‘Baywatch’ star was attacked by a passenger on a plane. Pamela Anderson has recalled a frightening incident of mistaken identity on a plane. Anderson, 57, recounted the story on Monday’s episode (6 January) of the Happy Sad Confused Podcast when host Josh Horowitz asked whether she had ever been mistaken for another celebrity.
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The actor – who was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in The Last Showgirl – gave an unexpected answer. “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 said.
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“And I was like, ‘Oh, my God. What have I done?’ I was like, ‘Oh God.’ I looked back and he was [angry]. Then this stewardess had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me.”. “Ended up he thought I was a Dixie Chick. Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing?” she said. “I almost got killed on a plane. I was scared to fly after that, a little bit.”.
Although Anderson did not disclose when the incident occurred, it was likely around 2003 amid the backlash against The Chicks after lead singer Natalie Maines said that her Texan band was ashamed to be from the same place as then-President George W Bush amid the US invasion of Iraq.
As a result, the band suffered huge blows to their music sales with their CDs burnt as a sign of protest. The controversy was the subject of the trio’s 2006 documentary Shut Up and Sing. While Maines apologised for the remark, she later told Time Magazine that she had no regrets over making the comment.
