Selma Blair has opened up about how her profession was nearly derailed at its peak by a sequence of “poison pen” letters written by somebody pretending to be her, or her agent.
Talking on The Drew Barrymore Present, Blair, 50, revealed it was her late father’s then-girlfriend who had began sending letters about her – together with some addressed to Barrymore – containing false allegations.
Most of them, based on Blair, claimed she was a heroin addict. Nevertheless, within the letters to Barrymore, which the actress did not find yourself receiving, there have been allegedly loss of life threats.
Watch the video of Blair recounting the reminiscence to Barrymore above.
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“I advised my father on the telephone, ‘I bought this audition and I believe I bought this half’, and I might give him all this data, he was curious,” she says.
“Subsequent factor I knew, they [the production company] knowledgeable me that FedEx letters had been going, claiming that I used to be a heroin addict. I by no means was.
“It was an actual type of ‘poison pen’ letter about me, claiming to be an agent. They fired me earlier than even taking pictures.”
The story is included in Blair’s latest memoir, Imply Child: A Memoir of Rising Up.
Blair revealed dozens of letters could be despatched to 1 tackle at a time, and she or he was ultimately approached by legislation enforcement concerning the concern.
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“I hear from a detective who mentioned, ‘We all know this isn’t you’. This was like possibly nearly a 12 months later,” she provides, “‘however somebody has been writing letters to Drew Barrymore, poison pen letters, signed by Selma Blair.'”
Blair says she quickly found the sender was her father’s girlfriend on the time, whom she’d by no means met.
Sadly, her father did not have an ideal response to the information.
“When [my father] discovered it was her, he selected her and did not consider me,” Blair claims.
“He mentioned, ‘No, she’s not doing this, you are additionally ruining her life, you place a mickey [a psychoactive drug] in her drink at Starbucks.’ I am like, ‘I am in New York, I’ve by no means met her’.”
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Blair’s father ultimately admitted he was at fault ultimately, however the pair had been by no means in a position to restore their relationship.
In the meantime, Barrymore revealed she had by no means acquired any of the “poison pen” letters on the time.
”Excellent news, [the letters] actually did not get to me. Then I acquired your e-book after which I used to be like, ‘F–k this, I am going after her, I wish to heal this second’,” she mentioned.
Blair even opened up about why she thought the author had chosen Barrymore, of all of her buddies and contacts, because the letter recipient.
“You had been my childhood favorite, since you had been the lady,” Blair mentioned, tearing up a little bit.
“That is why the letters went to you, I assume, as a result of he knew what you meant to me. It isn’t random. You had been the favorite.”
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