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  • Selma Blair Addresses Accusations She’s Faking Her MS: ‘I’m Vain & I Want to Wear Heels’

    Selma Blair got real about her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis. In conversation with SHE Media CEO Samantha Skey at Flow Space 2025 Women’s Health Summit, the Cruel Intentions actress opened up about her health and public perception of her disability.

    The actress was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a central nervous system condition that damages nerves, affecting the electrical signals in the brain, in 2018. The star has been open about her symptoms, including numbness and tingling, before her diagnosis, and found comfort in finding a community. “When I [posted about my RMS on Instagram] I saw that there was a whole world that felt seen or could relate to someone having chronic health issues,” Blair recalled.

    When it came to being at public events, Blair didn’t shy away from showing off her assistive device. “I showed up on the red carpet with a simple cane—a cute cane that my manicurist embedded a little with diamonds— so it felt very of the moment,” she said. “But I didn’t realize that was such a statement. When young girls and young boys were putting things on Instagram with their canes or assistive devices, I felt empowered for them.”

    Related: Selma Blair Is Going Public With Her Skincare Secret Weapon After Years of ‘Not Taking Any Pictures—It Was Really Bad’

    Samantha Skey, Selma Blair speak onstage during the In Conversation With Selma Blair panel at Flow Space Women’s Health Summit October 2025 at Penske Media Rooftop on October 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
    Samantha Skey, Selma Blair speak onstage during the In Conversation With Selma Blair panel at Flow Space Women’s Health Summit October 2025 at Penske Media Rooftop on October 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.Michael Buckner for SHEMedia

    However, with all the photos and the glam, there were sure to be trolls online whenever she stepped out in public. Some people thought that Blair was faking her disability when she arrived on a red carpet without her cane, and while she was wearing heels. “Don’t worry. We’ll live long enough, we’ll all be disabled,” she responded to the haters. “I’m vain, I want to wear heels. I don’t care. I gotta keep moving! These are the shoes that I want to wear.“

    Though she started having symptoms earlier in life, she finally got the courage to stand up for herself and express her pain to her doctors. “I realized that we do have to learn to be our own advocates, that we do not have to be compliant or be polite,” she said. “The medical system can be very daunting, but it’s not infallible. We know our problems with our health; that feeling should be much stronger than the fear we have of expressing it to a doctor.”

    Blair also opened up about how her everyday life was affected by her disability. “A lot of my friends changed because it’s really hard if you know someone who has a chronic illness. You can seem fine, but you’re not necessarily fine, and it’s really hard to have love in my life in any way, because people take it personally. My son is my priority, so is my work and myself. Some things do fall by the wayside, and people take it personally. It’s hard going out and meeting every engagement, or give people the attention they deserve, but that is just part of my identity.”

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  • Selma Blair Recalls Doctor Telling Her To Get A Boyfriend Amid MS Journey

    Selma Blair Recalls Doctor Telling Her To Get A Boyfriend Amid MS Journey

    Selma Blair, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, is opening about her frustrating experience with gender bias in the health care system.

    While recently appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the actor spoke about a staggering moment in her MS journey when a doctor dismissed her “unbearable” pain and discomfort by suggesting that she find a boyfriend.

    “I just cried,” Blair, 51, recalled of her response to the insensitive comment. “I had no capability to process. ‘What am I supposed to do with this information?’ I knew the pain was real. I thought it was. But I did start to convince myself, ‘You’re overly sensitive. There’s nothing wrong with you. Get it together, you lazy, lazy whatever.’”

    The “Cruel Intentions” actor shared that she suffered “so much medical trauma” early on due to unfair treatment from doctors during her childhood.

    “It was a gender bias, a lot of it, because there would be a boy in my grade that would go in for the exact same chronic headache and fever, and he is in surgery and an MRI within the week,” she explained.

    The “Hell Boy” star added: “I was never given an MRI even though I always had headaches and fevers and balance [problems]. But they just said, ‘Oh, just dramatic.’”

    Selma Blair says her MS symptoms were dismissed for years.

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    After having her symptoms shut down by doctors for years, she recalled being “relieved” when she was finally diagnosed with MS.

    “I was relieved I finally had something that could be understood and treated,” she told the show’s moderator, Kristen Welker.

    As one of Hollywood’s biggest advocates for chronic disease and disability rights, Blair went on offer advice to medical professionals who are treating patients with chronic symptoms.

