Selma Blair Emotionally Exits Dancing With The Stars Due To Ongoing Battle With MS
18.10.2022 - 22:48
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Grab your tissues, this is a very emotional one!
Selma Blair treated viewers to one beautiful last dance on Dancing With The Stars. In a very touching episode of the dance competition series on Monday evening, Selma announced she would need to drop out of the show due to health issues related to her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. But she wasn’t going to walk away without getting to leave it all on the ballroom floor.
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In a segment of the live Disney+ series before her final bow, the Cruel Intentions star told her dance partner Sasha Farber she would be unable to continue the competition after receiving unsettling news from her doctors. Through tears, she shared:
Determined to get one last dance, she added:
Speaking to cameras, the 50-year-old continued:
And that she did. Everyone in the audience (and probably at home, too!) was a puddle of tears when the package ended and Selma and Sasha took the stage with a beautiful Waltz to Andra Day’s What the World Needs Now Is Love. Check out the gorgeous performance (below).
Incredible!
When they concluded the sentimental dance, all the judges had glowing reviews for the star. Len Goodman began:
After praising her for treating everyone on the staff and cast so kindly throughout the season, Derek Hough noted:
Bruno Tonioli called the Hellboy alum an inspiration to “millions,” while a teary-eyed Carrie Ann Inaba said watching Selma dance over the last several weeks has been like watching a “living breathing, elegantly dancing miracle.” She concluded:
While speaking to host Alfonso Ribeiro before receiving her final scores, Selma thanked the audience for being so gracious to her and her castmates