Pamela Anderson says a man nearly killed her after mistaking her for a member of The Chicks

Pamela Anderson was nearly killed by a man who mistook her for a member of The Chicks, she revealed on Monday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.

The incident years ago happened on a plane, she said, explaining that she was approached and attacked by a man who apparently thought she was a member of the country music group. The meeting eventually led to the man being handcuffed.

“This one time I was on a plane and this guy came up to me and said, ‘Do you know what this country has done for you?'” Anderson said. “And I was like, ‘Oh, my God. What have I done?’

The “Last Showgirl” star further explained that every time she looked back at the man after the initial exchange, he was glaring at her. It got to the point that the man had to be restrained during the flight.

“This flight attendant had to handcuff him to the chair because he tried to attack me,” she said. “Yeah. And finally he thought I was a Dixie Chick. Remember the whole Dixie Chick thing? I almost got killed in a plane.”

She concluded, admitting: “I was scared to fly after that, a little bit.”

Anderson did not give a year for the mistaken identity, but based on the man’s reaction, it came sometime after a 2003 London concert for the country music trio (now known as The Chicks), where frontwoman Natalie Maines criticized President George W. Bush and the invasion of Iraq. The comments drew strong backlash, and the group was blacklisted by much of the country music community for years.

Maines apologized for her condemnation after it happened, but took it back while speaking to Time Magazine in 2006.

“I apologized for disrespecting the office of the president. But I don’t feel that way anymore,” she said. “I don’t feel like he owes anybody any respect.”

The group changed their name to simply The Chicks in 2020.

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