Scary occasions within the skies.
Pamela Anderson says she “almost got killed” on a flight by somebody who thought she was a member of The Chicks, previously often known as the Dixie Chicks.
The actress, 57, revealed the terrifying story on a latest episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast after being requested what celeb she’s most frequently mistaken for.
“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 mentioned, mimicking the person’s gravelly voice as she pointed to the viewers gathered on the the 92nd Road Y for the recording.
“And I was like, ‘Oh, my God. What have I done?’”
The scenario reportedly bought worse because the flight went on. The “Last Showgirl” star recalled seeing the person snarling and evident at her each time she circled in her seat to look again at him.
She mentioned he finally turned violent and needed to be restrained to his chair.
“This stewardess had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me,” Anderson mentioned.
“Yeah! And, end up, he thought I was a Dixie Chick,” she added, prompting the viewers to snort.
“Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing?” she went on. “I almost got killed on a plane.”
Although the “Pamela’s Garden of Eden” star didn’t say what yr the high-flying ordeal allegedly occurred, it’s assumed it might have been after 2003 when singer Natalie Maines of The Chicks — who modified the band’s title from the Dixie Chicks in 2000 — blasted then-President George W. Bush over the invasion of Iraq.
Acting at a London live performance in March of that yr, the Texas native, 50, mentioned, “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”
The Chicks suffered a near-immediate cancellation from conservative and right-wing Individuals over Maines’ remarks. They have been blacklisted from nation radio, and followers destroyed their albums, boycotted their tour and even despatched them dying threats.
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Maines publicly apologized on the time, although she rescinded it in 2006. “I apologized for disrespecting the office of the President. But I don’t feel that way anymore,” the singer advised Time journal. “I don’t feel he is owed any respect whatsoever.”
That very same yr, The Chicks launched “Not Ready to Make Nice,” a music about their response to the backlash they obtained. The group’s solely monitor to go 2x platinum, “Not Ready to Make Nice” took house the coveted Grammys for File of the 12 months and Track of the 12 months in 2007.
The Chicks doubled down in 2023, saying the politically-charged assertion “set us free.”
Simply the small style Anderson bought of the hate The Chicks confronted left her rattled. Although she referred to as her airplane incident “minor,” she admitted, “I was scared to fly after that, a little bit.”
