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June 29, 2002 - US Weekly has more details on how Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock have patched things up. An insider said that the couple's arguing and his drinking "reminded her of her first husband, and she didn't want to make the same mistake twice." Apparently this feeling didn't last long though as the insider added Anderson is "now calling all her friends to say she and Kid reconciled and she got her [engagement] ring back."

June 22, 2002 - Matthew Lillard was on Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on Friday and shared his experience meeting Pamela Anderson - and having a frank talk about her problems at the time with Tommy Lee. Lillard claims credit in setting up Pam with Kid Rock. Read more.

June 22, 2002 - Jeff Niesel of the Cleveland Free Times chatted with Poison frontman Bret Michaels who shared his thoughts on the recently engaged Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson. Michaels had dated Pam during her 'Baywatch' days and fought with Anderson to block the sale of a porn tape featuring the two. "Hey, I hope it works out," he revealed. "I broke her into the whole scene. I had to take her to Metallica and Aerosmith and play the music for her to get her all fired up. We were going down to Aerosmith, and [she’s] like, 'I don’t know any of these songs.' I’m like 'Well, let me educate you real quick on Aerosmith. They’re awesome. Once you see this, you’re gonna be hooked.' And we went down there, and I took her to see Metallica, the Stones, Kiss. Ya know, I think I should take the credit for breaking her into the scene."

June 19, 2002 - Launch.com reports Kid Rock, Pamela Anderson, and his Twisted Brown Trucker band were amongst those that partied after the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup championship Monday night. The bash at the Beach Grill in St. Clair Shores also included the members of the hockey team, whom many are friends with Rock. The celebration included Kid Rock performing several cover songs as well as his own hits 'Cowboy,' 'American Bad Ass,' and 'Bawitdaba.'

June 18, 2002 - Las Vegas Review Journal reports Pamela Anderson was spotted in an auctioneering role at The Showroom at The Venetian on Saturday, for the first Rose Education Foundation celebrity gala fund-raising event.

June 18, 2002 - The Toronto Sun reports Kid Rock asked Canadian fans at the MuchMusic's Video Awards on Sunday night if he had the country's permission to marry homegrown actress/pin-up Pamela Anderson. "I think I might have done something wrong in asking Pamela to marry me, and that is, I did not ask Canada's permission -- is it okay Canada?" said Rock, during the final minutes of the two-hour-plus program. I was just checking it out with Canada, since I'm the American bad ass and this is the Canadian fine ass."

June 15, 2002 - The Mirror reports Pamela Anderson is starting a new role as a regular columnist for Jane magazine. She'll be writing in-depth features on parenting, health and domestic violence.

June 15, 2002 - Columbia TriStar Television is pulling the plug on V.I.P., citing the financial woes of co-producer, German media giant Kirch. However, Anderson said in a statement that the decision to end the show was partly hers. "Due to a multitude of issues - some personal - we have decided to all move on from V.I.P.," she said. "It has been an incredibly fun four seasons and we kicked butt!" Read more.

June 14, 2002 - Looks like Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock are still a couple as the two have been added to those attending the MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday, June 16th.

June 12, 2002 - New York Post reports Pamela Anderson designed a Swatch watch. Her piece is called "Rhythmic Gymnastics."

June 12, 2002 - Star magazine reports Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock's relationship is on the ropes, after the two had a bitter two-day fight that included Rock publicly humiliated her at The Academy of Country Music Awards in Los Angeles. An insider revealed, "[Kid Rock had] been on a two-day drinking binge - Budweiser, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, you name it." Adding, "He started shouting that Pam was a bad mom and that sent her into complete shock. Anyone could see she was very upset and crying." Read more.

June 9, 2002 - Tommy Lee is again sounding off on ex-wife Pamela Anderson in the new issue of US Weekly. Lee fumed, "I'm not really sure why she's trying to take my kids from me. She's really weird. We're doing this child-custody thing, and I sat in on her deposition, and she's so angry at everything. Like, not only at me... at the world."

June 8, 2002 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Friday, "Some sad news, Pamela Anderson has called off her wedding to Kid Rock. What could have happened? The rumor is, she got fed up with all his drinking. That's what they say. Let me tell you, if you're choosing alcohol over Pamela Anderson, that's a drinking problem."

June 7, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports friends of Pamela Anderson are saying she still plans on marrying Kid Rock. This despite reports earlier this week that she had called off the ceremony because her fiancé won't quit drinking. Anderson's rep wouldn't comment.

June 6, 2002 - The Daily Star reports Pamela Anderson has ditched wedding plans with Kid Rock because she's fed up with his drinking. The pair failed to show up to a planned MTV Movie Awards appearance and a pal revealed, "They couldn't face being seen in public. Kid has never lost his love for drinking but Pam has had enough."

June 2, 2002 - Bret Michaels tells the Las Vegas Sun why he and Pamela Anderson sued IEG over the stolen sex tape featuring the two. "Obviously the tape we did was for us, nobody else, and we stopped it," he explained. "Believe me, I think pornography and all that stuff is great if that's what people want to do with their life. That's not the reason she and I made the tape. We were a couple at that time that was in love and having a great time together."

June 1, 2002 - Globe magazine reports Pamela Anderson was spotted sporting ratty hair and no makeup while shopping for wedding invitations at a Pacific Palisades stationary store. One witness who reported to be a fan was less than impressed and now says he's an ex-fan: "The only things I recognized were her overinflated fake boobs."

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