{"id":42160,"date":"2025-08-04T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42160\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T06:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:00:12","slug":"sister-of-liam-neesons-late-wife-natasha-richardson-reacts-to-his-budding-romance-with-pamela-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42160\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister of Liam Neeson\u2019s late wife Natasha Richardson reacts to his \u2018budding romance\u2019 with Pamela Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Neeson\u2019s new love appears to have his former sister-in-law\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>Pamela Anderson took to Instagram on Friday, August 1, to share a carousel of sweet photos of herself posing with Neeson to promote the release of their new movie together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Naked Gun is finally in theatres!\u201d Anderson, 58, wrote. \u201cBring your friends, family, lovers\u2026 whoever\u2026 just go and have a laugh\u2026 It\u2019s good for you! I\u2019ll see you there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6aabef0d004bda0808b7baf3e5ce413b.jpeg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\u2018Hollywood is being destroyed\u2019: Trump\u2019s extreme tariffs puts Australian film industry at risk\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Natasha Richardson\u2019s sister, Joely Richardson, then shared seven red heart emojis in the comments section of Anderson\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p>Joely\u2019s apparent support for Neeson\u2019s rumored romance with Anderson excited many of the former \u201cBaywatch\u201d star\u2019s fans, and several took to the comments section to share their reactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClassy and loving as always,\u201d one person wrote underneath Joely\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery sweet of you,\u201d added another, while a third commented, \u201cOkay, this is everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neeson, 73, married Joely\u2019s sister, Natasha Richardson, in 1994 after the pair met and worked together on the Broadway revival of \u201cAnna Christie\u201d one year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Before striking up a relationship with Richardson, the \u201cTaken\u201d star had dated Helen Mirren and Barbra Streisand.<\/p>\n<p>Neeson and Richardson went on to welcome two sons together: Miche\u00e1l, now 30, and Daniel, now 28.<\/p>\n<p>But tragedy struck in March 2009 when Richardson passed away from a traumatic brain injury she suffered during a skiing accident in Quebec. The beloved \u201cParent Trap\u201d actress was 45.<\/p>\n<p>Neeson later opened up about his wife\u2019s passing and the grief he endured during an interview with \u201c60 Minutes\u201d in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrief hits you. It\u2019s like a wave,\u201d he told host Anderson Cooper at the time. \u201cYou just get this profound feeling of instability. You feel like a three-legged table. Just suddenly, the Earth isn\u2019t stable anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then it passes and becomes more infrequent, but I still get it sometimes,\u201d the \u201cStar Wars\u201d actor added.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in October 2024, Neeson claimed that he was done dating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, in a word,\u201d he told People last year. \u201cI\u2019m past all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that appeared to change when the Oscar-nominated actor and Anderson met and began working together on Seth MacFarlane\u2019s \u201cThe Naked Gun\u201d reboot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Pamela, first off, I\u2019m madly in love with her,\u201d Neeson, also in October 2024, said. \u201cShe\u2019s just terrific to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I have a friend forever in Liam, and we definitely have a connection that is very sincere, very loving, and he\u2019s a good guy,\u201d Anderson told Entertainment Weekly last month.<\/p>\n<p>The pair both brought their sons to the NYC premiere of \u201cThe Naked Gun,\u201d and then pretended to make out on live TV during a July 29 appearance on \u201cToday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Insiders have since claimed that Neeson and Anderson are dating and \u201cenjoying each other\u2019s company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a budding romance in the early stages,\u201d a source told People in July. \u201cIt\u2019s sincere, and it\u2019s clear they\u2019re smitten with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7c69d02447c6ba3e1c2002b23a6080bf.jpeg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\u2018Exhausting\u2019: Hollywood continues to \u2018alienate\u2019 audiences with woke rehashes\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very sincere how they feel,\u201d another insider told Page Six. \u201cThat is the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not going to show up on the red carpet and be adorable just to be fake, that\u2019s not either of them,\u201d they added. \u201cThis is happening in real time, here and now, so I don\u2019t know what things look like moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Neeson and Anderson\u2019s reps for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/03\/entertainment\/natasha-richardsons-sister-joely-reacts-to-liam-neesons-romance-with-pamela-anderson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sister of Liam Neeson\u2019s late wife Natasha Richardson reacts to his \u2018budding romance\u2019 with Pamela Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson\u2019s new love appears to have his former sister-in-law\u2019s approval. 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