Pamela Anderson shares air strike, mistaken for a Dixie Chick

Pamela Anderson was asked during an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast if she’s ever been mistaken for another celebrity, and her answer ended up being quite shocking. It turns out that a man once tried to attack Anderson on a plane because he thought she was a member of The Chicks, the legendary country music trio formerly known as the Dixie Chicks.

“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?’ I thought, ‘Oh my God.’ I looked back and he was (angry). Then this flight attendant had to handcuff him to the chair because he tried to attack me.”

“Yeah. He ended up thinking I was a Dixie Chick. Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing?” Anderson continued, “I was almost killed in a plane. I was scared to fly after that, a little bit.”

Anderson laughed as he told the story, but it wasn’t funny at the time. The Golden Globe nominee did not reveal when the incident occurred, but it was likely sometime in 2003 amid the national firestorm against The Chicks after lead singer Natalie Maines said during a March 10, 2003 concert in London that her band was ashamed over President George W. Bush was from Texas in the midst of the invasion of Iraq. The band’s reputation imploded and their music sales plummeted due to the controversial remark. The backlash is depicted in The Chicks’ 2006 documentary “Shut Up and Sing”.

While Maines later apologized for the remark, she told Time Magazine during the press tour for the documentary that she didn’t actually regret making the comment, adding, “I apologized for disrespecting the office of the president. But I don’t feel that way anymore. I don’t feel he owes anyone any respect.”

The Chicks officially changed their name from the Dixie Chicks in 2020, as the word “Dixie” has historical ties to the Confederacy and America’s history of racism.

Watch Anderson’s full interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast in the video below.