Selma Blair apologizes after Islamophobic comment [View all]

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Selma Blair apologizes after Islamophobic comment

The “Legally Blonde” actor wrote Tuesday that she “mistakenly and inadvertently conflated Muslims with Radical Islamists and fundamentalists.”

Feb. 13, 2024, 9:18 PM EST
By Phil Helsel

Actor Selma Blair apologized Tuesday for what she said was a mistake in judgment after comments condemned as Islamophobic went viral this month.

“I mistakenly and inadvertently conflated Muslims with Radical Islamists and fundamentalists, a terrible err in my words, and resulted in hurting countless people I never meant to, and I deeply regret this,” Blair wrote on Instagram.

Blair, who played Vivian Kensington in "Legally Blonde" and Liz Sherman in "Hellboy," among other films, sparked the controversy last week in commenting on a social media post by Abraham Hamra, an immigration reform advocate.

Hamra criticized Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., for voting against a measure that would prevent anyone who took part in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel from immigrating to the U.S.

Tlaib said the measure was “redundant with already existing federal law." Bush called it an "empty messaging bill Republicans are using to target immigrants and incite anti-Palestinian hate."

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