Actress Selma Blair said "no one returned my calls" after an anti-Islam Instagram comment she posted amid the Israel-Hamas war in February 2024 cost her representation, brand deals and friendships.
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she → say → representation
Her remarks come more than two years after Blair attacked then-Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and current Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., in a now-deleted comment over their votes against legislation that would bar people involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel from entering the United States.
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that → come → States
"Deport all these terrorist supporting goons," Blair’s reply to a post made by immigration reform advocate Abraham Hamra said in-part, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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reply → deport → Reporter
"Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds.
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they → destroy → minds
They know they are liars.
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they → know → ?
May they meet their fate."
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they → meet → fate
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Although Blair apologized shortly after the comment drew backlash, she said she lost friends, brand deals and payment connected to a Super Bowl advertisement in the fallout.
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she → apologize → fallout
"The brands I worked with were gone within a day," Blair said at the Anti-Defamation League's State of the Arts reception at The Jewish Museum in New York on Thursday.
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Blair → work → Thursday
"A few partnerships I’d spent years building were shelved.
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I → spend → years
My agency was gone.
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agency → go → ?
My lawyer was gone.
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lawyer → go → ?
My publicist was gone.
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publicist → go → ?
My book agent was gone.
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agent → go → ?
My book publicist was gone.
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publicist → go → ?
My social media manager was gone," she continued.
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she → go → ?
Blair added, "No one returned my calls."
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one → add → calls
Blair said she apologized "right away" for a February 2024 online comment and refused to let it define her.
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it → say → her
She added that she has rebuilt her career since her multiple sclerosis diagnosis and is "not up here for sympathy."
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she → add → sympathy
Referring to the apology, Blair added, "I meant it then, and I mean it now, and I’m leaving the comment there, because the comment was not the story."
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comment → refer → comment
"I have a team now I’d walk through fire with.
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I → have → fire
It’s small, and it is my team.
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it → ’ → ?
I want you to know that before I tell you the part that isn’t better.
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that → want → part
It left a mark."
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It → leave → mark
The Jewish actress went on to explain the traumatic mark the ordeal left on her and her family, noting that the incident impacted not only her — but also her son.
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incident → go → her
"The fear got into me, and fear is contagious in a house," she said.
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she → get → house
"The boy in that Christmas photograph watched his mother get scared of the world.
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mother → watch → world
A boy who had already watched his mother go through chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, not knowing if she was coming back to him.
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she → watch → him
He's supposed to be embarrassed by me, not frightened for me.
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He → suppose → me
Careers come back.
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Careers → come → ?
Years of his childhood do not."
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Years → do → childhood
Blair then pointed to - but did not directly name - the recent controversy involving rapper Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour after venues objected to Macklemore remaining on the lineup following his anti-Israel remarks.
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Macklemore → point → remarks
She also referenced actor Javier Bardem’s petition for a petition calling for singer Pink to be removed as a UNICEF ambassador.
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Pink → reference → ambassador
"A couple of weeks ago, of course, a movie star used his platform to push a petition against an artist who has spent more than a decade raising money for children.
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who → use → children
Her crime was objecting, out loud, when another performer railed against Israel from a stage.
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performer → object → stage
She didn’t ask for anyone to lose anything.
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anyone → ask → anything
She said what she thought," Blair said.
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Blair → say → what
"And for saying what she thought, a movie star spent his week trying to get her canceled," she continued.
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she → say → what
"This is what it looks like when we lose our humanity.
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we → look → humanity
A woman who raises money for children stops being a person and becomes a target, and the people cheering can’t see her anymore.
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people → raise → her
They only see a side.
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They → see → side
…and 7 more, not listed.
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