Selma Blair Made Glowing First Appearance After MS Diagnosis At Oscars Party

Selma Blair walks the Vanity Fair Oscars red carpet Image by Getty Images

By Jenny Singer February 25, 2019

Resplendent in a floor-length chiffon gown, cape, and bejeweled choker necklace, actress Selma Blair walked the red carpet on Sunday night after the 91st Academy Awards, using a cane for balance.

The 46-year-old actress appeared to float down the carpet at the storied Vanity Fair Oscars party, her sherbet-colored Ralph & Russo cape trailing behind her. It was the “Legally Blonde” actress’s first public appearance since going public with her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in October 2018.

Blair, who has a six-year-old son, has shared many of her painful experiences with the public on Instagram, writing, “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy…I am in the thick of it but I hope to give some hope to others…I have MS and I am okay.” Since then, Blair has documented her struggles and joys in parenting, acting, and doing everyday tasks with the physical and mental symptoms of MS, a disease for which there is no cure.

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On Sunday night she took the red carpet with defiant swagger, leaning on a monogrammed patent leather cane. “When my life flashes before my eyes, I want this portrait to be front and center,” Blair captioned an Instagram image of herself, regal with cape and cane, by photographer Mark Seliger.

Jenny Singer is the deputy life/features editor for the Forward. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

Jenny Singer is a freelance writer with pieces in Vox, the Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, and more. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward, and she’s currently getting an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa.

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