When Debbe Dunning landed her role as Heidi, the new Tool Time girl for ABC's smash hit Home Improvement in 1993, rumors about Pamela Anderson's departure as Lisa, ran wild. Despite Pamela's new found success with Baywatch, viewers and critics relentlessly compared the two actresses. Lack of judgement got the best of a frustrated Dunning during a late night Letterman interview.
"Listen, the cast loves me, the viewers love me. Pamela wasn't what people wanted. I'm everything people want. She couldn't handle it. She belongs at the beach. This debate is over." Letterman and the audience gasped at the snarling comments as Anderson listened wide eyed at home, threw the remote at her television from across the room and clenched her fists.
Pamela's appearance on Letterman the following week was especially anticipated. Viewers and Letterman himself were dying for a response and that's exactly what they got.
"See, the problem was that I was too much to handle. You walk around looking like I do and it creates problems on a family show. They wanted simple and plain. I couldn't give it to them. Debbe gives that to them, because she's simple and plain. She can't draw attention, so she blends in well with the background. Good for her." Audience members and Letterman sat with jaws dropped. Debbe's smirk quickly faded as she listened. She kicked the covers off and hopped out of bed, searching for the phone.
Pamela's smile turned to a chuckle as the phone rang, knowing full well who was on the other end. Before she could even breathe a word, Debbe's voice echoed from the speakerphone.
"Plain and simple!? You stupid, ignorant bitch! If you wanna run your fucking mouth, run it to my face!" Pamela cut her off, shouting back,
"You opened these floodgates, cxnt! You knew where this was headed!" Debbe growled and spewed back,
"I'm not doing this back and forth shit! We're gonna settle this bullshit tonight!" Pamela quivered with anticipation and fired back,
"There's only one fucking way this is gonna be settled honey, and that's with me riding your broken, bloody body until the sun comes up!" Debbe smirked before responding,
"Baby, with a handful of your tits and my knee in your pussy, you'll be eating more than your words by the time we're through!" Pamela mocked and responded before slamming the phone down,
"D, we can match muscle all night long, but if you bring this fight downstairs, you've got another thing cumming...if you know what I mean."Muscle to muscle...body to body...Nipples hard, egos bursting, battle lines drawn. In the ultimate showdown of female lust and stamina, which sex symbol in the heat of their 1993 television stardom dominates?
