Oct. 12, 2026
BREAKING: Selma Blair Arrested For Reportedly Assaulting 2 Flight Attendants, An Officer, And A Nurse
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RSS Feed 54-year-old actress Selma Blair is facing state charges and a federal investigation after an alleged violent outburst on a Delta flight from LA to New York late Sunday. Blair is accused of trying to open the cabin door mid-flight, and then punching one flight attendant and biting another before she was eventually restrained. Once she was taken off the plane by Port Authority police, the actress is accused of repeatedly kicking the officer in the face and then assaulting a nurse. Blair’s reps says she experienced a medical emergency and is receiving medical attention.
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00:00:02
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Monday, October 12th, and actress Selma Blair has been arrested here in New York. She's facing state and possibly federal charges after a disturbing incident on a Delta flight in which she tried, allegedly tried, to open the door mid-flight. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. I say a disturbing incident and what's being described is a pretty violent one.
00:00:34
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going to say the word violent has been used, a violent attack, because once she tried, according to those on board, to open the door mid-flight, yes, obviously Delta crew members then had to stop her.
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Speaker 3: What did she do?
00:00:50
Speaker 2: According to those who were present, she reportedly punched one flight attendant actually giving that person a bloody nose and bit the other, leaving bite marks. We're not sure exactly who ended up having to go to the hospital. We know both of them were injured, both of them were assaulted, but one actually went to the hospital to receive care.
00:01:13
Speaker 1: Okay. And folks, would you believe that is just the beginning of of this story. First row, let's go back. This is Monday. This is Columbus Day. We are recording this. Word is just coming out about the incident. It sounds like it was an overnight flight from, I think overnight, but it was coming from LA and it landed here, what, 11 o'clock last night?
00:01:35
Speaker 3: 11 p.m. last night.
00:01:36
Speaker 1: Okay, 11 o'clock last night. Now, it landed without incident, if you will. The flight landed safely, no issues, nobody else on board other than the flight attendants harmed. Have you seen or gotten a handle how early into the flight this incident happened, or was it Late, were they on approach? I haven't seen that happen.
00:01:53
Speaker 2: The only thing I've seen is mid-flight. Selma Blair, actress Selma Blair, tries to open the door to the plane.
00:02:01
Speaker 1: Not a cockpit, yes.
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Speaker 3: No, sorry, just the door to the plane, yes.
00:02:04
Speaker 1: Which, this is much scarier, you could argue, Rose. Who's trying to open the cabin door?
00:02:09
Speaker 2: Yes, that would depressurize the entire plane and cause mass chaos. It was described as a wild scene when flight attendants realized what she was trying to do And there's actually dispatch audio that's now showing that Selma Blair apparently was bashing her own head against a bulkhead. They were able to put her in restraints on the plane after she assaulted, according to those on the plane, both flight attendants. She was arrested upon landing, and as she was being taken off the plane, more violence reportedly ensued.
00:02:45
Speaker 1: Robes, with your point again... Just the idea that Selma Blair had to be restrained for the final portion of a flight. We had to tie her up on Robes. What in God's name happened on this flight? But yes, to your point now, Robes, the authorities obviously meet the plane. They take her off to arrest her. And Robes, I was reading the story and my jaw was dry. I couldn't believe Robes. It was like a little violent spree. And anybody that got in Selma Blair's way was going to be assaulted.
00:03:22
Speaker 3: Absolutely.
00:03:23
Speaker 2: So she was reportedly screaming as she was led off the plane. And according to authorities, she was repeatedly kicking the Port Authority officer who was getting her to an ambulance, kicking him in the head repeatedly.
00:03:40
Speaker 3: And then.
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Speaker 2: Reportedly, when she got to the hospital, she assaulted a nurse who has pressed charges.
00:03:47
Speaker 3: That's how serious that was.
00:03:49
Speaker 2: So she's facing now multiple potential charges in multiple jurisdictions.
00:03:57
Speaker 1: Robes, what happened? Okay, so we're going to let you hear what her reps are saying about this. But Robes, something happened to her. Is that fair? Yes. Something snapped. Don't know if this was attributed to any substance she might have been taking or anything she might have been drinking. That's not an accusation. I'm just saying something happened to her that caused a break, babe. This is not... Like she is, it seems to be in serious trouble right now.
