Selma Blair’s famous friends have rallied around her since she wasdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.Blair, 46, opened up about her health ina newVanity Fairinterview, published Tuesday. In the interview, she told the outlet thatKris Jennerhad sent her flowers that “were more expensive than my mortgage” after she went public with her diagnosis last fall.“She really is sharing something so vulnerable, and so scary,” Jenner, 63, toldVanity Fair.“She showed me what courage is, and how to be brave. I changed a bit of the way I live my life because of her.”The pair became friends when Blair played Jenner on FX’sThe People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Storyin 2016.Selma Blair as Kris Jenner.FXSteve Granitz/WireImageBlair went public with her M.S. diagnosis in October 2018 with anemotional Instagram post.On Sunday, shestepped out for her first public appearancesince revealing her diagnosis, andbroke down in tearson theVanity FairOscar party red carpet.The magazine reported that Blair is now undergoing a monthly intravenous-drug therapy, about which her doctor Saud Sadiq is “very optimistic.”“I think she’ll be a different person in a year,” he told the outlet.“I have patients with M.S. who are surgeons, actors, a commercial-airline pilot, sports figures, successful lawyers — they don’t want anyone to know about their illness because they feel it could hurt their career,” he added. “Her decision to speak out also brings awareness and increases research funding for the disease when people can see somebody affected in the way that she is.”Though Blair says she can no longer raise her arms to brush her hair, the actress toldVanity Fair: “There’s a humility and a joy I have now, albeit a fatigued joy.”“There’s no tragedy for me,” she said. “I’m happy, and if I can help anyone be more comfortable in their skin, it’s more than I’ve ever done before.”
Selma Blair’s famous friends have rallied around her since she wasdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Blair, 46, opened up about her health ina newVanity Fairinterview, published Tuesday. In the interview, she told the outlet thatKris Jennerhad sent her flowers that “were more expensive than my mortgage” after she went public with her diagnosis last fall.
“She really is sharing something so vulnerable, and so scary,” Jenner, 63, toldVanity Fair.“She showed me what courage is, and how to be brave. I changed a bit of the way I live my life because of her.”
The pair became friends when Blair played Jenner on FX’sThe People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Storyin 2016.
Selma Blair as Kris Jenner.FX
Steve Granitz/WireImage
Blair went public with her M.S. diagnosis in October 2018 with anemotional Instagram post.
On Sunday, shestepped out for her first public appearancesince revealing her diagnosis, andbroke down in tearson theVanity FairOscar party red carpet.
The magazine reported that Blair is now undergoing a monthly intravenous-drug therapy, about which her doctor Saud Sadiq is “very optimistic.”
“I think she’ll be a different person in a year,” he told the outlet.
“I have patients with M.S. who are surgeons, actors, a commercial-airline pilot, sports figures, successful lawyers — they don’t want anyone to know about their illness because they feel it could hurt their career,” he added. “Her decision to speak out also brings awareness and increases research funding for the disease when people can see somebody affected in the way that she is.”
Though Blair says she can no longer raise her arms to brush her hair, the actress toldVanity Fair: “There’s a humility and a joy I have now, albeit a fatigued joy.”
“There’s no tragedy for me,” she said. “I’m happy, and if I can help anyone be more comfortable in their skin, it’s more than I’ve ever done before.”
source: people.com
