September 9, 2025 • 5 mins
After Pamela Anderson claims she would NEVER be in a PR relationship, Britt & Laura unpack the rise of showmances, and whether they actually help or hinder a movie.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
I heard podcasts Heem More Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Now we're talking show MANswers.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I don't know if you have been following along Laura
the Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Yes, I'm devastated Naked
Gun saga. I love Liam Neeson right like, I just
think the man can do no wrong.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
He's had a rough life.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I think the world is rooting for him to fall
in love because he lost his wife many years ago.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
She died in a really tragic accent.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
I know, I know. But also Pamela Anderson has also
had a really hard run. And when she brought out
that doco a couple of.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Years but she also chose to marry people like Tommy
tell me whatever.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
But also no, she brought up that doco a couple
of years back, and it just made everyone fall in
love with her again.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Yes, because it seems like she's actually such a sweet, loving, caring,
normal person. So when they've just done a movie together,
Naked Gun, and they're in.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The movie there a couple, and when they're on their.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Press tour and to be fair, off press tour as well,
it got people talking, are they together because the way
that they were interacting and talking about each other, it
was like they had found love in real life.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
I mean, everyone was convinced that they're in a relationship
and they've come out and said that they're not. And
I'm because I genuinely hurt.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
No, it's because they never actually denied it.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
That was the problem. So they obviously lent in too
the fact. Anyway, TNZ came out and said that they
had a very reliable, anonymous source like they were not
going to release a sauce that came and said it
is fake.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
It's been released, it's not real.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
And then Pamela Anderson has come out and made a
really public statement about it.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Have listened to this. I deny it, and we'll never
feed into PR stunts. That would be a death sentence.
I'm superstitious when it comes to love, and I'm not
comfortable sharing any shred of my romantic life. I know
I will fall in love again and again on screen.
That is my job.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
So she's that sounds like it was AI generated? Did
she just go chat GPT also reproduce my voice?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
I mean she is obviously reading a statement that has
been written by her PR team.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
But what does this mean.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Because she's saying she would never do a showmance. Neither
of them have denied it, but she is adamantly saying
I will not ever do a showmance because it would
be a descendants.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Okay, people are like, hang on.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well in that case, I think it's very tricky because
I think if everyone is speculating that you're in a
relationship and you're not going to deny that you're in
a relationship, then I would say you're implying that you are,
especially if it's advantageous to the press tour of a movie.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So now we're happy again.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Well, no, we're not happy because they're not together and
they're faking it. But then they're denying that they're faking
it just because they haven't brought out a statement. I
got so into the relationship of Sidney Sweeney and Glenn
Powell when they filmed their movie a couple of years back. Yeah,
that was anyone, but you The reason why that was
so saucy was because Glenn had been in a relationship
with his partner for three years and Sidney Sweeney was
(03:02):
engaged and they were leaning into it. So everyone not
only was people shipping their relationship in the movie, but
there was also the like, really weird, are they having
an affair? Are they together? Are they like two people
who are in love with each other but they're in
other relationships and they should really be together.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
But it's a real thing we've seen in the last
couple of years.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
And I feel like Glenn Poal and Sydney Sweeney like
kickstarted this era again more publicly. It's always show mancs
have always happened, right, but we're just more aware of
them now. But like recently Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz
in their film Caught Stealing, like and they will leaning
into that. Even Scarlet Johansson and Jonathan Bailey. Now Jonathan
Bailey is gay, but they just did Jurassic Park and
(03:41):
they've been, like, I guess, really really showing or showcasing
how connected they are.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
They kissing on the lips at every press tour.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
But it just gets you thinking, do we actually care
that much? Do show mances really sell more tickets? Like
do they make you want to go and see a
film more? Because personally, I'm over it.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
I don't care.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I don't want you to fake a relationship to get
me in. If anything, it makes me not want to
see your film.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Not it works. It absolutely were like I'm in.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Because the thing is is like, that's what the pr
that's what's the machine.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Right.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Like obviously the movie itself, you'll either want to see
it or you don't want to see it. But the
thing that keeps the movie in the press for longer
is the fact that everyone is hooked as to whether
they are actually having this relationship.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
In real life.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
And we wouldn't be talking about this new movie with
Pamela Anderson still. It would be like, oh, the press
tools done. It's kind of whatever it is, what it
is last week's news if it hadn't come back into
light this question around what's their real life intention? So
I think it absolutely works.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Now I understand that it works to keep the PR
machine going, But does it actually sell tickets? Ye? I
only saw Sidney Sweeney's film like a month ago on
a plane.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I watch To be fair, I also watched it on
a plane. It was a great chuckle for an hour
and a half. But I like, love them together, and
then I was like, were they really together? Because I
think in the movie they make such a sweet couple.
People want to see it transpire in real life. I mean,
I know it wasn't a showman shit, but it makes
me think of Brad Pitt and Angelina Joli when they're
a mystery Missus White. Yeah, well whatever, it's Coo Smith
(05:12):
having a baby in a week and a half.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
My memory doesn't work. Okay, No, mister and Missus Smith.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Obviously they were a married couple in the movie, and
everyone shipped their relationship, and then when it started to
come out that maybe there was something going on off screen,
it just fed the beast. Everyone wanted to go and see, like,
what is this movie that they fell in love with?
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Okay, here's a question for you. You get to pick
at anyone to be in Showmans with.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Who is it? Who are you picking?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
I would have said Jason Momoa a million years ago,
but I feel.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Like I'm past him now. Yeah, I'm past him to
his old news all right. I don't know who's yours.
