Selma Blair calls cane her ‘dance partner’ amid ongoing multiple sclerosis battle
msn.comSelma Blair calls her cane a “dance partner” as she continues to battle multiple sclerosis. The ‘Cruel Intentions’ actress, 50, who also wears a turban as she suffers alopecia, said her stylish set of sticks have helped her overcome “compromised” movement due to her nerve disease, diagnosed in 2018.
She told the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “Movement has been so important to me my whole life. I was a gymnast. I always wanted to be a dancer, but I never had any talent, never even took a lesson, and then to have my movement compromised. . . . “But then I found the cane and realised how much I could work around it and how much coordination I still had, despite certain glitches.
That freed me up so much. ” Selma posed with one of her canes as part of her new campaign with retail giant the Gap and said she still wants the “imperfections” of her life captured so she can set an example to others.
She added: “I need to be comfortable in my skin to show other people that there are all these possibilities of how you can present yourself that makes you feel good. “Fashion really was the thing that made me feel attractive to tell you the truth.
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