Selma Blair Beitner known professionally by her name Selma Blair is an American actress.
She has many appearances in many movies including Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, Hellboy, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. She has also appeared on TV also starring as Zoe Bean on the WB sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack, and Jane.
Selma Blair alcoholism: What happened to Selma Blair?
In her memoir titled Mean Baby, Blair spoke about her struggles with alcoholism. Her alcoholism escalated in her teens and early 20s.
Blair wrote about a particularly traumatizing incident during a college spring break trip when she was raped after a day of binge drinking. This formed a key part of her writing Mean Baby.
At what age did Selma Blair start drinking?
Blair began drinking at the tender age of 7. In an interview with PEOPLE, the actress said “I don’t know if I would’ve survived childhood without alcoholism. That’s why it’s such a problem for a lot of people. It really is a huge comfort, a huge relief in the beginning. Maybe even the first few years for me because I did start really young with that as a comfort, as my coping mechanism.”
In her early years of drinking, Blair did not get drunk. She took sips in order to not get drunk.
