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    Pamela Anderson loves announcing major life decisions with poetry.

    Jessie Gaynor

    February 3, 2020, 10:52am

    Twelve days after The Hollywood Reporter announced that Pamela Anderson had secretly married producer (and self-proclaimed “Trump of Hollywood”) Jon Peters, they further announced that the two have called the whole thing off.

    If you’re wondering why this is literary news, have I got the poems for you! Well, one original poem, written by Anderson announcing the marriage, and one quote from the journals of Sylvia Plath, on the occasion of its end.

    Here’s Anderson’s poem, which she gave as a statement to The Hollywood Reporter (more public statement poems, please):

    “Jon is the original ‘bad boy’ of Hollywood –
    no one compares –
    I love him deeply like family.
    His life used to scare me.
    So much for a girl like me.
    Now I’ve seen more of life
    and realize ..
    He’s been there all along.
    Never failed me –
    I’m ready now
    and
    he’s ready too –
    We
    understand
    and respect each other –
    We love each other
    without conditions. –
    I’m a lucky woman. –
    Proof
    God has a plan”

    Yesterday, after the union’s dissolution was announced, Anderson tweeted the Plath quote, along with a pensive photo of herself.

    I guess the joke’s on us for ranking Anderson last on this fictional booksellers list.

    [h/t The Cut]

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