    “I really wish they would listen,” she said after pointing out that “nothing was taken seriously.”

    The actor, who has been in remission since 2021, added: “I want doctors to listen, keep things in mind. And why so afraid of an MRI on a woman?”

    Back in 2019, Blair echoed similar frustrations over her experiences with dismissive doctors while appearing on “Good Morning America.”

    “I was really struggling with, ‘How am I gonna get by in life?’” she said at the time. “And not [being] taken seriously by doctors, just, ‘Single mother, you’re exhausted, financial burden, blah, blah, blah.’”

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  • Selma Blair Feels She “Never Really Hit My Stride With Acting” Since Getting “So Sick” After ‘Hellboy’

    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 my stride with acting because after Hellboy I was so sick that I really stepped away,” Blair said. “And because I wasn’t a huge star, no one came looking.” The actress starred in the 2004 superhero movie as well as its sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, in 2008.

    It wasn’t until 2018 that the Cruel Intentions actress publicly revealed her MS diagnosis, and has been in remission since 2021. However, she previously shared that she went undiagnosed for 40 years.

    Since learning that she has the autoimmune disease, she has put her focus on other ambitions, including embracing disability activism as well as working with disability inclusion specialist Andraéa Lavant, who consults with brands and film sets. But Blair still ponders about her once-acting career and if it’s something she could ever get back to.

    “I had to realize I do love acting,” she said. “I really would love an amazing director to ever think there’s something for me.”

    Blair “do(es) wonder, practically” how she would go about taking on a role if presented with the opportunity. She explained to the outlet that she has less dysphonia when she already knows what she wants to say, so she believes that she can memorize lines.

    “I think that’s the key with everything,” she added. “Really get comfortable with yourself and it doesn’t matter if you falter, because you know where to pick yourself up again. .. I have such a fucking determination.”

    Earlier in the interview, Blair also recalled the “pure exhaustion” she felt following the birth of her now-12-year-old son, Arthur. Now, she knows it was MS flares that she was experiencing for years before her diagnosis.

    Prior to knowing what was causing her symptoms, she told the magazine that she remembered feeling “broken down.” She said, “I was totally out of the workforce, and I couldn’t earn money,” because experts had told her she needed to take it easy.

    She eventually told her manager that she needed to get a job, so she ended up taking on some sporadic work, including commercial projects as well as a role on Anger Management. But even her physical pain made those jobs difficult.

    “I was forcing myself on a plane, and I was getting vertigo. I would wake up, and I couldn’t move,” Blair said. “It was a very hard time in my life, but it was the catalyst to become who I am now.”

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  • Selma Blair Plays With the No-Pants Trend and Towering Platforms For Latest Cover

    Selma Blair Plays With the No-Pants Trend and Towering Platforms For Latest Cover

    “Disability does not seem escapist. But I love clothes.”

    The actor has long been involved in the world of fashion, wearing playful, dramatic looks long before her diagnosis. She recently collaborated with Isaac Mizrahi on an accessible clothing collection for QVC, which included elements like flat seams, magnetic closures, and seated wheelchair pants. “Disability does not seem escapist. But I love clothes. I love pretty people doing pretty things,” she told Glamour.

    Blair’s appreciation for fashion is clear, and it’s a joy to see her having fun with her clothing. Elsewhere in the story, she continued to play with various trends. In one image, she went pantless in a backless metallic top, Marc Jacobs underwear, and knee-high Moschino boots with giant buckle details. For another, she rocked a David Koma bra top with black leather Khaite pants with red fishnet tights peeking from underneath.

    Blair is one of Glamour’s seven Women of the Year honorees, alongside Brooke Shields, Quinta Brunson, Mary J. Blige, Geena Rocero, Millie Bobby Brown, and America Ferrera. Check out more photos from her latest shoot ahead.

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  • Selma Blair Plays With the No-Pants Trend and Towering Platforms For Latest Cover – POPSUGAR Australia

    Selma Blair Plays With the No-Pants Trend and Towering Platforms For Latest Cover – POPSUGAR Australia

    Selma Blair is embracing her love for fashion. After gracing the front of British Vogue’s May issue earlier this year, she was recently honored as a recipient of Glamour’s 2023 Women of the Year honor. For the magazine cover and subsequent photoshoot unveiled on Nov. 1, the actor wore a series of striking looks experimenting with daring trends and playful footwear. Blair’s standout looks were photographed Lauren Dukoff and styled by Erin Walsh, who’s famously worked with the likes of Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez.

