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Topics: Celebrity, News, Pamela Anderson, Podcast, Politics
Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Celebrity, News, Pamela Anderson, Podcast, Politics
Pamela Anderson has recalled a time she was mistaken for another celebrity and it could have ended badly for the actress.
It's not uncommon for famous faces to be mistaken for another star, something Jesse Plemons knows first hand.
Last year, Civil War star Plemons said he was 'flattered' to be sometimes be mistaken for Matt Damon.
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"There are worse things to be called, for sure," Plemons said at the time.
"It’s definitely flattering. But yeah, throughout the course of my career, I’ve had various Matt Damon-associated nicknames and such."
While Plemons was somewhat happy to mistaken for Damon, Pamela Anderson faced a scary situation when someone mistook her for another celebrity that had recently caused some controversy.
Chatting to Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused Podcast, the Baywatch favorite was asked if she's ever been mistaken for another star.
She went on to recall: "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?' I was like, 'Oh God.'
"I looked back and he was [angry]. Then this stewardess had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me."
It turns out he thought Anderson was a Dixie Chick.
Anderson went on: "Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing? I almost got killed on a plane. I was scared to fly after that, a little bit."
The 'thing' the Golden Globe nominee's thought to be referring to is when Natalie Maines said her band were ashamed to be from Texas as it was the same place as then-President George W Bush.
In 2003, the singer said: "We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas."
Maines made the remarks around the time the US had invaded Iraq.
Her comments had devastating consequences for the band and everything changed for them 'overnight'.
Former Colombia Records president Don Ienner said to Billboard in 2022: "Home was selling millions of albums, the songs were all over country and pop radio, [they had a] sold-out arena tour.
"In one day, they’re off the air, and fans are burning their records."
He went on: "It was literally overnight. I had never seen the venom or the hatred in the United States of America, where we’re supposed to have freedom of speech."
While Maines went on to express her regret about the comments she made in 2003, she backtracked in a 2006 Time Magazine interview and said: "I don’t feel [Bush] is owed any respect whatsoever."