Kaylah Walton
Pamela Anderson recently shared a terrifying experience she encountered while traveling on a plane, where a man confused her for a member of the country music group The Chicks (formerly known as the Dixie Chicks).
The 57-year-old star recounted the alarming details of a near-attack by a fan who mistook her for a band member.
Anderson shared her unsettling encounter, imitating the man’s deep voice as he approached her.
“On one flight, a guy came up and asked me, ‘Do you know what this country has done for you?'” she recounted on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, reflecting on her immediate panic.
The situation quickly took a turn for the worse. Anderson explained how the man’s demeanor changed, becoming aggressive and staring at her from a distance throughout the flight. What began as discomfort transformed into fear as his behavior escalated.
“He was snarling and glaring at me,” Anderson recounted. “Then a flight attendant had to handcuff him to his seat because he tried to attack me.”
Surprisingly, the man believed she was a member of the controversial band The Chicks.
“Yeah! He thought I was a Dixie Chick,” Anderson said, prompting laughter from her audience as she looked back on the infamous backlash the band endured in 2003.
Despite the frightening ordeal, Anderson described it as a “minor” event in her life, although it did leave her a bit shaken.
“I was scared to fly after that, just a little,” she admitted.
Controversy surrounding The Chicks
While Anderson didn’t provide a specific date for the incident, it seems to have happened after 2003. That year, The Chicks, especially lead vocalist Natalie Maines, sparked major controversy following remarks against then-President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.
Maines caused a stir at a concert in London when she stated their opposition to the war and expressed shame about the President hailing from Texas, igniting backlash, especially among conservative circles.
The fallout saw The Chicks getting blacklisted from country radio, having their albums vandalized, and receiving death threats.
