Selma Blair had a date night at the TriBeCa Film Festival!
The popular actress, 51, brought her service dog Scout with her on the red carpet at the premiere of “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge” on Wednesday night.
Blair, who has been living with multiple sclerosis (MS) since 2018, looked in high spirits as she posed for photos with her adorable English Red Fox Labrador puppy at the event.
The “Cruel Intentions” actress rocked a black, one-shoulder, split smoke dress which she paired with pointy-toed pumps.
She had blonde hair swept to the side and wore gold jewelry.
Ahead of a screening of the film, which offers an “unprecedented look” at von Furstenberg’s life, Blair was asked to name a woman she admires.
“Oh, I have so much respect for Paulina Porizkova. She’s a dear friend and she’s beautiful. Diane von Furstenberg because she’s so, so much staying power and always classic. And so many others,” she said in a video shared to her TriBeCa Instagram Story.
“The things I saw as a child always excite me. [about]Lauren Hutton, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, etc.”
“A fun mystery will always be loved, and I love people who have staying power, whatever the style,” she added.
The Hellboy actress will also serve as a member of the festival’s 2024 Nora Ephron Award jury.
Although Blair doesn’t attend every red carpet event with Scout, she acknowledges that the dog has given her “a lot of independence” since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in August 2018.
She and Scout In 2021, we became a “team.” Dogs help Blair “overcome personal obstacles and help me get around.”
“He’s always with me. If I get a big [muscle] “If I have a cramp or I’m having trouble moving and need to realign, he gets between my legs and helps me stand up and gives me balance,” she says. told people “It’s given me a lot of independence.”
The actress announced her MS diagnosis to the world on social media in late 2018.
MS affects the central nervous system by disrupting the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body.
“I’m disabled,” she wrote at the time, alongside a selfie. “I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is hazy. And my left side is asking a broken GPS for directions. But we do it. And I laugh, and I don’t know what exactly I’ll do, but I do my best.”
Since then, she has continued to speak openly about her struggle with the disease.
