Selma Blair's ex DWTS pro partner Sasha Farber pitches potential comeback for troubled star after in-flight meltdown and arrest: 'It would be cool'

Selma Blair's former Dancing With The Stars partner Sasha Farber pitched a potential comeback for the star following her in-flight meltdown and arrest. 

The 42-year-old pro dancer, who competed on the ABC competition series with Blair in 2022, opened up about the topic while attending the Minky Couture x Page Six's Virtual Reali-Tea event in NYC. 

The Legally Blonde actress has been accused of 'punching and biting' members of the crew aboard a Delta aircraft bound for JFK airport and trying to open a plane door mid-flight earlier this month. 

Blair, 54, has since pled not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault stemming from allegedly kicking a Port Authority Police Department officer. She is also accused of kicking a hospital nurse. 

'I love Selma, I got to chat with her. Thinking of her - she's just like family,' Farber told the Daily Mail at the event on Friday. 

'You know, once you do the show, [you] literally become family,' he continued, before adding that he 'loves her to bits.'

Farber added that the actress is 'incredible' and 'so strong.' 

When questioned if Blair has plans to continue dancing in the future, he told the Daily Mail, 'I would love to dance with her again. She was so good, and it would be cool to maybe bring her back. 

'It would be so cool because with all her injuries and with MS, it was really hard. She had to forfeit. So why maybe not come back?'

He continued, 'I think with MS, ballroom dancing is something that really helps. I remember dancing with Selma and she explained to me that I became her walking stick. And when we danced, you know, I was holding her up. 

'The second we would stop dancing, it was something where she couldn't walk, she would lose feeling. So ballroom dancing and partnering is very, particularly ballroom dancing, is great for MS.'

Daily Mail has reached out to a rep of Blair for comment, but has yet to hear back. 

Blair competed on season 31 of the dance competition series in 2022 alongside Farber. 

However, the Cruel Intentions star left the show early after week five amid her multiple sclerosis (MS) battle at the time. 

Blair had told Farber that she would not be able to continue in a clip which aired during the final episode she appeared in. 

'I've been monitored and in touch with my doctors this whole process. I had these MRI's and the results came back, and it just all adds up to, I can't... I can't go on with the competition.' 

The actress had emotionally added, 'Pushed as far as I could.' 

During a recent appearance on The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show, which was taped before Blair's flight incident, Blair shared if she would ever return to DWTS. 

The star explained that she had been 'so sad' to depart the show early. 

'That meant that, like, Sasha had to be done with the season, and I loved it,' she said, adding that she had wanted to be a dancer when she was younger.

'To have that moment, I loved it. And it felt very old Hollywood. Right? It felt like a variety show. Totally. It felt incredible.' 

When asked if she would go back if the opportunity arose, Blair replied, 'Oh my God, I would love to.' 

Blair has since returned to the public eye following the in-flight incident and arrest earlier this month. 

The star was seen enjoying a Los Angeles stroll with her son Arthur, 15, and service dog Scout on Friday. 

She has been accused of attacking members of the crew aboard a Delta aircraft on Sunday, October 11, leaving distressed pilots asking for 'medical help' as they landed. The next day, she pled not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault.

Her counsel maintained she had 'missed several doses' of 'a powerful medication that controls severe neurological symptoms' connected to her multiple sclerosis (MS).

Blair disclosed in a recently released interview that she previously used alcohol to cope with MS symptoms and nerve pain.

She was speaking about her drinking and why she got sober during the recent episode of Jenny McCarthy's podcast. 

Blair said that even as 'a very young girl' she was using alcohol to help her with headaches, anxiety and nerve pain as well as to soothe her to sleep.

'And when you're depressed that is never going to be a good solution,' she said. 'And I was just always feeling tired and depressed and that was horrible.'

As for her current stance on sobriety, she said: 'I don't live like a sober sober lifestyle with AA, but drinking, no, I cannot do.'

'I wish I could be someone that could have two glasses of wine and just be flirty and fun and listen better,' she shared.

'I'm still a human being, but I recognize that alcohol is not good medicine for me.'

The actress went on to say that she is still on antidepressants because she is 'terrified to get off it.'

'I'm not on any like painkillers. I'm not on any of that. I take a couple things and I'm afraid to get off the lowest dose.'

On Tuesday, McCarthy shared a clip from the podcast to her Instagram, writing: 'DISCLAIMER: This interview was recorded before the recent events involving Selma Blair. Nothing but love for Selma and this conversation.'

It comes days after Blair resurfaced following her Delta flight meltdown as she made an appearance at 90s Con last week in Connecticut.

The star, whose friend Christina Applegate recently announced that she does not have MS and was 'misdiagnosed' for years, issued a strongly-worded statement about her alleged actions on the plane.

Her spokesman told People, 'Since Sunday night, the public account of what happened to Selma aboard a flight to New York has been built almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline.'

They added, 'We can, however, correct the record on a few points already in public circulation. Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency on the flight. There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone.'

The spokesman added 'the suggestion by anyone that Selma does not have multiple sclerosis is outrageous. Her diagnosis has been public since 2018. What Selma has been able to do physically in the years since is nothing short of a miracle.'

'She still has bad days, and she lives with pain daily. Selma also has pseudobulbar affect, a neurological condition secondary to her MS, which bears directly on how a medical episode presents to people who do not know her.'

'For the same reason, she travels with a service dog who doesn't leave her side, and the authorities took her dog from her.'

Adding that Blair had 'never been arrested before Sunday night', the statement concluded 'there is much more to this story than has been reported, and we ask to consider the entirety of the facts before rushing to judgment, whether in the courtroom or in the court of public opinion.'

Blair's lawyer claimed that she missed multiple doses of medication before her shocking alleged mid-air confrontation.

Her attorneys told the New York Post that Blair had allegedly hit her head before the confrontation on the flight traveling from Los Angeles to New York.

The actress was pictured leaving court on October 12 after she was arraigned on two felony charges. Blair was seen being swarmed by reporters as police and attorneys led her out of the courthouse in New York City after she made bail. 

Her lawyer Shawn Barnes told the court, according to Page Six, 'This was not an intentional assault.'

'Ms. Blair missed several doses of … a powerful medication that controls severe neurological symptoms' linked to her battle with multiple sclerosis.

Barnes said Blair had traveled to New York City after a long workday, and also was injured on the flight.

'Ms. Blair boarded this flight after being on set and working extensive hours and exhaustive hours in the days leading up to this flight,' Barnes said. 'Additionally, at one point, during the flight, there was an incident where Miss Blair actually fell and hit her head.'

Barnes said that 'these factors, coupled with the altitude, resulted in a state of severe confusion and disorientation' in the incident.

Blair allegedly took her leg out of a stretcher's straps and kicked at a Port Authority Police Officer's face, neck and chest, the complaint indicated, as she was being transported in an ambulance from JFK Airport Terminal 4.

According to the legal complaint, after Blair was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, she kicked the chest of a registered nurse.

Both the nurse and police officer reported being in pain after being attacked, prosecutors said, adding that the officer had a swollen jaw.

During the flight, authorities said that Blair struck a flight attendant and bit another one, leaving both with injuries, and one seeking medical treatment.

In an audio clip published by TMZ, Blair had been filmed while she was screaming as she was being removed from the aircraft.

One of the flight attendants had bitemarks on their hands, while another dealt with a cut, sources told the outlet.

A Delta representative told The Daily Mail that the company has 'zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first.'

Blair is slated for a hearing in the matter on January 19.