Why we’re obsessed with Pamela and Neeson’s love story

Have you heard the good news? | want to go around asking strangers this as | commute into work or walk to the shops, like some wild-eyed street evangelist. “Have you heard, good sir? Have you heard, madam? It very much appears that the rumours are true — Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson are now an item!” I'm not normally one to go in for tawdry, tabloid gossip, nor do | usually have my finger remotely on the pulse when it comes to the latest celebrity couplings (often only discovering a pair of A-listers were even together upon their breakup). But this one is special; far from leaving me indifferent, here lies a love story with the power to make me practically bubble over with joy and excitement. Yes, it may concern two people | don't actually know, but that is irrelevant. | have found myself properly and unashamedly obsessed with the idea of a Liamela/Pamiam mashup.

- Helen Coffey, The Independent

The sparks seemingly began to fly while the pair were shooting the new The Naked Gun film, in which Neeson, 73, plays the lead and Anderson, 58, his love interest. Way back in October, the internet couldn't help noticing the way the Taken actor gushed when asked about his costar. “With Pamela, first off, 'm madly in love with her,” he told People. “She's just terrific to work with. | can't compliment her enough, Ill be honest with you.”

And when it came time to promote the film in press junkets and interviews this summer, their chemistry on screen had noticeably leapt into the real world. They posed with their arms around each other on the red carpet, visibly relaxed and delighted by each other's presence, natural gesture that has all the hallmarks of belonging to an established couple.