounted his encounter with Rock at the VMAs on his website. “Here I am minding my own biz [when] I get a tap on the shoulder from Kid Pebble,” he wrote. “I stand up and embrace him with a semi hug and say ‘Hey dude … What up’?? He punches me in the face … well if ya wanna call it that!? … more like a bitch slap! … Wuss!! I go to knock this jealous no career havin’ country bumpkin the f— OUT … and before I can have a meeting with my fist and his ugly ass mug … security guards … NOT MINE at the Palms grab me and haul my ass outta the award show threatening me that if I move they’ll break my arm … yeah, whatever!!”

Anderson was not exactly impressed by the scuffle. “As soon as I left, meow!” she said during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show soon after. “They all went after each other.”

8. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS

The ’60s psych pop foursome behind hits like “Monday, Monday” and “California Dreaming” formed more of a love square rather than a triangle. The trouble began in late 1965, when the quartet’s tenor, Denny Doherty, began sleeping with a bandmate (and former model) Michelle Phillips, who was then married to the group’s guitarist and primary songwriter, John Phillips. When John learned of his wife’s affair, he wrote the band’s next single, “I Saw Her Again,” about the episode. Though unclear if the move was intended to be sadistic, he tapped Doherty to sing lead—and even asked him for writing input.

John’s wrath against his wife was less subtle. After he learned that Michelle also had a fling with Gene Clark of the Byrds, he fired her from the Mamas and the Papas in June 1966. Jill Gibson, a girlfriend of the band’s producer, Lou Adler, was brought in as a brief replacement, but Michelle’s “Mama” status was reinstated two months later due to fan demand.

Matters were complicated by fellow member Cass Elliot’s unrequited love for Doherty. Her feelings were an open-secret in the group, and when news of the affair with Michelle became known, she understandably took it poorly. Michelle later recalled: “Cass confronted me and said, ‘I don’t get it. You could have any man you want. Why would you take mine?'” The volatile combination of emotions took its toll on the group, and they officially split in 1969. The Phillips’ marriage ended not long after.

Credits: People.com

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