Selma Blair
Selma Blair on Getting “Back on Track” With MS Treatment: People Don’t “Get How Expensive It Is to Be Disabled”
Five years ago, Selma Blair underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) amid her multiple sclerosis battle, but she shared that she’s still “getting back on track.” In an interview with Us Weekly, published Wednesday, the actress opens up about her MS diagnosis and the financial stressors of being disabled. Blair covers the first issue of […]
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Selma Blair Parts Ways With CAA, Publicity Team and Lawyer
Selma Blair is changing up her team. The actress has parted ways with her agents at CAA as well as her publicity team at Narrative, sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. It also appears that she’s made changes to her management and legal reps as well. For years, Blair has been represented by manager Troy […]
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Selma Blair Apologizes Following Backlash for Anti-Islam Social Media Comment
Selma Blair has issued an apology after being criticized for posting an anti-Islam comment on a video regarding the Israel-Hamas war last week. The actress wrote in a statement shared on Instagram on Tuesday, “This is a time of great pain and anguish for many around the world, but it is also a time to learn and […]
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Selma Blair Faces Backlash Following Anti-Islam Social Media Comment Concerning Israel-Hamas War
Selma Blair is facing backlash after her Instagram account posted an anti-Islam comment on a video concerning the Israel-Hamas war. In a clip posted on Instagram on Feb. 2, a user profile named Abraham Hamra appeared to be speaking out in defense of the Jewish community following the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7. A […]
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Selma Blair Feels She “Never Really Hit My Stride With Acting” Since Getting “So Sick” After ‘Hellboy’
Selma Blair is reflecting on her acting career after she “stepped away” when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In a recent interview with Glamour for the magazine’s 2023 Women of the Year issue, the actress opened up about what she feels like she missed out on. “I still feel like I never really hit […]
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Selma Blair Says She Used Alcohol to Manage MS Symptoms Before Diagnosis, Avoided Treatment in Fear of Being an “Insurance Risk”
Selma Blair says she self-medicated with alcohol to manage the symptoms of her undiagnosed multiple sclerosis, but that she ultimately didn’t seek treatment for her alcohol use disorder because she feared being “deemed an insurance risk” on productions. In a new interview with Vogue, Blair opens up about grappling with undiagnosed and untreated MS throughout her childhood […]
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Selma Blair Opens Up About Decades-Long Alcohol Addiction Starting at Age 7 and Multiple Rapes
Selma Blair hasn’t been shy about sharing details of her personal struggles, speaking publicly about her battle with multiple sclerosis since she was diagnosed in 2018, but she reveals new, shocking experiences from her past in her new memoir, Mean Baby. In the book, excerpts of which were published in People magazine on Wednesday, Blair […]
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THR Talks: Selma Blair and James Lebrecht on the Growing Disability Rights Movement in Hollywood
In October 2018, Selma Blair posted to her Instagram: “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy,” she wrote. “And my left side is asking for directions from a broken GPS. But we are doing it.” It was her way of announcing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, which she received in […]
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“Keep Pushing Boundaries”: Jennifer Aniston and Selma Blair Honored at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Event
The entertainment industry’s leading ladies gathered at Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday for the return of The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Women in Entertainment event, presented by Lifetime. This year, the star-studded event — which coincided with the publication of THR’s annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 — honored Jennifer Aniston with the Sherry Lansing Leadership […]
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“My Story Is but One of Many”: Selma Blair Advocates for Actors With Disabilities at Women in Entertainment Event
Selma Blair brought a packed ballroom to their feet Wednesday when she was honored with the Equity in Entertainment award at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment gala presented by Lifetime, held at the Fairmont Century City hotel. Blair, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August of 2018, has become an advocate for the […]
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John Krasinski, Selma Blair and Marlee Matlin Set for Honors at Media Access Awards
The Media Access Awards has announced the honoree roster for the Nov. 17 virtual event. Hosted by Millicent Simonds and presented in partnership with Easterseals, the ceremony fetes “those individuals, series, and films that have redefined on-screen representation for the disability community, while advancing the portrayal and employment of people with disabilities in Hollywood.” Honorees […]
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Selma Blair Reveals She “Was Told to Make Plans for Dying” in Trailer for ‘Introducing, Selma Blair’
After announcing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2018, Selma Blair is giving viewers a more intimate and emotional look at her diagnosis and treatment in the first trailer for Introducing, Selma Blair. Directed by Rachel Fleit, a filmmaker with her own autoimmune disorder, the film documents the highs and lows of the actress’ shifting treatment […]
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