Selma Blair, 52, talks 'wonderful' new boyfriend despite 'never' wanting to marry again due to MS illness - and the miracle treatment that 'saved her life'

Selma Blair declared 'it's imaginable to find emotion astatine 52 and beyond' aft falling for a enigma Midwestern man.

'He's wonderful,' nan Michigan autochthonal gushed successful her Us Weekly cover communicative connected Wednesday.

'He's not successful this business, though he has produced before. I wanted a Midwest man and I recovered a existent Midwest man.'

Selma continued: 'I saw him from crossed a array and now he's my boyfriend. [I think] relationships are champion kept retired of property if possible. Nobody wants to beryllium exposed to scrutiny.'

And while Blair (born Beitner) was joined to Ahmet Zappa from 2004 to 2006, she has nary plans connected stepping down nan aisle again owed to nan demands of motherhood, career, and her ongoing conflict pinch aggregate sclerosis.

'Fitting thing successful arsenic a mother wanting to build a profession and fig retired erstwhile you're going to get your humor treatments successful — a fellow falls by nan wayside really easily,' nan Grammy-nominated character explained.

'That's why I would ne'er want to get married. It's a awesome setup to fail.'

Selma was antecedently successful on/off relationships pinch David Lyons and Ron Carlson - nan second of which lead to his 2022 apprehension for home unit and restraining orders connected some sides.

Blair - who sewage sober successful 2016 - said pinch nan mag to observe Disability Pride Month, and she's 'so overmuch happier' since she was first diagnosed pinch nan autoimmune information successful October 2018.

'So galore group travel up to maine connected nan street. I've ne'er had that. Being honorable astir nan test and putting myself retired location has been a existent enrichment successful my life,' nan Tribeca Film Festival juror said.

'I'll get MRIs a mates of times a year, and I still do treatments. I cognize a batch of group can't spend it, but for me, [it] really alleviated nan MS progression incredibly. It saved my life. I [also] do IVIG [a therapy that uses antibodies from patient donors], which keeps maine from getting sick.

'If I get sick, each bets are off. That's really I support nan wellness group see. Some are [considered] experimental but thing is truthful left-field — I'm not rich | capable to spell to Sweden aliases Germany to do each these chaotic things.'

Selma has travel a agelong measurement since receiving chemotherapy and a hematopoietic stem compartment transplant astatine Northwestern Memorial Hospital successful Chicago successful 2019, which was each captured for her Discovery+ doc Introducing, Selma Blair.'

Blair - who knowledgeable MS symptoms arsenic early arsenic property 7 - sometimes receives disapproval online from group who opportunity things like, 'She tin locomotion without a cane; that was a lie.'

'Yeah. There's ever nan yin and yang,' nan Joe Biden protagonist said.

'There are a cardinal different reasons why we do what we do, so, extremity judging people. ​​There's a batch of dislike directed astatine those things. Like, "How tin you deterioration heels?" There's truthful galore dualities. But nan truth is, I'm still a woman. I'm still me.'

Selma and her marque designer ex Jason Bleick - whom she divided from successful 2012 - will observe nan 13th day of their boy Arthur Saint Bleick connected July 25.

'Oh gosh being a mother has been everything to maine aliases other I don't cognize if I would person conscionable had nan power to bother. "It's excessively hard. I'm upside down. How do you really do you support going?"' Blair said.

'But if you're a mother, there's conscionable perfectly nary measurement I would springiness up connected him aliases his future. With help, pinch group caring astir us, we tin do our champion work. He cares. He besides cares

that I would bargain him for illustration a Surron [electric bike] truthful Surron if you're retired there, nonstop my... No, I'm conscionable kidding. I sewage him a Surron for his birthday. So now I'm a frightened mother of a motocross kid.'

The Cruel Intentions alum - who withdrew from Dancing pinch nan Stars successful 2022 - hasn't had an acting gig since playing Tessa Young's (Josephine Langford) mother Carol successful Roger Kumble's dismally-reviewed 2020 romanticist play After We Collided.

'I would dice to get connected The White Lotus and activity pinch Mike White and person that rebirth for illustration Jennifer Coolidge!' Selma exclaimed.

'I'd [also] emotion to do a play portion — a Downton Abbey type of point aliases a Joan of Arc Mad Max. I'm unfastened for business.'