00:04:26
Speaker 3: Absolutely.
00:04:27
Speaker 2: And look, she is facing some potential serious legal issues because of this, because the state of New York already has just announced it is charging Selma Blair with two counts of assault, one on a police officer, one on a nurse. And yes, the FBI is investigating the incident that happened on the plane. with potential charges coming from that. Look, if you had one flight attendant actually have to go to the hospital to receive wound care from the assault, that's significant, and I would only imagine there would be federal charges in addition to the state charges.
00:05:11
Speaker 1: Rose, that could be pretty bad. I mean, you drew blood from a flight attendant. allegedly, and bit another. This was a full-on assault. And Robes, yes, all that stuff you described, you're right. And when I said the word, she's in trouble. Robes, something's going on with, like she needs some medical, some professional help right now. What happened to her, babe? This is scary stuff. To think this woman, I haven't heard that she was traveling with anybody.
00:05:39
Speaker 3: I have not heard that either.
00:05:40
Speaker 1: You would think that would have been a part of the story. or she could have had somebody there to help if something was going on. But to think of this woman, this woman we see and have known all decades, carrying on and living life is just in the middle of a plane. Robes, we're talking about potentially risking the lives of everybody on that plane.
00:06:00
Speaker 3: Exactly. And frankly, someone who we've been rooting for. 54 years old.
00:06:03
Speaker 2: Obviously, we love her from just legally blonde, cruel intentions, the sweetest thing. I don't think we need to go on and list all of her acting accolades. She is a well-known household name, but obviously she's also been a huge advocate.
00:06:18
Speaker 3: For multiple sclerosis.
00:06:19
Speaker 2: She was diagnosed back in 2018. She's been a champion in pushing through some real, like really tough physical ailments.
00:06:28
Speaker 3: That have been a result of that disease. So people have been thinking about her, cheering her on, sending her support and love.
00:06:35
Speaker 2: So this is really tough to try and reconcile what potentially happened on that plane. And the Selma Blair that we've been seeing in the past few years as a, as somebody who's really being an advocate in the face of really tough physical ailments.
00:06:51
Speaker 1: But she did, um, dancing with the stars, didn't she? Yes, she did.
00:06:55
Speaker 3: She did. She did. So we did get an official statement.
00:06:58
Speaker 2: It doesn't explain a lot from Selma Blair's rep, and it is very different from what we got from Delta. So, uh, Selma Blair's rep said this Selma experienced a medical emergency and that led to the alleged conduct. Upon landing, she received immediate medical attention and is currently in stable condition.
00:07:19
Speaker 3: That's all we got.
00:07:20
Speaker 1: Okay. And I buy all of that. That makes sense. Rose, it makes sense. She had a medical emergency of some kind. She needed help. Babe, that is scary stuff. Rose, a woman, a perfectly what woman? functioning woman in society a woman who has done all a normal woman just got up in the middle of a flight and tried to open the cabin door.
00:07:47
Speaker 2: Yes a normal woman who we're used to seeing handle herself with grace and class in the face of adversity on live television on the big screen on the small screen so yes it's questionable and frightening yes to imagine that something inside of her we don't know what happened, snapped to the point where she endangered an entire flight headed from LA to New York, Delta flight 938. Imagine being on board that plane and how frightening that would be and then trying to reconcile, wait a minute, is the person who is jeopardizing all of our safety and creating all of this chaos.
00:08:22
Speaker 3: And there's blood in the cabin.
00:08:24
Speaker 2: Like this is coming at the hands of actress Selma Blair. I cannot imagine what that must have been like. And look, Delta put out its own statement saying Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior as the safety of our.
00:08:41
Speaker 3: Customers and crew always comes first.
00:08:45
Speaker 2: You got to kick out of the fact that Delta somehow got some outlets to write the next line, which you thought was hilarious. The incident did not have any operational impact on the flight as it landed ahead of schedule at JFK.
00:08:57
Speaker 1: Good job, Delta. Man, y'all got a good PR team over there. Just slide that in there. By the way, the flight was early.
00:09:05
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know you guys are reading this because you want to know what happened with Selma Flair, but just so you know, once again, Delta ahead of schedule.
