{"id":101343,"date":"2022-10-19T04:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T04:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/selma-blair-steps-down-from-dancing-with-the-stars-my-body-is-definitely-taking-a-hit\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T04:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T04:31:15","slug":"selma-blair-steps-down-from-dancing-with-the-stars-my-body-is-definitely-taking-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/selma-blair-steps-down-from-dancing-with-the-stars-my-body-is-definitely-taking-a-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Selma Blair steps down from &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217;: &#8216;My body is definitely taking a hit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr class=\"invisible-hr\"\/>\n<aside class=\"article-tools sticky\">\n<div class=\"article-tools-newsletter\">\n<figure class=\"wakeup-logo\"><picture><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div>\n<p>During Monday night&#8217;s show, the &#8220;Cruel Intentions&#8221; actress said she &#8220;has to pull back&#8221; after getting results from several MRIs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I had these MRIs and the results came back and it all adds up to &#8212; I can&#8217;t, I can&#8217;t go on with the competition,&#8221; Blair told her dance partner, Sasha Farber, in a taped clip during rehearsals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;My body is definitely taking a hit,&#8221; she added.  &#8220;It&#8217;s way too much for the safety of my bones&#8230; so I could do extensive damage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gma-embed-img-wrap gma-embed-img-wrap-full\">\n<div class=\"gma-embed-img-inner\"><img class=\"gma-embed-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/GMA\/selma-blair-dwts-01-abc-jef-221017_1666047527484_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"PHOTO: Selma Blair performs on &quot;Dancing with the Stars.&quot;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eric McCandless\/ ABC<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"embed-media-caption\">Selma Blair performs on &#8220;Dancing with the Stars.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Blair, after the episode, said she put her &#8220;energy and heart&#8221; into dancing and said Farber was always there to hold her up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just such a sense of accomplishment to think I could do something that I dreamed of when I was little,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Blair added that she was &#8220;so lucky&#8221; to have had the experience and &#8220;so sad&#8221; to leave the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Since 2018, Blair has battled multiple sclerosis, a chronic disorder in which cells from the immune system attack the central nervous system.  In a 2021 documentary, &#8220;Introducing, Selma Blair,&#8221; she spoke about her battle with the disease and how it has changed her life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Prior to the premiere of &#8220;Dancing with the Stars,&#8221; she said she was &#8220;feeling good&#8221; and ready to compete in the show, which is in its 31st season on Disney+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;This is so powerful to me,&#8221; Blair said about competing in the ballroom competition show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I am thrilled to learn how to move my body better right now, I am thrilled to have support, be here &#8212; have camaraderie,&#8221; she added.  &#8220;I cannot believe that I am ready in my life to do this. I am so excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In her &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; debut, the actress delivered a powerful performance with Farber, when she stepped away from her cane and danced the Viennese waltz to David Cook&#8217;s &#8220;The Time of My Life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The performance left the ballroom in tears, including judge Carrie Ann Inaba, who told her that she danced like &#8220;a true artist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gma-embed-img-wrap gma-embed-img-wrap-full\">\n<div class=\"gma-embed-img-inner\"><img class=\"gma-embed-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/GMA\/dancing-with-the-stars-selma-blair-01-ht-llr-221017_1666051980311_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"PHOTO: Selma Blair performs on &quot;Dancing with the Stars.&quot;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Erin McCandless \/ ABC<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"embed-media-caption\">Selma Blair performs on &#8220;Dancing with the Stars.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;It just felt so real and right once I could kind of settle into the music,&#8221; she added.  &#8220;It was just symbolic and let me step out of that comfort zone security into this one and have some fluidity in my movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Since the Viennese waltz, Blair has performed the jive to Elvis Presley&#8217;s &#8220;Jailhouse Rock,&#8221; the rumba to Sheena Easton&#8217;s &#8220;For Your Eyes Only,&#8221; which she danced blindfolded, and the quickstep to &#8220;The Muppet Show&#8221; theme song for Disney+ theme night .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In her final performance Monday night, she danced to &#8220;What the World Needs Now Is Love.&#8221;  The pair earned a perfect &#8212; and symbolic &#8212; 40 out of 40 for their last spin around the ballroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gma-embed-img-wrap gma-embed-img-wrap-full\">\n<div class=\"gma-embed-img-inner\"><img class=\"gma-embed-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/GMA\/selma-blair-dwts-02-abc-jef-221017_1666047603083_hpEmbed_5x4_992.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"PHOTO: Selma Blair and dance partner Sasha Farber perform on &quot;Dancing with the Stars.&quot;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eric McCandless\/ ABC<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"embed-media-caption\">Selma Blair and dance partner Sasha Farber perform on &#8220;Dancing with the Stars.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;To see the audience react to each and every one of us and our efforts, it&#8217;s so heartening and I wish I could stay and learn,&#8221; Blair said after her last performance.  &#8220;I&#8217;m so proud of everyone and this audience for seeing us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I came into this competition late,&#8221; she added.  &#8220;I definitely was so excited to be active and learn&#8230; but it&#8217;s tough on your body. I know as a mom and someone who wants to represent people, some people who are taking chances, sometimes there are consequences. Mine is fine, I&#8217;m gonna be OK, there are little tears, but I don&#8217;t want it to be something serious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;This competition showed me how much I love to be around people,&#8221; she said before taking the dance floor a final time, with her son, Arthur, next to her.  &#8220;How much I love to want to do something again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; season 31 streams live on Mondays at 8 pm ET.  ten Disney+.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Disney is the parent company of ABC News and &#8220;Good Morning America.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Monday night&#8217;s show, the &#8220;Cruel Intentions&#8221; actress said she &#8220;has to pull back&#8221; after getting results from several MRIs. &#8220;I had these MRIs and the results came back and it all adds up to &#8212; I can&#8217;t, I can&#8217;t go on with the competition,&#8221; Blair told her dance partner, Sasha Farber, in a taped &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/selma-blair-steps-down-from-dancing-with-the-stars-my-body-is-definitely-taking-a-hit\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Selma Blair steps down from &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217;: &#8216;My body is definitely taking a hit&#8217;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100588,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/actress-selma-blair-departs-dancing-with-the-stars-competition-over-health-concerns-related-to-ms\/","url_meta":{"origin":101343,"position":0},"title":"Actress Selma Blair departs &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217; competition over health concerns related to MS","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"CNN \u2014 Selma Blair will not continue competing on this season of \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d due to health concerns, the actress said Monday night. 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