Selma Blair has revealed in an Instagram post that she has multiple sclerosis. The Cruel Intentions (1999) actor said she was diagnosed in August but has had symptoms for the past several years. "I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I keep dropping things," she wrote, calling the news "overwhelming in the beginning".

Multiple sclerosis is an incurable condition affecting the brain or spinal cord, causing vision, balance and muscle problems. Blair, 46, is set to appear in the Netflix programme Another Life, and said the "profound" help she received from costume designer Allisa Swanson had inspired her to come forward with the story.