00:09:12
Speaker 1: We're making a big deal of it, but it's just subtle. To where it doesn't feel like a PR person would have gotten it in there. It's just subtle enough that it puts in your mind. Delta. Early. Delta. Early.
00:09:25
Speaker 2: And let's take advantage of every possible headline, especially when one could be negative and not something we necessarily want people to associate with Delta, an unruly famous passenger.
00:09:36
Speaker 1: But they didn't name or even make any hint, right? You read the whole statement. That's all they put out.
00:09:41
Speaker 3: They didn't mention her name.
00:09:42
Speaker 1: About celebrity at all or anything else. Our safety is number one. We got zero tolerance for this foolishness. Appreciate that.
00:09:51
Speaker 2: Yep, they've got a good PR department on staff and certainly ready to take advantage of, or at least make sure they take a headline. any kind of one they can, and just really try to push forward customer satisfaction, safety, and yes, on-time departures.
00:10:07
Speaker 1: Landed ahead of schedule. Or ahead of schedule. Isn't that great? Yes. I'm surprised they didn't say it only took four minutes for people to get their luggage from the carousel as well.
00:10:16
Speaker 3: Exactly. Next time, next time they'll get that one in there.
00:10:19
Speaker 2: But when we come back, You might be surprised as we were to learn that this is not the first time Selma Blair has been escorted off a plane. Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ. We are just getting word. What a wild, breaking news story.
00:10:47
Speaker 3: It's a sad one. It's an unfortunate one.
00:10:49
Speaker 2: But yes, actress Selma Blair facing at least two charges in New York for assaulting a Port Authority police officer and a nurse. But she is almost certainly going to be facing charges from what happened on Delta Flight 938, where Selma Blair is accused of assaulting not one but two flight attendants after trying to open the cabin door mid-flight. It doesn't get more bizarre than that.
00:11:18
Speaker 1: Can you imagine those flight attendants? I mean, they had been with her, maybe serving her in the area, maybe knew who she was.
00:11:24
Speaker 3: Might have been excited that some old Blair was on their flight.
00:11:26
Speaker 1: Can you imagine? I mean, no flight attendant expects this.
00:11:30
Speaker 3: To be punched in the face and bitten? That is serious.
00:11:34
Speaker 1: Those are two separate. So one was bitten and one was punched.
00:11:37
Speaker 3: Correct.
00:11:38
Speaker 2: Two separate flight attendants, two separate types of injuries.
00:11:41
Speaker 3: One of them actually went to the hospital to have their injuries treated.
00:11:44
Speaker 2: So we will almost certainly be getting more information on that because this news is literally just breaking.
00:11:51
Speaker 3: But also, I didn't realize this.
00:11:53
Speaker 2: Ten years ago, June 2016, Selma Blair was removed from a flight on a stretcher Because she had a, quote, total psychotic blackout. Apparently, she was returning from vacation in Cancun. She was heading back to L.A. with her four-year-old son and her four-year-old son's father when she began screaming uncontrollably. Blair explained it by saying she had a glass of wine and took a pill. And you read what her explanation was or what her statement was.
00:12:29
Speaker 1: From back then? Yes. Yes. Uh, the one about motherhood.
00:12:35
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:12:35
Speaker 1: That one.
00:12:36
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yes.
00:12:37
Speaker 1: Okay.
00:12:37
Speaker 3: She had, she had two statements. I'm just, this is so creepy.
00:12:40
Speaker 2: Well, she had, she said first she told everyone it was horrible.
00:12:44
Speaker 3: She described it and then she went on to apologize.
00:12:47
Speaker 2: So I'll read it for you because actually it's so concerningly similar. You just, I said to you, can you imagine having one incident like this in your life?
00:12:57
Speaker 3: How about two?
00:12:59
Speaker 2: Where you have to publicly apologize to the entire flight you were on for your behavior.
00:13:06
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of something comparable that most people don't have one of that would be really bad. This is even worse than the second DUI. At least you drive every day.
00:13:16
Speaker 2: The chances of it happening? How many times does she fly? Just from a percentage-wise.
00:13:23
Speaker 1: No one should have ever. been arrested at the end of a flight.
00:13:27
Speaker 2: No, never.
00:13:27
Speaker 1: You shouldn't have to be greeted by uniformed people. Never. Okay?
