Selma Blair issues her first statement since Delta flight assault incident: 'Never intended to hurt or frighten anyone'

Selma Blair has spoken out for the first time since her arrest over an airplane assault incident earlier this month. The 54-year-old actress had allegedly assaulted two flight attendants on board a Delta Los Angeles-New York flight on October 11. In a video on Instagram on Friday (Oct. 30), Blair said: "I know I’ve been quiet for a couple of weeks since October 11th, and you deserve to hear from me directly, and I’m sorry that it’s taken this long."

'I am so sorry'

Blair said in her video: "There is a legal matter going on, and my lawyers have asked me to not say anything about that day, and I’m listening to them. And I take this very seriously."


She added: "What I can tell you though is very simple, and the truest thing I know about myself [is] that not one day ever have I intended to hurt or frighten anyone, a day in my life. And so to the people that I disappointed, that I hurt, that I frightened, alarmed; I am so sorry."

Selma Blair's arrest

Blair was arrested at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York on Oct. 11 after an alleged incident on a Delta plane where two flight attendants were injured, with one of them being sent to the hospital.

Blair was also taken to the hospital, and she also allegedly repeatedly kicked the police officer who accompanied her and a nurse in the chest. She pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault.

Blair thanks supporters

In her video, Blair thanked those who had reached out and sent wishes. "It has meant everything to me and my son, who is my world, as a scout who is also OK."

She concluded by saying: "So right now, I’m going to be taking care of my health and my son and thinking of you all with gratitude and love."

Blair's attorney Shawn Barnes had said in a court appearance after the incident that the actress had been working "extensive hours and exhaustive hours" before the flight, and also hit her head on a bankhead.

"These factors, coupled with the altitude, resulted in a state of severe confusion and disorientation,” Barnes said. Blair was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2018.

Selma Blair has starred in several box office hits of the 1990s and 2000s, including "Cruel Intentions", "Legally Blonde", "The Sweetest Thing", and the "Hellboy" movie franchise.