Pamela Anderson had the worst flight ever after a scary case of mistaken identity

Pamela Anderson became one of the most famous women on the planet starring on Baywatch. 

She was used to getting mobbed in public. 

But Pamela Anderson had the worst flight ever after a scary case of mistaken identity. 

Pamela Anderson was almost killed on a flight after someone mistook her 

Model and actress Pamela Anderson rose to international fame after playing lifeguard C.J. Parker on the 1990s TV hit Baywatch. 

Baywatch had more than one billion viewers globally every week at the peak of the show’s popularity. 

Anderson may have become a global star in the 90s, but that didn’t mean everyone instantly recognized her in public. 

She recalled one time she “almost got killed” on a flight she took during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

Host Josh Horowitz asked Anderson if she had ever been mistaken for another celebrity in public. 

Despite being one of the most recognizable women on the planet at the peak of her career, it happened. 

“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?’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done?’” Anderson recalled. 

Anderson would turn around and see the man glaring at her during the flight. 

The flight attendants had to get involved because the angry flyer became a threat to her. 

“This stewardess had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me,” Anderson said. 

Anderson later found out that it was a case of mistaken identity that caused the man to flip his lid. 

“He thought I was a Dixie Chick. Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing? I almost got killed on a plane,” Anderson explained. “I was scared to fly after that for a little bit.”

Getting mistaken for one of the members of the infamous female country music group almost put her in a bad spot. 

Pamela Anderson was mistaken for country music pariahs 

Anderson doesn’t say what year her terrifying flight was, but it would have been after 2003 to line up with the Dixie Chicks controversy. 

The female country music group Dixie Chicks set off a firestorm of controversy during a concert in London in 2003. 

Lead singer Natalie Maines, a native of Texas, addressed the crowd about the impending Iraq War, which began 11 days after the concert, and former President George W. Bush. 

“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,” Maines said. 

That remark created a firestorm of controversy, which resulted in a massive backlash against the band. 

Radio stations pulled the Dixie Chicks songs, fans boycotted their tours and albums, and they were criticized by other country music stars. 

Maines apologized for the remark but later took back the apology in 2006. 

Bush said afterward the musicians were “free to speak their mind” and he wasn’t bothered by the comments. 

Pamela Anderson suffered one of the most unfortunate cases of celebrity mistaken identity.