00:13:31
Speaker 2: No.
00:13:32
Speaker 1: This has happened twice. What is happening?
00:13:34
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is strange.
00:13:35
Speaker 1: What year was that one?
00:13:37
Speaker 3: 2016, so this was 10 years ago.
00:13:39
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's not, she's 54 now, so she was 44 then.
00:13:44
Speaker 3: Blair said that it was horrible and frightening, and I had empathy for.
00:13:48
Speaker 2: Myself, actually, afterwards, because it was actually so out of character for me especially because I'm a mother.
00:13:56
Speaker 1: Is that an official statement or like an interview she did?
00:13:59
Speaker 2: That was an interview she did, and that was a little, you know, I don't know. That felt a little... It's all about me. Anyway, I did feel a little bit better when I read her official apology because it did at least feel like it took accountability. It wasn't like, poor me. I feel sorry for me. I'm having a hard time. The official apology read as follows. I made a big mistake yesterday. After a lovely trip with my son and his dad, I mixed alcohol with medication, and that caused me to black out. and led me to say and do things that I deeply regret. My son was with his dad asleep with headphones on, so there is that saving grace. I take this very seriously, and I apologize to all of the passengers and crew that I disturbed, and am thankful to all of the people who helped me in the aftermath. I am a flawed human being who makes mistakes and am filled with shame over this incident.
00:14:55
Speaker 3: I am truly very sorry.
00:14:57
Speaker 2: Um....
00:14:59
Speaker 1: What did she do on that one? That wasn't violent.
00:15:04
Speaker 3: Was it?
00:15:04
Speaker 2: No, it wasn't violent. She didn't assault anyone. She wasn't accused of assaulting anyone. She just started screaming uncontrollably, and it was described as a psychotic blackout.
00:15:14
Speaker 1: You know what? Maybe she learned that lesson 10 years ago. Maybe she made the mistake again. I don't know, but something happened to cause this. Now, mixing... Well, they always warn you about mixing alcohol and certain drugs. They cause you to want to take a plane down. Do they?
00:15:36
Speaker 2: I mean, I wonder what happens if now you've got two incidents on record where you had to be removed from a plane against your will in the sense that you're being taken out screaming.
00:15:48
Speaker 3: This is now twice in 10 years. I don't know.
00:15:53
Speaker 2: I mean, there are no fly lists. Certainly private airlines have the right to ban you from their airline. If you've caused problems, I don't know if they'll take that next step, but I don't know if I'd want to get on a plane with Selma Blair.
00:16:07
Speaker 1: No, babe, this is really, this is concerning. And well, it's concerning obviously for her and her health. And we are concerned about that. But Rose, I don't know what happens or what incident takes place if this is Like it was before, a pill and a glass of wine, bad mix. But she can't be out in a position, Robes, to do this type of damage if she... I mean, I don't know what happened. I guess you could have a psychotic break short of alcohol and drugs.
00:16:39
Speaker 3: I guess, but I also would.
00:16:41
Speaker 2: say that as a company Delta, these flight, these airlines, they don't want to subject their employees to folks who have known bad behavior that where they've actually assaulted their employees. I would think from an insurance standpoint or just a protecting our employees standpoint, they.
00:16:58
Speaker 3: Would ban her from flights.
00:16:59
Speaker 1: They're not going to let her fly?
00:17:00
Speaker 3: I wouldn't think they would.
00:17:01
Speaker 1: How's she going to get back home?
00:17:03
Speaker 2: If you were a flight attendant, how would you feel if Selma Blair sat down? Now, look, and she wasn't accused of doing this before, but she assaulted not one but two, and then on her way out assaulted two other people who were trying to help her, a Port Authority police officer and a nurse.
00:17:18
Speaker 1: Can we forgive that if and when we learnâ That, in fact, yes, she was having some kind of medical emergency that caused her to behave this way. Obviously, this is not normally who she is. No.
00:17:29
Speaker 2: But I do think the thing where I just had to take a beat was the fact that something similar, not quite as violent, happened 10 years ago.
00:17:38
Speaker 3: It's just a concern where.
00:17:41
Speaker 2: You have to ask, what has she done to address whatever is potentially causing this?
