The Legally Blonde and Hellboy actress was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018.
“If you’re a boy with those symptoms, you get an MRI,” she said.
“If you’re a girl, you’re called ‘crazy.'”
Selma Blair.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage
“I just thought I was a hugely emotional person,” theLegally Blondestar said.
“I require more sleep than a bear in winter.”
“I was lost and sad and could hardly ever smile.
Hence my roles, I imagine,” she said.
But she’s since been inspired by other people with disabilities and returned to return to the public eye.
“They blow my mind.”
Although she withdrew midway through the competition in 2022,she returned to perform in the finale.
Blair also makes a point of using her cane at high-profile events where she’ll be photographed.
I felt empowered to share," she said.
“Now it’s a conscious choice to.”
Blair is also optimistic about the possibility of returning to acting someday.
“Doors are closed until they are held open,” she said.
“Disabled people behind and in front of the camera or stage that will set this tone.
I have hope for the industry.
I want to encourage this by just being a loud squeaky wheel.
And getting loud.”
