Selma Blair says this is the “first time” she’s “expecting” romance in a new interview

Selma Blair, 51 years old, is ready for love! OH Legally blonde The star revealed her views on romance. charmWoman of the Year 2023 edition. “What [being in love] It is for your spirit; It’s nothing that should be taken lightly,” Selma told the outlet on Nov. 1. “It gives color to everything. I still believe that if I’m honest with myself, that person will come into my life one day.” She the actress revealed why she’s now open to romance after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018.

“I think I deserve it and I’m in a great position to show the best version of myself,” she said. “This is the first time I have hope. And never before in my life could I have said that.” The mother of one even admitted that, after revealing her diagnosis, she fears that she might confuse potential suitors. “I think the word disability, because I said it was, confuses people,” Selma explained. “Like I don’t have a vagina.”

Matters of the heart haven’t always been easy for the actress, who said she hasn’t dated since being diagnosed with the disease five years ago. “I had a bad relationship,” she shared with the media. “I didn’t realize how emotionally abusive and controlling they were, taking advantage of knowing me at a really vulnerable time.” She Selma added that she, at the time, believed she “deserved” the abuse. “I was convinced this was what I deserved,” she added. “When you find yourself in a difficult situation, you may encounter opportunistic people. “It’s really dangerous.”

Most recently, the proud mom met a potential date at a friend’s birthday party. “Something about this person inspired me to see myself differently than she saw the world,” Selma said. “Only after that brief meeting did I think: I have something I didn’t know I had.” She was previously married to Ahmet Zappa49, from 2004 to 2006 and dated Jason Bleick from 2010 to 2012. Selma shares her son Arthur12, with Jason.

Elsewhere in the candid interview, the MTV Movie Award winner opened up about her acting career after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. “I still feel like I never hit my stride as an actor because after hellish boy “I got so sick that I left,” he said of the 2008 film. “And because I wasn’t a big star, no one came looking for me.” Despite this, Selma knows that she, if she wants, can continue.

“I wonder, pretty much,” he said. “I think this is the key to everything. Be really comfortable with yourself and it doesn’t matter if you falter, because you know where to get back up. And, of course, he noted that he had “such fucking determination.”