00:17:47
Speaker 3: These outbursts.
00:17:47
Speaker 1: I wonder if you take something for a plane. Do some people take.
00:17:50
Speaker 3: Medication to fly, right?
00:17:51
Speaker 1: Yes.
00:17:52
Speaker 3: And oftentimes they say, do not mix with alcohol.
00:17:55
Speaker 2: So that very well may be the case, but that is certainly a choice that you make when you get on a plane.
00:18:01
Speaker 3: So we will continue to follow this.
00:18:03
Speaker 2: Again, a breaking news story just made headlines. So wanted to get you up to speed on that. We always appreciate you listening to us, everyone. I'm Amy Robach alongside TJ Holmes.
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Speaker 3: We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Monday, October 12th, and actress Selma Blair has been arrested here in New York. She's facing state and possibly federal charges after a disturbing incident on a Delta flight in which she tried, allegedly tried, to open the door mid-flight. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. I say a disturbing incident and what's being described is a pretty violent one.
00:00:34
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going to say the word violent has been used, a violent attack, because once she tried, according to those on board, to open the door mid-flight, yes, obviously Delta crew members then had to stop her.
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Speaker 3: What did she do?
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Speaker 2: According to those who were present, she reportedly punched one flight attendant actually giving that person a bloody nose and bit the other, leaving bite marks. We're not sure exactly who ended up having to go to the hospital. We know both of them were injured, both of them were assaulted, but one actually went to the hospital to receive care.
00:01:13
Speaker 1: Okay. And folks, would you believe that is just the beginning of of this story. First row, let's go back. This is Monday. This is Columbus Day. We are recording this. Word is just coming out about the incident. It sounds like it was an overnight flight from, I think overnight, but it was coming from LA and it landed here, what, 11 o'clock last night?
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Speaker 3: 11 p.m. last night.
00:01:36
Speaker 1: Okay, 11 o'clock last night. Now, it landed without incident, if you will. The flight landed safely, no issues, nobody else on board other than the flight attendants harmed. Have you seen or gotten a handle how early into the flight this incident happened, or was it Late, were they on approach? I haven't seen that happen.
00:01:53
Speaker 2: The only thing I've seen is mid-flight. Selma Blair, actress Selma Blair, tries to open the door to the plane.
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Speaker 1: Not a cockpit, yes.
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Speaker 3: No, sorry, just the door to the plane, yes.
00:02:04
Speaker 1: Which, this is much scarier, you could argue, Rose. Who's trying to open the cabin door?
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Speaker 2: Yes, that would depressurize the entire plane and cause mass chaos. It was described as a wild scene when flight attendants realized what she was trying to do And there's actually dispatch audio that's now showing that Selma Blair apparently was bashing her own head against a bulkhead. They were able to put her in restraints on the plane after she assaulted, according to those on the plane, both flight attendants. She was arrested upon landing, and as she was being taken off the plane, more violence reportedly ensued.
00:02:45
Speaker 1: Robes, with your point again... Just the idea that Selma Blair had to be restrained for the final portion of a flight. We had to tie her up on Robes. What in God's name happened on this flight? But yes, to your point now, Robes, the authorities obviously meet the plane. They take her off to arrest her. And Robes, I was reading the story and my jaw was dry. I couldn't believe Robes. It was like a little violent spree. And anybody that got in Selma Blair's way was going to be assaulted.
00:03:22
Speaker 3: Absolutely.
00:03:23
Speaker 2: So she was reportedly screaming as she was led off the plane. And according to authorities, she was repeatedly kicking the Port Authority officer who was getting her to an ambulance, kicking him in the head repeatedly.
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Speaker 3: And then.
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Speaker 2: Reportedly, when she got to the hospital, she assaulted a nurse who has pressed charges.
00:03:47
Speaker 3: That's how serious that was.
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Speaker 2: So she's facing now multiple potential charges in multiple jurisdictions.
00:03:57
Speaker 1: Robes, what happened? Okay, so we're going to let you hear what her reps are saying about this. But Robes, something happened to her. Is that fair? Yes. Something snapped. Don't know if this was attributed to any substance she might have been taking or anything she might have been drinking. That's not an accusation. I'm just saying something happened to her that caused a break, babe. This is not... Like she is, it seems to be in serious trouble right now.
