Pamela Anderson 'Almost Got Killed on a Plane' After a Passenger Mistook Her for a Member of The Chicks

Mar. 15, 2025

Pamela Anderson and Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Robison of The Chicks.Photo:Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty; Kevin Winter/Getty

Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty; Kevin Winter/Getty

While Anderson, 57, appeared on the Monday, Jan. 6 episode of theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast to promote her movieThe Last Showgirlwith directorGia Coppola, the actress shared that a man once confronted her angrily on a flight and had to be restrained over his vitriol for the Texas-based country band.

“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?’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done?’ " Anderson said when host Josh Horowitz asked her if she had ever been mistaken for another celebrity.

“I would look back at him and he would be like, ‘Grrr,’ and I’d be like, ‘Oh my God,’ " she added. “And then this stewardess had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me. It ended up he thought I was a Dixie Chick.”

Anderson’s reveal drew laughter from Horowitz, Coppola and the live audience atHappy Sad Confused, which was recorded at New York City’s 92NY. “Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing? Yeah. I almost got killed on a plane,” she said.

Pamela Anderson on Jan. 5, 2025.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

The Chicks, who were known as The Dixie Chicks from 1989until 2020, facedsignificant public backlashin the 2000s for sharing their disapproval of the U.S.’s war in Iraq during a March 10, 2003 concert in London, days before theU.S. and allied forces invaded the country. During that concert, lead singerNatalie Mainesstated the group was “ashamed” that then-presidentGeorge W. Bush"is from Texas.”

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“That’s only like the 400th most weird thing that’s happened in your life, to be fair,” podcast host Horowitz told Anderson after she shared the anecdote. “Yeah, that’s minor. I was scared to fly after that a little bit, but you know.”

Pamela Anderson on Jan. 2, 2025.Denise Truscello/Getty

Denise Truscello/Getty

The Last Showgirlfollows Anderson as Shelly, a veteran Las Vegas showgirl whose future grows uncertain when her show abruptly closes after 30 years. She costars in the movie withJamie Lee Curtis,Dave Bautista,Billie Lourd,Kiernan ShipkaandBrenda Song.

“I just wanted it to be raw and real, and I was ready for that and prepared for that and excited about that,” Anderson recently told PEOPLE of why she decided not to wear makeup in the film, save for when her character performs on stage.

The Last Showgirlis in theaters everywhere Jan. 10.

source: people.com