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UPDATED 5/30/2024 Pamela Anderson began her career as a model featured in Playboy magazine before making a switch to acting and gaining prominence for her role in the TV series Baywatch. where she became prominent for her role in the TV series Baywatch and has gone on from there. But beyond her success in front of the camera, the 56-year-old is also a proud mother to her two grown-up sons, Brandon Thomas Lee and Dylan Jagger Lee, whom she had with ex-husband Tommy Lee. Anderson and Lee got married four days after meeting on New Year's Eve in 1994. However, their union was quite tumultuous as Tommy Lee was arrested and sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting her. The couple divorced in 1998 after three years of marriage. Pamela Anderson revealed that her kids turned out well Instagram After the pair separated, they engaged in a long and bitter custody battle before it was finalized, eventually being granted joint custody in October 2022. Anderson revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2015 that the divorce could have affected her two sons negatively, but somehow didn't. RELATED: Pamela Anderson Believes Sex Tape Ruined Relationship With Tommy Lee “They’re great kids. I’m really fortunate, because it could have been a disaster,” the actress shared on the show. “I’m so proud of them. They’re such gentlemen … they spoil everybody rotten. And they spoil me rotten! They’re just real sweethearts.” Instagram On top of that, she told People, "They saved me. I don't want to put that on my kids, but having children changed everything. I've loved every moment," adding to vocal.media, "Becoming a mother has been the most rewarding experience of my life. My boys are my everything and I am so grateful to have them in my life." Frequently writing newsletter posts for her fans, she penned one titled "A Mother's Heart," in which she expresses becoming a parent brings with it a "life-changing responsibility." Instagram "To be a mother is a divine calling," she writes, "a sacred duty. We are chosen as vessels for the souls that seek to return home and it our responsibility to nourish and protect them. Motherhood is not a role that one can take lightly. It requires stability, emotional and financial readiness and the knowledge that once we become mothers, we are forever mothers. We must be prepared to raise our children, even alone if necessary, to be their rock and their safe haven. We hold their lives in our hands. Instagram Anderson also told Today in 2015 that she was keen on keeping her children out of the spotlight, though she knew it wasn't really possible. "They're gonna make their own choices for the rest of their lives," she revealed to the outlet. "It wouldn't be their own choice if we were dragging them down red carpets. I , 'You're gorgeous, you're talented, you got that down.' They're genetically loaded. They're perfect gentlemen considering the gene pool." Meet Pamela Anderson's two children: Brandon Thomas Lee Instagram Brandon is the first child of Pamela Anderson and her ex-husband, who they welcomed on June 5, 1996. Just like his mother, he started his career in modeling. The 26-year-old had his talents recognized by an agent from Next Mаnаgement when he accompanied his mother to a meeting as a teenager. Instagram Brandon revealed to Garzia that he was not sure about modeling at first, but later walked the runways for Dolce & Gabbana and was also featured on the cover of GQ. “I wasn’t really into working in the entertainment industry – well, not modeling, per se – and I never really thought of myself as having the model look," he said. "I always thought I wanted to be in film and models had to be super tall and good-looking." True to his dream, the 26-year-old made a foray into Hollywood a few years later and has participated in several projects, among them Netflix’s 2018 teen comedy Sierra Burgess is a Loser and MTV’s The Hills sequel, The Hills: New Beginnings. Instagram Apart from being a movie/TV star, he is also a businessman and launched his own clothing brand, Swinger's Club, which makes golf wear with a retro feel. He took to Instagram during the launch to share that the business was born out of his love for the sport. “Golf is a huge part of my life and so is fashion," he wrote. "Up until this point, it’s been a dream of mine to create a brand that reflects my sense of style combined with a lifestyle I love and enjoy." Instagram The nearly 28-year-old is a millionaire and revealed to Interview magazine in 2019 that he and his brother were never spoiled as kids, which made them financially independent. “I want to show people what I’m truly like. There are a lot of misconceptions about the way we were raised – that we’re spoiled, or that we were given everything," he said. "But our friends can back this up: Dylan and I haven’t taken a dollar from our parents since we were in high school. We’ve been working to buy a house, buy a car, and pay for music equipment and acting lessons. It feels better to do it ourselves.” Dylan Jagger Lee Instagram Dylan Lee was born on December 29, 1997. Towing the same line as his elder brother, he also made some runway appearances as a teen model with his debut on the Saint Laurent Show in 2016. Dylan also worked with high-end brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Hugo Boss, Armani Exchange, Coach and True Religion, and was featured in GQ and Vogue. Instagram The 26-year-old followed his father's steps by delving into music, founding Midnight Kids and releasing remixes in 2017. Dylan came into the mainstream in 2021 after joining another duo, Motel 7, when they released the video for the single, "Are We There Yet." “If I’m in for the night, I’m writing music. I’m either playing the piano, playing the guitar or producing on my computer,” Dylan telling W magazine that his only passion was music. “That’s usually my night every day. Music, music, music!” Instagram The model-turned-musician also revealed to Yahoo! Life that he is following his passion and is not under any form of pressure about living up to the reputation of his dad. “I’m not really one to care what others think, really. If someone was, like, ‘You’re whack’, I’d be, like, ‘Fine, let’s go’. That probably means I’m doing something right,” he told the outlet. “I never really worried about expectations or anything, because I love doing it, and making music is so fun. When I realized that, that I didn’t care what anyone thought, it was, like, ‘Oh, let’s do it.’”