Pamela Anderson recalls being assaulted on plane after being mistaken for Dixie Chicks member

Pamela Anderson has revealed that she was once assaulted on plane after being mistaken for a member of the Dixie Chicks.

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The actor recalled the incident as part of a new interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, which went live yesterday (January 6). During the discussion, she recalled how a man believed she was a member of the US band when he saw her on a flight, and attempted to physically assault her.

“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?’” she recalled. “I was like, ‘Oh, my God. What have I done?’”

From there, Anderson explained, the man continued to stare at her throughout the flight, before getting up and attempting to physically attack her. He was soon restrained by a flight assistant.

“[He] thought I was a Dixie Chick… Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing? I almost got killed on a plane,” she added.

While the actor didn’t recall exactly when the issue took place, the “whole Dixie Chick thing” she refers to may relate to the backlash the trio faced in 2003, when lead singer Natalie Maines publicly spoke out against President George W. Bush for the United States’ invasion of Iraq.

Later in the interview, Anderson went on to say that the ordeal meant that she “was scared to fly after that, a little bit.”

Back in 2020, the US trio underwent a name change and rebranded themselves as The Chicks. They announced the news via a short statement on their website, explaining to fans that they wanted to change the name due to potentially racist connotations.

In addition to the name change, the band also released a single called ‘March, March’ – a protest song which would then appear on their ‘Gaslighter’ album.

As for Pamela Anderson, the actor recently made a comeback on the big screen by taking on a role in Gia Coppola’s drama The Last Showgirl, which received warm praise from critics.

“I’ve been getting ready my whole life for this role,” Anderson said at the Princess of Wales Theatre following the premiere. “It’s the first time I’ve read a good script, first of all. I’ve never had a script come to me that was coherent. I was like: ‘I’m the only one that can do this. I’ve never felt that strongly about something’.”