Selma Blair faces backlash for her 'Islamophobic' comment, deletes it later

Actress Selma Blair has landed herself in hot water after commentingon an Instagram video over the Israel-Hamas war. Blair faced backlash after her Islamophobic comment on the post caught the eye of netizens.

Blair commented on the post sharedby Abraham Hamra. The video message shared around a week ago sees Hamra calling out U.S. Representatives.

In the comment section, Blair as per THR wrote, “Thank you so much. Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they meet their fate.”

The comment was deleted later, but several screen grabs of Blair's reaction to the video wentviral.

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Several X users expressed their anger over Blair's anti-Islam thoughts.

One user wrote, ''It's quite something that Selma Blair can be such openly vile and bigoted and basically call for the death of an entire population with impunity but Melissa Barrera cannot share a link to donate to Palestinian refugees without her agency almost dropping her.''

Selma Blair going full speed ahead with bigotry and hate speech was not on my bingo card for 2024 but it’s a reminder that the genocide of Palestinians couldn’t have happened unless a lot of “regular people” had been supporting their horrific oppression for decades. https://t.co/rTd1xrBff8 — Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) February 9, 2024

Another user wrote,''Selma Blair going full speed ahead with bigotry and hate speech was not on my bingo card for 2024 but it’s a reminder that the genocide of Palestinians couldn’t have happened unless a lot of “regular people” had been supporting their horrific oppression for decades.''

It's quite something that Selma Blair can be such openly vile and bigoted and basically call for the death of an entire population with impunity but Melissa Barrera cannot share a link to donate to Palestinian refugees without her agency almost dropping her. https://t.co/HMPS03X70w — Kaustav Nayak (@kaustavistired) February 9, 2024

Blair, who is Jewish, has not reacted to the backlash yet. Since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, the Legally Blonde actress has shared her support for the Israel and Jewish community.

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Add #SelmaBlair to the list of celebrities who are absolute garbage people. Apparently she deleted her Twitter profile. 😂 She thinks that “antifa” and BLM are terrorist orgs. pic.twitter.com/DoV0slhRiE — Sally Hates Capitalism…but loves 🇵🇸 (@hatescapitalism) February 9, 2024

Who knew #SelmaBlair is an Islamophobic bigot. Retweet! pic.twitter.com/zS9Tntj6qx — Fawaz Azim (@fawaz21) February 10, 2024

#Selmablair @BritishVogue your powerful woman is Islamophobic 🥴🥴🥴 congratulations 👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/xurR8OA592 — Amina BiBi (@AminabibiNoor) February 10, 2024

We need to ask, what makes these public figures feel so empowered to propagate their ignorant, anti-Muslim bigotry openly and pridefully?#MichaelRapaport#DebraMessing#SelmaBlair https://t.co/e7l5VZAVZT — Edwin Escobar (@IamEdwinEscobar) February 9, 2024

Selma Blair can be so openly racist,vile and genocidal , walk away freely,and still keep getting hired, on the other hand Melissa Barrera will be dropped out by her agency and get prosecuted because oh well,she shared a link to donate to Palestinian refugees! https://t.co/qB1i7YOzZv — Farouk Elysian (@farouk_elysian) February 9, 2024

Blair, 51,was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2018. The actress recently talked about her battle and the effects of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

“I hurt all the time,” Blair said. “I say that only for you people that hurt also. Like, I get it. And for all of us, just aging, it hurts. You have to stretch.”