Eight years into her journey to recovery, Selma Blair recalls her worst moments.
In a candid interview published Wednesday, the American actress recalled being kicked off a plane in June 2016 after “drinking too much in Mexico.”
“I was in a very bad psychological state, I was suffering from dehydration and headaches, and I did not know that I had neurological problems,” she said. Our weekly From the “terrifying and humiliating” experience.
“I didn’t understand anything,” said Blair, 52. “I had to grow up.”
the Evil intentions The star said her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis in 2018 when she was in her 40s “would not have happened” had she not quit drinking.
“I wouldn’t be a good mother,” she added. [to 12-year-old son Arthur] “Unless I was conscious, I was self-medicating.”
Blair has previously spoken of her “very disturbing” and “terrifying” plane incident in October 2016, describing it as a “complete mental breakdown”.
the average child The author who explained on the talk At the time she said she no longer “drinked”, and said the headline-grabbing moment happened after a glass of wine and a pill she wasn’t used to.
“I had compassion for myself afterwards because it was so out of character for me, especially as a mother,” she continued. “It was a bad choice in every way. I take full responsibility, and it won’t happen again.”
Blair was traveling with his son Arthur and his father Jason Blake from Cancun to Los Angeles at the time.
She was taken off the plane on a stretcher after she shouted: “He won’t let me eat or drink. He’s beating me.”
the Hellboy The star issued an apology for her “huge mistake” the following day.
“After a beautiful trip… I mixed alcohol with medication, which caused me to black out and led me to say and do things I deeply regret,” she said. Vanity Fair In June 2016.
Blair first drank alcohol at the age of seven, admitting to the United States. today And she shows viewers in 2022 that she “could have died on that plane.”
She claimed,[The desire to drink] He’s gone from me. I’m not being cocky about it. You have to be vigilant all the time. But he’s really gone.
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