    Blair, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, posed on the cover in a bright blue Versace minidress and matching opera gloves with black floral appliqués. With her cane in hand, she also wore the celebrity-favorite Kiki platform boots from Marc Jacobs, which come with a towering 7-inch heel.

    “Disability does not seem escapist. But I love clothes.”

    The actor has long been involved in the world of fashion, wearing playful, dramatic looks long before her diagnosis. She recently collaborated with Isaac Mizrahi on an accessible clothing collection for QVC, which included elements like flat seams, magnetic closures, and seated wheelchair pants. “Disability does not seem escapist. But I love clothes. I love pretty people doing pretty things,” she told Glamour.

    Blair’s appreciation for fashion is clear, and it’s a joy to see her having fun with her clothing. Elsewhere in the story, she continued to play with various trends. In one image, she went pantless in a backless metallic top, Marc Jacobs underwear, and knee-high Moschino boots with giant buckle details. For another, she rocked a David Koma bra top with black leather Khaite pants with red fishnet tights peeking from underneath.

    Blair is one of Glamour’s seven Women of the Year honorees, alongside Brooke Shields, Quinta Brunson, Mary J. Blige, Geena Rocero, Millie Bobby Brown, and America Ferrera. Check out more photos from her latest shoot ahead.

    Related: 13 Adaptive Clothing Brands Making Fashion More Accessible

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  • Selma Blair on her MS diagnosis and

    Selma Blair on her MS diagnosis and

    Selma Blair on her MS diagnosis and “Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up” – CBS News


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  • Selma Blair Poses For ‘British Vogue’ With Her Cane Amid MS Battle: ‘It’s An Extension Of Me’

    Selma Blair Poses For ‘British Vogue’ With Her Cane Amid MS Battle: ‘It’s An Extension Of Me’

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    Selma Blair is proud of her cane.

    The “Legally Blonde” actress, who opened up about her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis in 2018, graces the cover of British Vogue’s May 2023 issue, featuring disabled talents as cover stars.

    Blair looks stunning as she poses with her cane in a nude ensemble on the cover, telling the magazine: “I have an emotional and physical attachment to the cane.”

    She continues, “I settle in my voice and body as soon as I hold [it]. It’s an extension of me. And I know it adds to visibility.”

    CREDIT: Adama Jalloh

    Blair, who famously walked with her cane on the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party red carpet in her first public appearance since announcing her MS diagnosis, shares: “So many younger people have started publicly embracing their sticks more. I do think representation matters.

    “If I can help remove stigma or over-curiosity in a crowd for someone else, then that’s great,” she explains.


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    Elsewhere in the candid interview, Blair opens up about her struggles with the diagnosis, especially the many years of not knowing exactly what she was dealing with.

    “As an adult, the lassitude and anxiety became terrifying, actually,” Blair admits of suffering secret symptoms. “I made mistakes. Wished myself dead. Attempted suicide. A few times. Out of desperation.”

    CREDIT: Adama Jalloh
    CREDIT: Adama Jalloh


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    She says of pulling away from the industry after filming the U.S. TV remake of “Kath & Kim” in 2009: “My autoimmune system was misfiring… losing most of my hair and all of my energy. I kinda bowed out [after the show]. It was a French exit and everybody else stayed at the party… My self-hatred was extreme.

    “I could not manage well and I couldn’t even try to find work… It was a running joke. How far was the audition? How many naps would I fit in on the side of the road before and after? [When I quit acting] I spent my days in bed, crying, sometimes binge drinking, sometimes reading and sleeping, seeing doctors and healers… I gave up almost until the diagnosis. I was always terrified I would be deemed incapable. Or mentally unsound. My mother taught me that was death for a woman career-wise.”

    See the full feature in the May issue of British Vogue available via digital download and on newsstands April 25.

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  • Christina Applegate makes first public appearance since MS diagnosis – getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Christina Applegate makes first public appearance since MS diagnosis – getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Walking barefoot along Hollywood’s iconic Walk of Fame on Monday, award-winning actor Christina Applegate was beaming as she accepted her own mark among the stars. It was Applegate’s first public appearance in more than a year, since she disclosed in August 2021 that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. 

    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 14: (L-R) David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Christina Applegate pose with Christina Applegate’s star during her Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony at Hollywood Walk Of Fame on November 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

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    “This day means more to me than you could possibly imagine,” she said as she accepted her star decades after she got her start in the industry. 

