Selma Blair smiles while using a cane and is accompanied by her service dog Scout as she promotes her memoir Mean Baby in NYC
Selma Blair supported herself with a cane and the help of her service dog Scout when she arrived Monday morning at CBS Studios in New York City.
The 50-year-old artist smiled broadly as she stepped out of her vehicle and was greeted by her fans as she entered the production center.
Blair was wearing a jet black button-up jacket and striped flared trousers upon arrival.
The Cruel Intentions actress also wore high-heeled leather shoes and accessorized with wide-rim sunglasses.
The Hellboy actress, who recently revealed she had previously attempted suicide, subsequently appeared on CBS Mornings to promote the paperback release of her book Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up.
Showing up: Selma Blair supported herself with a cane and the help of her service dog Scout when she arrived Monday morning at CBS Studios in New York City
Big visit: The Hellboy actress, who revealed she had previously attempted suicide, then appeared on CBS Mornings to promote the paperback release of her book Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up
The artist’s platinum blonde hair contrasted perfectly with the dark tone of her outerwear.
Blair previously revealed that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in an Instagram post shared in 2018.
Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up, which deals in part with her battle with the disease, was originally published in May last year and went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
The artist said she was made aware of her condition during her stay CBS morningswhere she shared that the diagnosis came unexpectedly as a relief after years of various physical ailments.
“When I was diagnosed in my late 40s, it seems, I was surprised, but then I thought, ‘Oh sure,’ and when the doctor said the first night, ‘You’ve had this for at least 25, 30 years, at least,'” I was happy. I needed it,” she said.
Blair went on to share how she subsequently began battling alcoholism, saying she often drank to “check out.”
The actress also discussed how a particularly unhinged family trip to Cancun left her at “rock bottom.”
“I spent that whole trip drinking and throwing up and drinking, and by the time I got on the plane… and then I woke up in the hospital,” she recalls.
Dressed to the nines: Blair wore a jet black button-up jacket and striped flared trousers on her arrival
Published author: Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up, which deals in part with Blair’s battle with the disease, was originally published last May and subsequently became a New York Times bestseller
In the past: The artist shared that she was made aware of her condition during her time on CBS Mornings, where she said the diagnosis came unexpectedly as a relief after years of various physical ailments
Personal Demons: Blair went on to share how she subsequently began battling alcoholism, saying she often drank to “check out”
Blair, who described herself as “in remission” from multiple sclerosis, eventually recovered from alcoholism and began writing in an effort to inspire other individuals struggling with similar conditions.
“To… think, ‘Oh, there’s a story I can put together,’ it was life-changing,” she recalled.
The artist went on to talk about the overarching message of her memoir.
She said, “I thought, ‘I hope someone can see that maybe there’s more or they’ve done some embarrassing things, you know, choices they’ve made, go easy on yourself because you’ve got to get out.’ help everyone stay down.”