Dan Hayhurst and Pamela Anderson.Photo: loose women/youtube
Pamela Andersonhas had her share ofhigh-profile relationships, but her most recent flew under the radar.
The actress married her builder and bodyguard, Dan Hayhurst, on Dec. 24, 2020, after meeting him while he was renovating her Vancouver Island, Canada home. In January 2022, theirseparation was confirmedafter one year of marriage.
“Pamela went into this relationship hopefully,” a source told PEOPLE after the split. “She goes into everything hoping for the best. She thinks every marriage will be her last.”
“I think they had a lot in common, especially their love of Vancouver Island,” the source said. “But they fell out of love.”
After the split from her fourth husband, Anderson began to compile her memoirLove, Pamelaand work on theNetflixdocumentaryPamela, a Love Story.
Here’s everything to know about Pamela Anderson’s ex-husband, Dan Hayhurst.
They met while he was working on her house
In September 2020, a source told PEOPLE Anderson was dating Hayhurst after the two had"been together for a while."
“She’s very happy,” the source said. “And they’ve been together for the entire pandemic. She’s super happy and he’s been helping her fix up her home on Vancouver Island.”
After getting married,the newlyweds appearedon the British talk showLoose Womenfor an interview via video call from bed. They confirmed meeting while Hayhurst was working on the model’s home.
“He was working here and I got stuck here during COVID and we stuck together,” Anderson shared.
He married Anderson in 2020
Courtesy RASTA Farm Sanctuary
On Jan. 27, 2021, Pamela Anderson confirmed to theDaily Mailshe’d married Hayhurst on Christmas Eve in an intimate ceremony at her Canadian home.
“I’m exactly where I need to be-in the arms of a man who truly loves me,” Anderson told the outlet.
The mother of two said they had tied the knot “on the property I bought from my grandparents 25 years ago,” adding, “This is where my parents were married and they are still together. I feel like I’ve come full circle.”
The couple’s wedding photographer and cake baker Heather Ross told PEOPLE of the nuptials, “Pamela was beaming with love. They were just so happy and focused on each other.”
Anderson described him as “a good guy”
During their interview withLoose Women,the newlyweds revealedwhat attracted them to each other.
“He’s the kinda guy I would have met if I didn’t go round the world and get crazy,” Anderson shared, describing Hayhurst as “a good guy.” “It’s nice to be with a real man who can actually change a lightbulb. He’s useful. It’s a new thing.”
When Hayhurst was asked what drew him to the activist, he said, “I couldn’t resist and she couldn’t resist me,” then added, “I’ll show you under the covers if you want.”
He separated from Anderson after a year
After a year of marriage, a representative for theBaywatchalum confirmed to PEOPLE that Anderson hadsplit from her bodyguard husbandin January 2022.
While living in her grandparents' former farmhouse on Vancouver Island, Anderson recalled toVanity Fairthat she began to “romanticize everything,” including the people working on her renovations.
“Everyone was looking good — all the contractors that were here,” she said. However, their short marriagelasted less than a yearbecause “it ended up being a disaster,” she told the outlet.
In January 2023, AndersontoldThe Sunday Timesthat getting romantic with her contractor “was stupid, and I do regret that.” She said of the marriage, “It was worse than any of them. And I realized, ‘Oh my God, I’m caught up in this whole thing, what am I doing?’ It just struck me, this is another disaster. … I was paying for everything, cooking, cleaning for everybody. And so I just got out of it as soon as I could.”
Hayhurst was Anderson’s fourth husband
Hayhurst was Anderson’s fourth marriage. In 1995, she famously married Mötley Crüe drummerTommy Leeafter onlyknowing each other for four days. They sharetwo sonstogether, Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger. The couple divorced in 1998.
In 2006, she married and divorcedKid Rock. In 2007, and again in 2013, she married and divorced Rick Solomon.
She latermarried film producer Jon Petersfor a total of 12 days in 2020, though their marital unionwas never officialsince they never filed the paperwork.
He’s a builder for a Canadian animal sanctuary
RASTA Sanctuary, a farm animal sanctuary in Chemainus, Canada, shared several photos of Hayhurst and Anderson on Instagram in late 2020 to thank them for their work towards the sanctuary, where Hayhurst was working as a builder.
In one post before their Christmas Eve wedding,the sanctuary thankedthe “incredibly generous and most kind and thoughtful couple.”
They added of Hayhurst, “Her very hardworking partner Dan is our builder and he’s doing a fantastic job both coordinating the project as well as getting down and dirty to get the work done.”
source: people.com
