Selma Blair.Photo: Chloe Gifkins
Selma Blairpowerfully debuted her documentaryIntroducing, Selma Blairat theHamptons International Film Festivalon Saturday.
At Saturday’s premiere, the audience rose to their feet when Blair and Fleit were introduced, causing the actress to tear up.
“I didn’t feel amazing a minute ago,” Blair confessed during the Q&A. “I came in a little rough here right now, so thank you.”
Blair explained her emotional reaction to the applause, saying, “I also have pseudobulbar affect [involuntary laughing and crying due to a nervous system disorder], so I can’t stop crying. It’s better than the alternative. The other thing that happens with the pseudobulbar is just nastiness, so tears are better. I wish I could assemble myself more carefully in front of a crowd. It means so much.”
Since revealing her MS diagnosis,Blair has been openabout her daily ups and downs living with the disease. The film shows how her10-year-old son Arthurinspires her to keep pushing through, no matter her hardships.
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“I’m so happy to be with people,” Blair shared with PEOPLE at the afterparty for the film in East Hampton. “I didn’t realize the Hamptons was my first time being out of the house since COVID. I didn’t even go home to bury my mother. I realize how truly moving it is to just be out for the first time except to grab a coffee and to go visit my horse.”
“I feel like I’m doing everything at once: grieving mom and being grateful for this time and hoping that [the documentary] is somehow funny, heartbreaking, and bringing comfort to all of us,” she continued.
Addressing her tears at the premiere, Blair said, “In the past, I would have really not welcomed my own judgment of not being able to hold my emotions in, but I felt somewhat protected. People here are very kind and patient and I hope they liked it.”
In August, Blairrevealed she’s in remissionafter years in a painful multiple sclerosis flare.
“My prognosis is great. I’m in remission,” she said at a discovery+ TCA panel. “Stem cell put me in remission. It took about a year after stem cell for the inflammation and lesions to really go down.”
Introducing, Selma Blairwill open in select theaters on Oct. 15 and will be available to stream on discovery+ on Oct. 21.
source: people.com
