Selma Blair's Mid-Flight Outburst: What Really Happened?
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Selma Blair was arrested after allegedly punching one flight attendant and biting another on a recent Delta Airlines flight.The actress allegedly attacked the workers after trying to open the plane’s door in the middle of the flight, per TMZ.Sources told the outlet that Blair attempted to open the aircraft door while the plane was in the air Sunday on its way to John F. Kennedy International Airport, leading to the alleged confrontation with crew members.Selma Blair (pictured Oct. 1) was arrested after allegedly punching one flight attendant and biting another on a recent Delta Airlines flight.TMZ reported that the actress allegedly attacked the workers after trying to open the plane’s door in the middle of the flight. Getty Images for ADLTwo flight attendants reported injuries and one was taken to the hospital. Sources also told the outlet that Blair was put in restraints on the plane and arrested upon landing. While in the ambulance en route to the hospital, Blair allegedly repeatedly kicked a Port Authority police officer in the head.Once at the hospital, the “Legally Blonde” star allegedly assaulted a nurse, who has pressed charges.Sources also told the outlet that Blair allegedly repeatedly kicked a Port Authority police officer in the head after being arrested upon landing. Meet The Press/NBCAdditionally, the “Legally Blonde” actress allegedly assaulted a nurse, who has pressed charges. Meet The Press/NBCAccording to TMZ, the State has charged Blair with two counts of assault — one on a police officer and another on a nurse.Blair reportedly remains in the hospital for evaluation as the FBI is currently investigating the incident.“Selma experienced a medical emergency that led to the alleged conduct. Upon landing, she received immediate medical attention and is currently in stable condition,” her rep tells Page Six.Two flight attendants reported injuries and Blair (pictured in 2018) is reportedly being evaluated at a hospital. GC ImagesBlair has admitted to biting others in the past, including Kate Moss (pictured last month). Matt Baron/BEI/ShutterstockThe “Cruel Intentions” actress has, admittedly, bitten other public figures.In her memoir, “Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up,” released in 2022, Blair confesses to biting Kate Moss, Sienna Miller and Seth Mac Farlane.The incident with Miller took place in 2006 when the two women met for the first time at the Chateau Marmont.“So, I grabbed her arm and bit it, playfully, as if it were an apple,” she writes. “Even as I held her forearm in my mouth I was aghast at myself. I thought, What have I gotten myself into? Or her? This is horrible behavior.”Blair also bit Sienna Miller (pictured Oct. 12) the first time she met the British actress. Hara Kaur/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Women of the Year“So, I grabbed her arm and bit it, playfully, as if it were an apple,” Blair (seen above) writes of the interaction with Miller in her 2022 memoir. selmablair/InstagramAccording to Blair, Miller jokingly played off the odd interaction and didn’t “shame” her for it.Her chomp on MacFarlane also took place during their first meeting. “I was starstruck,” she writes. “What do I do in public situations where I admire someone, but feel as if I don’t bring anything to the party? I bit him on the hand. ‘Whoa!’ he yelled. ‘That really hurt.’”Her biting episode with Moss took a turn for the worse when the supermodel laughed at first, prompting Blair to bite her finger again, harder.Blair, pictured with her young son at the time, was also kicked off a flight in June 2016, Instagram/selmablairShe allegedly mixed medication with alcohol while on the flight with her then toddler-aged son and his father (pictured here). Instagram/selmablair“The second time, she did not laugh and exclaimed, ‘That really f–king hurt!’ The Calvin Klein model then punched Blair in the back and grabbed the actress’ thumb “and crunched right into it.”As for why Blair felt the need to bite others, she writes that it is triggered by feeling “overwhelmed” in “social situations.”Her recent Delta Airlines incident is also not the first time Blair — who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2018 — has been kicked off a flight.In June 2016, she caused a commotion aboard a Los Angeles-bound flight after she allegedly mixed medication with alcohol. In 2024, Blair (pictured with her son in June) reflected on the “horrifying and humiliating” experience. GC Images“I was so messed up and dehydrated and hungover and didn’t know I had neurological issues,” she explained. WireImageAt the time, she was traveling with her then 4-year-old son, Arthur Saint, and his father, Jason Bleick, when she was removed from the plane on a stretcher and rushed to a Los Angeles area hospital.The “Dancing With the Stars” alum reflected on the “horrifying and humiliating” experience in 2024. “I was so messed up and dehydrated and hungover and didn’t know I had neurological issues,” she told Us Weekly. “I didn’t understand anything,” she noted. “I had to grow up.”
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