Rock Bottom! Inside Selma Blair's Scary Downward Spiral As Pals Plan Intervention
June 22 2016, Updated 10:02 a.m. ET
Selma Blair was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering a horrific meltdown aboard a Delta Airlines flight, but according to a source close to the 43-year-old The People vs. O.J. Simpson star, her downward spiral began almost one year ago! Click through seven shockingly sad photos to find out what might have caused Blair's boozy breakdown — and how friends are planning to get her help.
Selma Blair shopping in Hollywood
Blair was traveling first-class from Cancun, Mexico, to Los Angeles, Calif., with her four-year-old son, Arthur Saint, when she suddenly had an outburst while drinking a glass of wine. Several reports claim that Blair may have had a reaction to mixing alcohol with prescription medications.
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After the outburst, in which Blair reportedly screamed, "He burns my private parts. He won't let me eat or drink. He beats me. He's going to kill me," she was taken off the flight in a stretcher and rushed to a nearby hospital.
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Blair had been reported to have secretly entered rehab this past year. But according to a source close to the actress, it wasn't a total success. Said the insider, "Selma has been off the rails for quite some time now, and it is really sad because she won't even engage with some of her close friends."
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"Selma has said that everything is fine and that she has just been busy," said the source, who first met Blair through sober circles. "But for a while she has seemed far from fine."
*EXCLUSIVE* Selma Blair shops with her silver fox mystery man and dog
The worried pal told Radar, "It's awful that she had to go through this."
Selma Blair fills her car up with gas in Studio City
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And reports that alcohol may have been a factor have friends terrified. "She should not have been drinking to begin with!" the insider insisted. "Her friends are really concerned and it feels like it is time for an intervention."
Selma Blair looks sweet leaving a pajama party at Chateau Marmont **NO Australia, New Zealand**
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