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Speaker 3: Absolutely.
00:04:27
Speaker 2: And look, she is facing some potential serious legal issues because of this, because the state of New York already has just announced it is charging Selma Blair with two counts of assault, one on a police officer, one on a nurse. And yes, the FBI is investigating the incident that happened on the plane. with potential charges coming from that. Look, if you had one flight attendant actually have to go to the hospital to receive wound care from the assault, that's significant, and I would only imagine there would be federal charges in addition to the state charges.
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Speaker 1: Rose, that could be pretty bad. I mean, you drew blood from a flight attendant. allegedly, and bit another. This was a full-on assault. And Robes, yes, all that stuff you described, you're right. And when I said the word, she's in trouble. Robes, something's going on with, like she needs some medical, some professional help right now. What happened to her, babe? This is scary stuff. To think this woman, I haven't heard that she was traveling with anybody.
00:05:39
Speaker 3: I have not heard that either.
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Speaker 1: You would think that would have been a part of the story. or she could have had somebody there to help if something was going on. But to think of this woman, this woman we see and have known all decades, carrying on and living life is just in the middle of a plane. Robes, we're talking about potentially risking the lives of everybody on that plane.
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Speaker 3: Exactly. And frankly, someone who we've been rooting for. 54 years old.
00:06:03
Speaker 2: Obviously, we love her from just legally blonde, cruel intentions, the sweetest thing. I don't think we need to go on and list all of her acting accolades. She is a well-known household name, but obviously she's also been a huge advocate.
00:06:18
Speaker 3: For multiple sclerosis.
00:06:19
Speaker 2: She was diagnosed back in 2018. She's been a champion in pushing through some real, like really tough physical ailments.
00:06:28
Speaker 3: That have been a result of that disease. So people have been thinking about her, cheering her on, sending her support and love.
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Speaker 2: So this is really tough to try and reconcile what potentially happened on that plane. And the Selma Blair that we've been seeing in the past few years as a, as somebody who's really being an advocate in the face of really tough physical ailments.
00:06:51
Speaker 1: But she did, um, dancing with the stars, didn't she? Yes, she did.
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Speaker 3: She did. She did. So we did get an official statement.
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Speaker 2: It doesn't explain a lot from Selma Blair's rep, and it is very different from what we got from Delta. So, uh, Selma Blair's rep said this Selma experienced a medical emergency and that led to the alleged conduct. Upon landing, she received immediate medical attention and is currently in stable condition.
00:07:19
Speaker 3: That's all we got.
00:07:20
Speaker 1: Okay. And I buy all of that. That makes sense. Rose, it makes sense. She had a medical emergency of some kind. She needed help. Babe, that is scary stuff. Rose, a woman, a perfectly what woman? functioning woman in society a woman who has done all a normal woman just got up in the middle of a flight and tried to open the cabin door.
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Speaker 2: Yes a normal woman who we're used to seeing handle herself with grace and class in the face of adversity on live television on the big screen on the small screen so yes it's questionable and frightening yes to imagine that something inside of her we don't know what happened, snapped to the point where she endangered an entire flight headed from LA to New York, Delta flight 938. Imagine being on board that plane and how frightening that would be and then trying to reconcile, wait a minute, is the person who is jeopardizing all of our safety and creating all of this chaos.
00:08:22
Speaker 3: And there's blood in the cabin.
00:08:24
Speaker 2: Like this is coming at the hands of actress Selma Blair. I cannot imagine what that must have been like. And look, Delta put out its own statement saying Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior as the safety of our.
00:08:41
Speaker 3: Customers and crew always comes first.
00:08:45
Speaker 2: You got to kick out of the fact that Delta somehow got some outlets to write the next line, which you thought was hilarious. The incident did not have any operational impact on the flight as it landed ahead of schedule at JFK.
00:08:57
Speaker 1: Good job, Delta. Man, y'all got a good PR team over there. Just slide that in there. By the way, the flight was early.
00:09:05
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know you guys are reading this because you want to know what happened with Selma Flair, but just so you know, once again, Delta ahead of schedule.
00:09:12
Speaker 1: We're making a big deal of it, but it's just subtle. To where it doesn't feel like a PR person would have gotten it in there. It's just subtle enough that it puts in your mind. Delta. Early. Delta. Early.
