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Pamela Anderson Says She ‘Almost Got Killed’ After Being Mistaken for a Member of the Chicks

Sometimes, even someone like Pamela Anderson — who is boldly herself in every facet — gets a case of mistaken identity.

Although Anderson didn’t specify when the incident happened, it was likely soon after the Chicks ‘ criticism of former President George W. Bush after he declared war on Iraq in March 2003. Although Maines issued an apology, she told later Time Magazine while promoting their album Not Ready to Make Nice in 2006 that she no longer felt the same. In 2020, the group dropped “Dixie” from their name amid worldwide protests following the death of George Floyd and in an apparent move to distance themselves from a term associated with the Confederate-era South.

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