Scary times in heaven.
Pamela Anderson says she was “almost killed” during a flight by someone who thought she was a member of the band The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks.
The 57-year-old actress revealed the terrifying story on a recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast after she was asked which celebrities often get her wrong.
“One time, I was on a flight and this guy came up to me and said, 'Do you know what this country has done for you?'” 92nd Street Y for the record, Anderson said, imitating the man's raspy voice as she gestured to the audience gathered in the auditorium.
“And I was like, ‘Oh my God. What did you do?
The situation reportedly became worse as the trip continued. The “Last Showgirl” star recalled seeing the man growl and glare at her every time she turned in her seat to look at him.
She said he eventually became violent and had to be restrained to his chair.
“The flight attendant had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me,” Anderson said.
“Yes! And by the end of the day, he thought I was Dixie Chick,” she added, prompting laughter from the audience.
“Remember the whole Dixie Chick thing?” I went. “I was almost killed on a plane.”
Although the “Pamela's Garden of Eden” star did not mention the year the ordeal occurred, it was supposedly after 2003 when singer Natalie Maines of The Chicks — who changed the band's name from the Dixie Chicks in 2000 — slammed the then-President George W. Bush on the invasion of Iraq.
“Just so you know, we're on the good side of all of you,” the 50-year-old Texas native said while performing at a concert in London in March of that year. “We don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the president of the United States is a Texan.” .
The Chicks suffered almost immediate cancellation from conservative and right-wing Americans due to Maines' statements. They were blacklisted from country radio, and fans destroyed their albums, boycotted their tour and sent them death threats.
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Maines apologized publicly at the time, although she called it off in 2006. “I apologized for disrespecting the office of the president,” she said. “I apologized for disrespecting the office of the president. I apologized for that.” “But I don't feel that way anymore,” the singer told Time magazine. “I don't feel like he deserves any respect at all.”
That same year, The Chicks released “Not Ready to Make Nice,” a song about their reaction to the backlash they received. The group's only song to go platinum twice, “Not Ready to Make Nice” won the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 2007.
The Chicks doubled down on their efforts in 2023, saying the politically charged statement “liberates us.”
Just the small taste Anderson got of the hate the chicks faced left her disturbed. Although she described her plane accident as “minor,” she admitted, “I was afraid of flying after that, a little bit.”
