Pamela Anderson was almost assaulted on a plane after being mistaken for one of The Chicks
Pamela Anderson has revealed she was almost attacked during a flight by a man who accidentally mistaken her for a member of The Chicks, formerly known as The Dixie Chicks.
The actor recalled the incident while appearing as a guest on a recent podcast, saying that the man who tried to attack her immediately grew angry after thinking she was a member of the country outfit amid a particularly controversial time for the group.
“This one time, I was on a flight, and this guy came up to me and said, ‘Do you know what this country’s done for you?'” Anderson told the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Monday. “And I was like, ‘Oh, my God. What have I done?'”
She said the man started to approach her aggressively with an obvious intention to attack, but he was stopped when the flight attendant stepped in to stop him. “This stewardess had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me,” Anderson recalled. “He thought I was a Dixie Chick. Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing? I almost got killed on a plane!”
The Chicks, formerly The Dixie Chicks, had been significant backlash at the time after lead singer Natalie Maines publicly criticised President George W Bush for the invasion of Iraq. The remarks came during the first date of their Top Of The World tour, with Maines telling the audience, “We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”
The subsequent controversy largely stemmed from supporters of the war, causing a widespread blacklisting on most country radio stations. While Maines apologised for her comments several days later, she revoked her gesture in 2006, saying that she felt Bush was undeserving of any respect.
They later released the single ‘Not Ready To Make Nice’, addressing the criticism and establishing a strong political position that inspired countless pop and country artists, from Taylor Swift to Kacey Musgraves.
Anderson, who didn’t specify exactly when the near-attack occurred, said that it frightened her so much that she was “scared to fly” for a little while after the incident.
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