.SashaFarber decided to write a heartfelt note after SelmaBlair initially turned him down. DWTS
was just about a month after agreeing to join. And it took some convincing on the part of her partner, Sasha Farber, who has served as a professional dancer onJanuary cover story
, Farber tells writer Emma Carmichael that he’s always been a big fan of Blair’s, and that he used to get nervous when he’d see her in their Los Angeles neighborhood. “We didn’t really know each other before the season,” Farber says. “I’d be walking the dogs, and I’d see her outside. I’m like, ‘Oh my God, you’re Selma Blair.’…I was definitely starstruck, that’s for sure.”
But during a chance meeting at their local coffee shop—which occurred right after his previous dance partner had dropped out of season 31—the timing felt just right. He decided to ask Blair if she’d be interested in joining the show, but she laughed at the idea of it. “She told me, ‘I can’t dance. I literally cannot dance,’” Farber says. He turned to his friend, Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin, for help in recruiting Blair, who was.
Blair tells Carmichael that she was surprised by how much she enjoyed herself and that she shared her excitement with her manager, saying, “I think I actually need this. I think it’s important for people with chronic illness or disabilities to see what they can do. I deserve to have a good time and try.”
Given that the upcoming season was imminent, Farber and Blair had their work cut out for them: “The rehearsals are four hours a day, and you pretty much don’t get a day off,” Farber says. “But I would always try to give Selma as many days off as I could without making her fall behind.” The rehearsals also required extra care when Blair’s
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