Dancing with the stick: who is the actress who fights against sclerosis and tries her hand as a dancer?

When was this learned Selma Blair would be one of the contestants in season 31’s dancing with the Stars, the media began to pay special attention. The actress has publicized her fight against multiple sclerosis since she was discovered in 2018. A documentary last year showed how she bravely faced treatments, including an experimental one with stem cells.

Now it will be visible again, making it clear that he knows that this new adventure he is about to embark on is a great challenge. He assures that he has never danced before, not even at weddings. Though she’s noticing that dancing is less difficult than walking and that the rehearsals relax his nerves.

This season of the television series that premiered on ABC in 2005, the same year as the Dancing from Marcelo Tinelliwill be available for the first time only in the signal Disney +, an understandable move now that streaming begins to beat traditional TV in terms of ratings. Among the contestants, besides Selma, is actor Daniel Durant, who participated in the Oscar-winning film tail and that being deaf, he also has a personal struggle to win.

Among other celebrities, you can see bodybuilder and model Joseph Baena (son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his housekeeper), Charlie’s Angel Cheryl Ladd and the winner of American idol Giordano Scintille.

Tango, cha cha cha, foxtrot, competition in the cycle is top notch. Selma says that in her family, especially her 11-year-old son Arthur, they’re not sure this extra pressure will do her any good.

“They are worried, I tell them to calm down, that they will see how this experience will give me happiness”. At least he will try. By taking her cane (one of many she had custom made), she assures that this is her true dance partner. On the dance floor, she has to dance with a veteran of the cycle, Australian Sasha Farber, who won’t let go of her hand.

We remember Selma Blair for her cult film of 1999 sexual games (Cruel intentions), a love triangle between her, Ryan Philippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Then came a much celebrated participation legally blonde and her comic book hero Liz Sherman, in her iconic leather jacket, in hellish boy and its sequel, directed by Guillermo del Toro.

In 2016, she was characterized as Kris Jenner, the mother of the Kardashians, a close friend of OJ Simpson’s murdered wife in American Crime Story: the people against OJ

He was working on two projects two years later when he had to put aside the life he knew to focus on finding answers. As well as documenting her personal struggle in introductiong, Selma Blaira highly regarded film, the actress kicked off 2022 by publishing a memoir, Mean Baby.

Alcohol and sexual abuse

She surprised again with her candor by telling a story of alcohol addiction from a very young age and even some sexual abuse, from a teacher at her high school and then from some strangers who took advantage of her status as an alcoholic college student.

She identifies as a survivor and tells how an MRI helped her finally understand what all those isolated symptoms she had been suffering from for years were all about.

She confesses that, curiously, fashion has allowed her to look attractive again and feel comfortable in her own skin. She can be seen in women’s magazines posing in couture dresses. And Gap, the shop where she worked as a saleswoman before she became famous, called her her icon. She says she doesn’t care about her imperfections being captured so they can serve as an example to others. Selma considers her illness a lucky journey and she plans to travel it with curiosity.

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