Drew Barrymore Shocked Over Unreceived ‘Poison Pen Letters’ Sent From ‘Selma Blair’
14.09.2022 - 20:29
/ etcanada.com
In Selma Blair’s new memoir, the actress reveals a shocking series of events, one involving Drew Barrymore, that were plotted by her late father.
Although the incident occurred years ago, Barrymore only found out about it now, requesting to bring Blair on her talk show to offer a “healing” moment.
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Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show”, Blair gives Barrymore a bit of a backstory about her childhood, which she discusses in her book Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up.
“I was very close to my mother. And my father and I went in and out of having some friendships,” she tells the TV host. “We never really clicked. Because he did something so unthinkable to me, I would never call him Dad again, really.”
Blair explains that things got weird with her father after she landed a role on a film. A strange letter was sent to producers by a pretend agent claiming that the actress was “a heroin addict,” which Blair says was a lie, but, the accusation cost her the job anyway- she was fired due to liability.
However, things continued to unfold, causing the “Legally Blonde” actress to feel “heartbreak” and “fear.”
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“I hear from a detective who said, ‘We know this is not you’ — this was like maybe almost a year later — ‘but someone has been writing letters to Drew Barrymore, poison pen letters, signed by Selma Blair,'” she says.
Eventually, Blair learned that the culprit was her father’s girlfriend.
“When [my father] found out it was her, he chose her and didn’t