Many have run with the headlines of the night’s big academy award show for the beautiful dresses, tender moments and touching speeches.
But actress Selma Blair will be hailed for his courage. In front of reporters from all over the world troppede she up to Vanity Fairs after-party with a stick for his first public appearance, after she in October revealed that she was suffering from the dreaded disease multiple sclerosis.
Selma Blair is known as the star of movies such as ‘Cruel Intentions’, ‘Legally Blonde’ and not least for his supporting role in the first two ‘Hellboy’films. On Instagram, she has been open about his illness.
‘I am a disabled. I fall sometimes, losing things and my memory is blurred. My left side asking for help from a broken gps,’ she has previously written.
Selma Blair has been hard hit by the disease, but attacking it with an ironic distance. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
On the very same media she writes that the stick is a custom-designed one of its kind.
‘This is love. Tom Bachik has made my stick personalized with a monogram and a genuine pink diamond. How was I so lucky?’ she asks on Instagram, where she continues.
‘Who’s put many hours of love in the. And Tom Bachik made it particularly magical. I break out in tears. These gifts get me through.’
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This is love . @tombachik customizing my cane with my monogram and a real pink #diamond. How did I get so lucky? I wanted a special cane for #vanityfair dinner. So… @lyon_hearted went out and found patent leather and @bic_owen and he stitched it on. Hours of love put in. And then #tombachick made it especially magical. In burst into tears. These gifts to get me through. #subtle #chic #love. I can’t thank these three enough. There are angels. #oscars2019
Despite his tragic diagnosis, she has, however, profits enough to joke with the disease.
‘I have MS, and I’m ok.’
‘But you see, that I lose it all on the road, you are welcome to help me pick it up. It takes a whole day for me to do it myself,’ she has previously written on Instagram.
On the stick is, among other things, a pink diamond. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that breaks down the parts of the nerve cells. It means that the nerves can’t communicate properly.
According to the multiple sclerosis society living in Denmark there are approximately 16,000 people with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Of these, approximately two-thirds of women
this Year’s Oscar-winners
Here are the winners of the major categories:
* Best film: ’the Green Book’
* Best director: Alfonso Cuarón, ‘Roma’
* Best actor: Rami Malek, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
* Best actress: Olivia Colman, ‘The Favorite’
* Best supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, ’the Green Book’
* Best supporting actress: Regina King, ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
* Best non-English language films: ‘Roma’ (Mexico)
* Best original screenplay: ’the Green Book’ (Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga).
* Best song: ‘Shallow’, Lady Gaga.
* Best anime: ‘Spiderman – Into the Spiderverse’