Who's yours? Probably Jonathan Bailey.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
All right, guys, Well that's it from us today.
I heard podcasts Heem More Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Now we're talking show MANswers.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I don't know if you have been following along Laura
the Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Yes, I'm devastated Naked
Gun saga. I love Liam Neeson right like, I just
think the man can do no wrong.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
He's had a rough life.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I think the world is rooting for him to fall
in love because he lost his wife many years ago.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
She died in a really tragic accent.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
I know, I know. But also Pamela Anderson has also
had a really hard run. And when she brought out
that doco a couple of.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Years but she also chose to marry people like Tommy
tell me whatever.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
But also no, she brought up that doco a couple
of years back, and it just made everyone fall in
love with her again.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Yes, because it seems like she's actually such a sweet, loving, caring,
normal person. So when they've just done a movie together,
Naked Gun, and they're in.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The movie there a couple, and when they're on their.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Press tour and to be fair, off press tour as well,
it got people talking, are they together because the way
that they were interacting and talking about each other, it
was like they had found love in real life.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
I mean, everyone was convinced that they're in a relationship
and they've come out and said that they're not. And
I'm because I genuinely hurt.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
No, it's because they never actually denied it.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
That was the problem. So they obviously lent in too
the fact. Anyway, TNZ came out and said that they
had a very reliable, anonymous source like they were not
going to release a sauce that came and said it
is fake.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
It's been released, it's not real.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
And then Pamela Anderson has come out and made a
really public statement about it.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Have listened to this. I deny it, and we'll never
feed into PR stunts. That would be a death sentence.
I'm superstitious when it comes to love, and I'm not
comfortable sharing any shred of my romantic life. I know
I will fall in love again and again on screen.
That is my job.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
So she's that sounds like it was AI generated? Did
she just go chat GPT also reproduce my voice?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
I mean she is obviously reading a statement that has
been written by her PR team.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
But what does this mean.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Because she's saying she would never do a showmance. Neither
of them have denied it, but she is adamantly saying
I will not ever do a showmance because it would
be a descendants.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Okay, people are like, hang on.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Well in that case, I think it's very tricky because
I think if everyone is speculating that you're in a
relationship and you're not going to deny that you're in
a relationship, then I would say you're implying that you are,
especially if it's advantageous to the press tour of a movie.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So now we're happy again.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Well, no, we're not happy because they're not together and
they're faking it. But then they're denying that they're faking
it just because they haven't brought out a statement. I
got so into the relationship of Sidney Sweeney and Glenn
Powell when they filmed their movie a couple of years back. Yeah,
that was anyone, but you The reason why that was
so saucy was because Glenn had been in a relationship
with his partner for three years and Sidney Sweeney was
(03:02):
engaged and they were leaning into it. So everyone not
only was people shipping their relationship in the movie, but
there was also the like, really weird, are they having
an affair? Are they together? Are they like two people
who are in love with each other but they're in
other relationships and they should really be together.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
But it's a real thing we've seen in the last
couple of years.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
And I feel like Glenn Poal and Sydney Sweeney like
kickstarted this era again more publicly. It's always show mancs
have always happened, right, but we're just more aware of
them now. But like recently Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz
in their film Caught Stealing, like and they will leaning
into that. Even Scarlet Johansson and Jonathan Bailey. Now Jonathan
Bailey is gay, but they just did Jurassic Park and
(03:41):
they've been, like, I guess, really really showing or showcasing
how connected they are.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
They kissing on the lips at every press tour.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
But it just gets you thinking, do we actually care
that much? Do show mances really sell more tickets? Like
do they make you want to go and see a
film more? Because personally, I'm over it.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
I don't care.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I don't want you to fake a relationship to get
me in. If anything, it makes me not want to
see your film.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Not it works. It absolutely were like I'm in.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Because the thing is is like, that's what the pr
that's what's the machine.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Right.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Like obviously the movie itself, you'll either want to see
it or you don't want to see it. But the
thing that keeps the movie in the press for longer
is the fact that everyone is hooked as to whether
they are actually having this relationship.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
In real life.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
And we wouldn't be talking about this new movie with
Pamela Anderson still. It would be like, oh, the press
tools done. It's kind of whatever it is, what it
is last week's news if it hadn't come back into
light this question around what's their real life intention? So
I think it absolutely works.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Now I understand that it works to keep the PR
machine going, But does it actually sell tickets? Ye? I
only saw Sidney Sweeney's film like a month ago on
a plane.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I watch To be fair, I also watched it on
a plane. It was a great chuckle for an hour
and a half. But I like, love them together, and
then I was like, were they really together? Because I
think in the movie they make such a sweet couple.
People want to see it transpire in real life. I mean,
I know it wasn't a showman shit, but it makes
me think of Brad Pitt and Angelina Joli when they're
a mystery Missus White. Yeah, well whatever, it's Coo Smith
(05:12):
having a baby in a week and a half.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
My memory doesn't work. Okay, No, mister and Missus Smith.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Obviously they were a married couple in the movie, and
everyone shipped their relationship, and then when it started to
come out that maybe there was something going on off screen,
it just fed the beast. Everyone wanted to go and see, like,
what is this movie that they fell in love with?
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Okay, here's a question for you. You get to pick
at anyone to be in Showmans with.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Who is it? Who are you picking?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
I would have said Jason Momoa a million years ago,
but I feel.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Like I'm past him now. Yeah, I'm past him to
his old news all right. I don't know who's yours.
Who's yours? Probably Jonathan Bailey.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
All right, guys, Well that's it from us today.
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