{"id":670909,"date":"2026-10-31T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670909\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:52:09","slug":"selma-blair-says-shes-so-sorry-to-those-she-hurt-or-frightened-during-plane-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670909\/","title":{"rendered":"Selma Blair says she&#8217;s &#8216;so sorry&#8217; to those she &#8216;hurt or frightened&#8217; during plane incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SELMA BLAIR HAS spoken publicly for the first time since she was arrested and charged with assault after an incident on a flight from Los Angeles to New York.<\/p>\n<p>The actor (54) said she is taking the situation \u201cvery seriously\u201d and apologised to people she hurt.<\/p>\n<p>After landing on 11 October, Blair was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/selma-blair-arrested-7191247-Oct2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> to two counts of second-degree assault. She was accused of kicking a police officer who was taking her to the hospital, and kicking a nurse once she got there.<\/p>\n<p>Her representatives said her behaviour on the flight was brought on by a severe medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to Instagram on Friday, the Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions star said she\u2019s been advised by her lawyers not to speak about the specifics of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take this very seriously,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I can tell you is very simple and the truest thing I know about myself: that not one day ever have I intended to hurt or frighten anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, to the people that I disappointed, that I hurt, that I frightened, alarmed, I am so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blair went on to say some people had called and written to her with \u201cwishes of love\u201d for her family since the incident on 11 October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has meant everything to me and my son,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She is focusing on her health and looking after her son, she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SELMA BLAIR HAS spoken publicly for the first time since she was arrested and charged with assault after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20206,284205,321,922,93,61,60,116,4320,2733,272157,58000],"class_list":["post-670909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-apology","tag-assault-charges","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-los-angeles","tag-new-york","tag-october","tag-selma-blair","tag-statement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}