Selma Blair attempted suicide in college after her boyfriend broke up with her

Selma Blair heartbroken recalls how she tried to end her life in college after breaking up with her boyfriend. She explains how she struggled to cope after the couple split

Selma Blair has recalled how tragically she tried to commit suicide in college when she broke up with her boyfriend.

The 49-year-old actress shared about her love life in a new profile, where she discusses her early relationships, as she prepares for everyone to read all about her past. her and her struggle with alcoholism in her new memoir, Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up.

In a heartbreaking conversation about her past loves, she explains how she lost her first boyfriend Bradley Bluestone, whom she has described as the ‘Brad Pitt of Hillel Day School’ ‘. The couple have been dating for many years.

However, he was found tragically dead in his college dorm, as she admitted she never knew how he died because “his parents couldn’t stand the label.” label for what happened to their son.”

Her mother told her she would “never get over” what happened, as she recalled how she later dated a man named Jason, who gave her her a list of all the things she needs to ‘fix’ about herself, before going. until Todd’s day.

When they finally broke up, she didn’t know how to deal with it and after their romance ended, she found herself waiting until he fell asleep one night and sneaked into her closet. older brother.

She then makes the heartbreaking decision to try to end her life, rinsing off a few pills with tequila, but just before she’s about to faint, she changes her mind and wakes Todd up .

Todd immediately called his mother, who lived upstairs, and she called for help.

She always promised to tell her mother if things got too extreme, but that time she never did: “It was the worst thing she did to me. I know I’ve offended her. her faith,” she explained to Elle, “I tried to kill myself – even if it was only for ten minutes.

“As strange and critical as she is, she will never get over the death of one of us, especially by our own hands. I’ve been dead with her for two years – or as one punishment or perhaps she is preparing for the next time.”

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