    The actor, who will be 51 on November 25, has starred in dozens of productions, landing her first iconic role as Kelly Bundy in “Married… with Children” in 1987. She went on to star in “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,” “Anchorman,” “Samantha Who?” and most recently, “Dead to Me.” 

    Then in 2021, she said that she had been diagnosed with MS, a disease that attacks the central nervous system. Fellow actor Selma Blair has also been diagnosed with the disease, which can cause communication issues and pain, as well as cause people to lose their ability to see and walk, among other symptoms. 

    Speaking at the ceremony welcoming her to the Hollywood Star Walk of Fame on Monday, Applegate got emotional as she spoke abut the significant role her friends and family have played in her journey with MS.

    “I don’t say that I have friends, I have family. These people take care of me. They take care of me every day of my life and without them, I don’t know what I would do,” she said, before addressing “the most important person in this world” – her 11-year-old daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble.

    “You so much more than even you know. You are so beautiful and kind and loving and smart and interesting and I am blessed every day that I get to wake up and take you to your school,” she said to her daughter. “You are my everything. Thank you for standing beside me through all of this.” 

    In between the tears, she turned to the cameras and said, “Oh by the way, I have a disease, did you not notice? I’m not even wearing shoes.”

    Applegate tweeted a photo from the event of her standing barefoot on her star, explaining her reasoning for doing so. 

    “For some with MS, the feeling of shoes may hurt or make us feel off balance,” she said. “So today I was me. Barefoot.”

    Many of her closest co-stars attended the event, including “Dead to Me” partner Linda Cardellini and “Married… with Children” co-stars Katey Sagal, who portrayed her mother Peggy Bundy, and David Faustino who played her brother, Bud Bundy. 

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    Christina Applegate has opened up about the difficulties of living with multiple sclerosis, and the signs of illness — such as numbness and a tingling sensation in her limbs — that arose years before her formal diagnosis. 

    “I wish I had paid attention,” she said during an interview with the New York Times published Tuesday, “But who was I to know?”

    Applegate recalls feeling off-balance while filming her Emmy-nominated Netflix series, “Dead To Me,” and struggling during a tennis match before receiving an official diagnosis while on the set of her show. Production shut down for nearly five months as she began treatment for the disease, according to the Times.

    “There was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better,’” the actress said. “And there is no better. But it was good for me. I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me.”

    Moderator Alyssa Mastromonaco, Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini and creator Liz Feldman attend “Dead To Me” #NETFLIXFYSEE For Your Consideration panel discussion at Netflix FYSEE on June 3, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.

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    While there was a question as to whether filming of “Dead To Me” would be able to resume, Applegate insisted on pushing through by using a wheelchair to get to set and having a friend occasionally hold her legs off-camera. Some changes were even made to the script to accommodate energy and stamina levels during filming.

    “I put on 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane. I want people to know that I am very aware of all of that,” said Applegate. 

    MS affects nearly 1 million adults in the U.S., and can be disabling. Most people receive an MS diagnosis between the ages of 20 and 40 and the disease is more common in women than men, according to the Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit academic medical center. Symptoms can include numbness or weakness in the limbs, electric-shock sensations that occur with neck movements, or tremors. MS can also affect vision and speech, cause dizziness and fatigue, and in cases like Applegate’s, impact one’s general mobility.

    There is no known cure for the disease. But according to Mayo Clinic, treatments can help to speed recovery after attacks.  

    Applegate has been transparent on Twitter about her difficulties living with MS, showing photos of the assistive devices she uses to walk, chronicling the insomnia that’s accompanied her diagnosis, and even showing love to a fellow Hollywood star Selma Blair, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2018. 

    Blair, who was a contestant on the current season of “Dancing with the Stars,” said that recent MRI results prompted her to leave the show, citing “bone trauma and inflammation among rips and tears” that could worsen with continued movement. Blair published a memoir that delves into her illness, titled “Mean Baby,” earlier this year.

    In 2021, Blair starred in a documentary that chronicled her worsening health after her diagnosis, “Introducing, Selma Blair.” Applegate lauded Blair for her transparency, she wrote, “My girl Selma Blair documented the first year. Which is hard.”

    “Being technically disabled is what it is,” Applegate tweeted. “I didn’t know what MS was before I had it. My life is changed forever.”

    Caitlin O’Kane contributed to this report.

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