00:09:25
Speaker 2: And let's take advantage of every possible headline, especially when one could be negative and not something we necessarily want people to associate with Delta, an unruly famous passenger.
00:09:36
Speaker 1: But they didn't name or even make any hint, right? You read the whole statement. That's all they put out.
00:09:41
Speaker 3: They didn't mention her name.
00:09:42
Speaker 1: About celebrity at all or anything else. Our safety is number one. We got zero tolerance for this foolishness. Appreciate that.
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Speaker 2: Yep, they've got a good PR department on staff and certainly ready to take advantage of, or at least make sure they take a headline. any kind of one they can, and just really try to push forward customer satisfaction, safety, and yes, on-time departures.
00:10:07
Speaker 1: Landed ahead of schedule. Or ahead of schedule. Isn't that great? Yes. I'm surprised they didn't say it only took four minutes for people to get their luggage from the carousel as well.
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Speaker 3: Exactly. Next time, next time they'll get that one in there.
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Speaker 2: But when we come back, You might be surprised as we were to learn that this is not the first time Selma Blair has been escorted off a plane. Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ. We are just getting word. What a wild, breaking news story.
00:10:47
Speaker 3: It's a sad one. It's an unfortunate one.
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Speaker 2: But yes, actress Selma Blair facing at least two charges in New York for assaulting a Port Authority police officer and a nurse. But she is almost certainly going to be facing charges from what happened on Delta Flight 938, where Selma Blair is accused of assaulting not one but two flight attendants after trying to open the cabin door mid-flight. It doesn't get more bizarre than that.
00:11:18
Speaker 1: Can you imagine those flight attendants? I mean, they had been with her, maybe serving her in the area, maybe knew who she was.
00:11:24
Speaker 3: Might have been excited that some old Blair was on their flight.
00:11:26
Speaker 1: Can you imagine? I mean, no flight attendant expects this.
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Speaker 3: To be punched in the face and bitten? That is serious.
00:11:34
Speaker 1: Those are two separate. So one was bitten and one was punched.
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Speaker 3: Correct.
00:11:38
Speaker 2: Two separate flight attendants, two separate types of injuries.
00:11:41
Speaker 3: One of them actually went to the hospital to have their injuries treated.
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Speaker 2: So we will almost certainly be getting more information on that because this news is literally just breaking.
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Speaker 3: But also, I didn't realize this.
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Speaker 2: Ten years ago, June 2016, Selma Blair was removed from a flight on a stretcher Because she had a, quote, total psychotic blackout. Apparently, she was returning from vacation in Cancun. She was heading back to L.A. with her four-year-old son and her four-year-old son's father when she began screaming uncontrollably. Blair explained it by saying she had a glass of wine and took a pill. And you read what her explanation was or what her statement was.
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Speaker 1: From back then? Yes. Yes. Uh, the one about motherhood.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
00:12:35
Speaker 1: That one.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yes.
00:12:37
Speaker 1: Okay.
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Speaker 3: She had, she had two statements. I'm just, this is so creepy.
00:12:40
Speaker 2: Well, she had, she said first she told everyone it was horrible.
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Speaker 3: She described it and then she went on to apologize.
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Speaker 2: So I'll read it for you because actually it's so concerningly similar. You just, I said to you, can you imagine having one incident like this in your life?
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Speaker 3: How about two?
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Speaker 2: Where you have to publicly apologize to the entire flight you were on for your behavior.
00:13:06
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of something comparable that most people don't have one of that would be really bad. This is even worse than the second DUI. At least you drive every day.
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Speaker 2: The chances of it happening? How many times does she fly? Just from a percentage-wise.
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Speaker 1: No one should have ever. been arrested at the end of a flight.
00:13:27
Speaker 2: No, never.
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Speaker 1: You shouldn't have to be greeted by uniformed people. Never. Okay?
00:13:31
Speaker 2: No.
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Speaker 1: This has happened twice. What is happening?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is strange.
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Speaker 1: What year was that one?
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Speaker 3: 2016, so this was 10 years ago.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's not, she's 54 now, so she was 44 then.
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Speaker 3: Blair said that it was horrible and frightening, and I had empathy for.
