Beloved actress Selma Blair is opening up about her favorite Met Gala moments — and vows to “one day” return to fashion’s biggest night.
“I used to be a big Met Gala attendee,” Blair, 53, exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, May 1, while attending Calamigos Ranch Resort & Spa’s Leading Hotels of the World accreditation celebration.
“I haven’t attended in many years, but I have wonderful memories of it,” she continued. “My first time was with Behnaz Sarafpour, then I went a couple years with Chanel and more recently, I think, with Marc Jacobs — but that was probably 20 years ago.”
She added, “So I love it. I love watching what everyone’s wearing and I will be watching.”
The 2026 Met Gala will take place on Monday, May 4, at the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Beyoncé will return to the star-studded fundraiser as a cochair alongside Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour.
The night’s theme, “Costume Art,” will explore 5,000 years of the “dressed body,” paired with the evening’s “Fashion Is Art” dress code, said to encourage sculptural, conceptual and avant-garde interpretations of the body as a walking, living, breathing canvas.
While Blair won’t be in attendance this year, she told Us she absolutely plans to return.
“One day I will be back at the Met, because I love fashion,” she said on Friday. “I love wardrobes. And it is a passion of mine, so I really appreciate what they do and I think it’s an amazing event.”
In October 2018, the Cruel Intentions star revealed she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune disease that causes a breakdown of the protective covering of the nerves, per the Mayo Clinic. The disease causes multiple and often painful symptoms, including numbness, weakness, trouble walking and vision changes.
There is currently no known cure.
“I was in this wardrobe fitting two days ago. And I am in the deepest gratitude. So profound, it is, I have decided to share,” Blair wrote via Instagram at the time, announcing her private health battle. “The brilliant costumer #Allisaswanson not only designs the pieces #harperglass will wear on this new #Netflix show , but she carefully gets my legs in my pants, pulls my tops over my head, buttons my coats and offers her shoulder to steady myself. I have #multiplesclerosis.”
Seven years later, Blair offered fans an update on her health, revealing she has been “relapse free” for years.
“That, of course, means the world to me that I’m not, at this moment, accumulating more damage in my brain,” she told Stellar in November 2025. “I have also made a lot of strides with the vibe of neuroplasticity.”
She added at the time, “I’m very, very lucky. Everyone’s experience with MS is different. I think I do have a certain place [to speak publicly]. My big mouth likes to see what I can do about stigma.”
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While speaking to Us on Friday, Blair also opened up about her new title as an American Brain Foundation global ambassador and national chair of brain health advancement — as well as her hope for an eventual cure for a slew of neurological diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
“I think now is a totally great new time for research and cures and with AI and with the amazing scientists the American Brain Foundation has,” she told Us. “I’m so proud to be aligned with them, and especially with someone that has some neurological issues and loving so many people that have had ALS and recently with Eric Dane [who died on February 19 of ALS] — people that have just been in my life my whole entire grown-up career.”
She continued, “This is for them and for me and for our kids … I think these things are going to take time, and it’s going to take a year to get everyone integrated with AI and the information sources. But yes, of course, I think it’s an exciting time, and it’s amazing to have access to the most amazing doctors.”
