Selma Blair Apologizes to People She ‘Hurt or Frightened’ After Plane Incident and Arrest

Selma Blair issued an apology on Friday for a plane incident that occurred on October 11, where she allegedly injured a flight attendant and nurse after being removed from a plane at John F. Kennedy Airport. In an Instagram video, the "Legally Blonde" actress expressed remorse, stating, "What I can tell you, though, is very simple, and the truest thing I know about myself, and that not one day ever have I intended to hurt or frighten anyone a day in my life."

Blair was hospitalized and charged with second-degree assault following the incident, eventually posting a $20,000 bail and appearing in Queens Criminal Court the following Monday. Her representatives initially released a statement, claiming that the public account was "built almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline."

They added that some journalists had reported on Blair as a human being, but in the space left by their silence, speculation had hardened into something being treated as fact. Blair experienced a medical emergency on the flight, and she did not attempt to open the door of the aircraft. She was investigated by the FBI, which stated that they were "responsible for investigating all assaults aboard aircrafts."

Blair has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis since 2018 and was similarly removed from an international flight in 2016 due to a disturbance mid-air. Her representatives dismissed the suggestion that she did not have MS as "outrageous" and noted that her diagnosis has been public since 2018.