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Speaker 2: Myself, actually, afterwards, because it was actually so out of character for me especially because I'm a mother.
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Speaker 1: Is that an official statement or like an interview she did?
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Speaker 2: That was an interview she did, and that was a little, you know, I don't know. That felt a little... It's all about me. Anyway, I did feel a little bit better when I read her official apology because it did at least feel like it took accountability. It wasn't like, poor me. I feel sorry for me. I'm having a hard time. The official apology read as follows. I made a big mistake yesterday. After a lovely trip with my son and his dad, I mixed alcohol with medication, and that caused me to black out. and led me to say and do things that I deeply regret. My son was with his dad asleep with headphones on, so there is that saving grace. I take this very seriously, and I apologize to all of the passengers and crew that I disturbed, and am thankful to all of the people who helped me in the aftermath. I am a flawed human being who makes mistakes and am filled with shame over this incident.
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Speaker 3: I am truly very sorry.
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Speaker 2: Um....
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Speaker 1: What did she do on that one? That wasn't violent.
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Speaker 3: Was it?
00:15:04
Speaker 2: No, it wasn't violent. She didn't assault anyone. She wasn't accused of assaulting anyone. She just started screaming uncontrollably, and it was described as a psychotic blackout.
00:15:14
Speaker 1: You know what? Maybe she learned that lesson 10 years ago. Maybe she made the mistake again. I don't know, but something happened to cause this. Now, mixing... Well, they always warn you about mixing alcohol and certain drugs. They cause you to want to take a plane down. Do they?
00:15:36
Speaker 2: I mean, I wonder what happens if now you've got two incidents on record where you had to be removed from a plane against your will in the sense that you're being taken out screaming.
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Speaker 3: This is now twice in 10 years. I don't know.
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Speaker 2: I mean, there are no fly lists. Certainly private airlines have the right to ban you from their airline. If you've caused problems, I don't know if they'll take that next step, but I don't know if I'd want to get on a plane with Selma Blair.
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Speaker 1: No, babe, this is really, this is concerning. And well, it's concerning obviously for her and her health. And we are concerned about that. But Rose, I don't know what happens or what incident takes place if this is Like it was before, a pill and a glass of wine, bad mix. But she can't be out in a position, Robes, to do this type of damage if she... I mean, I don't know what happened. I guess you could have a psychotic break short of alcohol and drugs.
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Speaker 3: I guess, but I also would.
00:16:41
Speaker 2: say that as a company Delta, these flight, these airlines, they don't want to subject their employees to folks who have known bad behavior that where they've actually assaulted their employees. I would think from an insurance standpoint or just a protecting our employees standpoint, they.
00:16:58
Speaker 3: Would ban her from flights.
00:16:59
Speaker 1: They're not going to let her fly?
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Speaker 3: I wouldn't think they would.
00:17:01
Speaker 1: How's she going to get back home?
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Speaker 2: If you were a flight attendant, how would you feel if Selma Blair sat down? Now, look, and she wasn't accused of doing this before, but she assaulted not one but two, and then on her way out assaulted two other people who were trying to help her, a Port Authority police officer and a nurse.
00:17:18
Speaker 1: Can we forgive that if and when we learnâ That, in fact, yes, she was having some kind of medical emergency that caused her to behave this way. Obviously, this is not normally who she is. No.
00:17:29
Speaker 2: But I do think the thing where I just had to take a beat was the fact that something similar, not quite as violent, happened 10 years ago.
00:17:38
Speaker 3: It's just a concern where.
00:17:41
Speaker 2: You have to ask, what has she done to address whatever is potentially causing this?
00:17:47
Speaker 3: These outbursts.
00:17:47
Speaker 1: I wonder if you take something for a plane. Do some people take.
00:17:50
Speaker 3: Medication to fly, right?
00:17:51
Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 3: And oftentimes they say, do not mix with alcohol.
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Speaker 2: So that very well may be the case, but that is certainly a choice that you make when you get on a plane.
00:18:01
Speaker 3: So we will continue to follow this.
00:18:03
Speaker 2: Again, a breaking news story just made headlines. So wanted to get you up to speed on that. We always appreciate you listening to us, everyone. I'm Amy Robach alongside TJ Holmes.
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Speaker 3: We'll talk to you soon.