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Selma Blair is an open book on the struggles she's faced since adolescence — including alcoholism. “My first drunk when I was seven," she confirmed to Savannah Guthrie in a interview. «I had my first drinks, you know, much younger.» The 49-year-old actress, famous for movies like Cruel Intentions and , has been forthcoming about her battle with multiple sclerosis in recent years.
Now, with a new book chronicling her life that is just days away from release, the star is also addressing her longtime reliance on alcohol. As she tells , «It really is a huge comfort, a huge relief in the beginning.
Maybe even the first few years for me because I did start really young with that as a comfort, as my coping mechanism.»According to an excerpt published by the magazine, Blair explains in her book that she initially took «quick sips whenever my anxiety would alight.»«I usually barely even got tipsy,» she writes. «I became an expert alcoholic, adept at hiding my secret.» However, her addiction progressed, spanning from childhood through to college. When Guthrie asked how she managed to function, Blair said, “It’s hard.
I don’t know, but maybe it was easier. Maybe I would have never survived without a drink." After a headline-making incident on a plane in 2016, Blair stopped drinking, telling Guthrie that, while you still have to be vigilant about it, the alcoholism is «gone» from her. The star is also being candid about other trauma she's suffered, including rape, which Blair wrote she «drank to forget.»«I don't know if both of them raped me,» she writes in her memoir, recalling the sexual assault during a college spring break trip, per.
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Paris Fury acknowledged her traveller roots as she posted a photo of her eye-catching new caravan garden ornament on Thursday.The 32 year old, who has a stunning fairtytale nursery in her home, shared the snap of the decorative piece as she told her 1 million followers that she planned to place it in the garden of her £550,000 Morecambe home shared with husband Tyson Fury. “For the garden...don't forget where you come from,” Paris captioned.The glamorous wife’s post comes after she recently opened up about wanting to “carry on the great Traveller tradition" of looking after her six children without help in new biography, Love and Fury: The Magic and Mayhem of Life.
Gallery: 20 celebrity interviews that never should’ve happened (Espresso)"I was at this club in Vegas and Seth Green had taken me there and he introduced me to Selma Blair and she took my hand. And I thought, 'Oh she's going to kiss my hand, like a chivalrous person of old,' and she bit my hand," he recalled. "And of course, I let out a yelp, because I'm not an alpha male.
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“Forrest Gump” made a surprise appearance on Tuesday at Paddington Station in London.A mystery man who looked eerily similar to the character was seen gazing at Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the new Elizabeth train line named in her honor for the Platinum Jubilee. Valentine Low, the royal correspondent for The Times of London, posted a pic of the day, showing the 96-year-old monarch sporting a bright lemon-colored coat and matching hat.
Selma Blair is all about a reboot! The star sent fans wild when she teased a continuation of one of her most iconic movies, Cruel Intentions.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe actress has been participating in several events to promote her new book, Mean Baby, and opening up candidly about her childhood, life as a mother, and her heartbreaking 2018 multiple sclerosis diagnosis.As she continues to make speaking appearances, fans couldn't help but ask about one of her most iconic roles, young and naïve Cecile Caldwell, and whether she would revisit it.WATCH: Selma shares incredible horseback riding achievementMORE: Selma Blair's vibrant home is the perfect haven amid health battleThough a reboot or sequel has never been confirmed, fans were as close as it gets to good news after Selma's latest revelation.During a book event for Mean Baby, pop-culture expert Donny Wood took one for the team and posed the question: "Would you ever do a Cruel Intentions sequel?"Though he didn't seem to get a chance to actually ask it, it didn't stop him from trying to get Selma's attention via Instagram, and he succeeded.The exciting revelationHer answer couldn't be more heartfelt and exciting. She confessed: "I would only love to do a Cruel Intentions anything."MORE: Selma Blair makes difficult revelation about her mother to emotional Savannah GuthrieMORE: Selma Blair granted a restraining order against ex-boyfriend after alleged attackShe gave a sweet shoutout to her equally iconic co-stars, writing: "I love Sarah Michelle Gellar, Roger Kumble, and Reese Witherspoon so much.
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up. "What do I do in public situations where I admire someone, but feel as if I don't bring anything to the party? I bit him on the hand. 'Whoa!' he yelled.
Selma Blair has had an emotional past few weeks promoting her new book Mean Baby, which releases today, and she sat down with Today's Savannah Guthrie to talk all about it.MORE: Selma Blair's vibrant home with son is the perfect haven amid health battleALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleDuring the interview, they hit on a particularly gut-wrenching subject, that being the actress' relationship with her mother and the ways in which it hurt her.VIDEO: Selma Blair shares incredible horseback riding achievementSavannah, in her voiceover, described their relationship as "demanding, critical, and sometimes cruel," then mentioning to Selma that she showed a lot of grace towards her in the book."She was a damn fine, funny, dramatic, amazing woman," the actress shared. "And I was hurt that she didn't love me enough.
"Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up,” by Selma Blair (Alfred A. Knopf)Most people probably know Selma Blair from her memorable roles in late ‘90s/early '00’s hit films such as “Cruel Intentions," “Legally Blonde” and “Hellboy.”Perhaps others are familiar with her work as a model, gracing the covers of fashion magazines and enjoying a stint as a collaborator with and muse to the famed designer Karl Lagerfeld.Or maybe they've heard about her mid-life multiple sclerosis diagnosis and the recent documentary, “Introducing, Selma Blair,” that details how the actress is adapting to life with the disease.What they don't know — and couldn't until now — is the devastating trauma the Michigan-born Selma Blair Beitner has suffered during her 49 years.Blair details all of it in her captivating and unflinching memoir, “Mean Baby."Her addiction to alcohol, including getting drunk on Passover wine as an elementary school student.
Mean Baby, and in it she talks about some traumatic moments from her past including multiple times she was raped.In excerpts from the book which were published in People magazine on Wednesday (May 11), the Cruel Intentions actor has opened up about her problems with alcoholism – which started at the age of seven – and how after a day of binge-drinking, she was raped by at least one if not two people.“I don’t know if both of them raped me. One of them definitely did,” Blair writes in the book, according to People. “I wish I could say what happened to me that night was an anomaly, but it wasn’t.
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Zack Sharf Selma Blair has been an open book in recent years when it comes to discussing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, but she shares even more about her life battles in her new memoir “Mean Baby.” People magazine debuted experts from the book, in which the “Cruel Intentions” and “Legally Blonde” actor reveals her alcohol addiction developed after she started drinking at 7 years old. Blair has been sober since 2016.“The first time I got drunk it was a revelation,” Blair writes in the memoir (via People). “I always liked Passover. As I took small sips of the Manischewitz I was allowed throughout the seder a light flooded through me, filling me up with the warmth of God.
Selma Blair got candid about her complicated history with alcohol — a dependency that started from a young age.
Mean Baby.Blair rose to prominence in the 1990s with a breakout role as Cecile Caldwell in 1999’s and went on to star in films including Legally Blonde and The Sweetest Thing, and as on American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson. “Selma Blair has played many roles,” reads the from the book’s publisher, Penguin Random House.
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