Selma Blair has had an emotional past few weeks promoting her new book Mean Baby, which releases today, and she sat down with Today's Savannah Guthrie to talk all about it.MORE: Selma Blair's vibrant home with son is the perfect haven amid health battleALSO: HELLO!
launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleDuring the interview, they hit on a particularly gut-wrenching subject, that being the actress' relationship with her mother and the ways in which it hurt her.VIDEO: Selma Blair shares incredible horseback riding achievementSavannah, in her voiceover, described their relationship as "demanding, critical, and sometimes cruel," then mentioning to Selma that she showed a lot of grace towards her in the book."She was a damn fine, funny, dramatic, amazing woman," the actress shared. "And I was hurt that she didn't love me enough.
I love my son enough."MORE: Savannah Guthrie's personal revelation about body image is so inspiringThe Today host read out an excerpt from the book, saying: "You said 'My mother tethered a darkness to me.
And my suffering was the only way to please her'."She could be seen choking up as she described: "That hit me hard," and Selma started to as well, saying: "It is sad what we go through, isn't it?A post shared by Savannah Guthrie (@savannahguthrie)Selma opened up to Savannah about her difficult relationship with her mother"I wanted to be worthy of her love, and that meant suffer."The Legally Blonde star is taking a very different approach towards raising her son Arthur, ten, having mentioned that the book and her previous documentary exist to show him the struggles she has gone through.MORE: Selma Blair granted a restraining order against ex-boyfriend after alleged.
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