Selma Blair Says This Singer Once Left Her House 'Abruptly' Because Her Fridge Was Empty: 'That Wasn't Gonna Work'

Mar. 15, 2025

Selma Blair.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Selma Blairisn’t much of a cook and apparently that was a turn-off for a certain celebrity.During an appearance on the Tuesday, Feb. 11 episode ofThe Drew Barrymore Show, Blair, 52, was discussing whether she’d be open to dating again when she mentioned her get-together with Take That singerRobbie Williams, 50.“I haven’t given up on romance, but I’m not knowing how to try,” theCruel Intentionsstar told Barrymore.“Once, when I was even younger, there was a potential. There was actually an actor — Robbie Williams was over my house and it was almost a date. A million years ago,” she recalled.Blair then said the British star left part way through their hangout after discovering she wasn’t talented in the kitchen.“He opens up my refrigerator and he’s like, ‘I gotta go,’ ” she remembered, adding, “I heard from the friend, I’m like ‘Why did he leave so abruptly?’ [And they said], ‘Oh, your kitchen was empty and he knew you don’t cook, so that wasn’t gonna work for him.’ ”“Bravo to him for knowing he needed a tummy filled from his woman,” Blair admitted.Selma Blair on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’.The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash BeanBarrymore then suggested, “There’s also DoorDash,” to which Blair responded, “There wasn’t at the time. This was like 30 years ago, probably.”“I probably had like a bottle of champagne and like a Fig Newton in the fridge from a year ago. So he judged accurately that I wasn’t the one that was gonna nourish him,” she said.Williams, who released his new biopicBetter Manin December, has since tied the knot with Ayda Field, 45. The pair married in 2010 and now share four children together: daughters Teddy, 12, and Coco, 6, as well as sons Charlie, 10, and Beau, 5.Blair sharesson Arthur Saint Bleick, 13, with her former partner Jason Bleick.Selma Blair; Robbie Williams.JC Olivera/Getty; ShutterstockWhilespeaking to PEOPLElast month, Williams said of how his life changed when he became a husband and a father, “I have deep-rooted foundations where there was only chaos, and this little piggy that built a house made of straw.““This little piggy now made a house out of concrete, and it is rooted to the spot. And the house isn’t impervious to winds and storms, but it still stays standing. That’s the difference,” he added.When asked how he balances his rowdy live performances with the quiet of his home life, Williams said that he’s trying his best.“You try your best, but there’s four little voices from four little souls that have wants and needs and are very loud,” he told PEOPLE. “And you have a wife that you need to negotiate with, and she needs to negotiate with you, how you are as a human being and your needs and your wants.“Meanwhile, Blair recently spoke withTodayabout how hermultiple sclerosis diagnosis impacted herwhile raising her teenage son as a single mom.“I think since I had him I’d been afflicted with MS, and I didn’t know [because] I was diagnosed later,” the actress said. “My fatigue was always the main issue and as any parent knows, especially a single parent, there’s no room for extra fatigue.““I had to ask advice for everything,” she toldToday, adding that she’s now “in a good spot.”

Selma Blairisn’t much of a cook and apparently that was a turn-off for a certain celebrity.

During an appearance on the Tuesday, Feb. 11 episode ofThe Drew Barrymore Show, Blair, 52, was discussing whether she’d be open to dating again when she mentioned her get-together with Take That singerRobbie Williams, 50.

“I haven’t given up on romance, but I’m not knowing how to try,” theCruel Intentionsstar told Barrymore.

“Once, when I was even younger, there was a potential. There was actually an actor — Robbie Williams was over my house and it was almost a date. A million years ago,” she recalled.

Blair then said the British star left part way through their hangout after discovering she wasn’t talented in the kitchen.

“He opens up my refrigerator and he’s like, ‘I gotta go,’ ” she remembered, adding, “I heard from the friend, I’m like ‘Why did he leave so abruptly?’ [And they said], ‘Oh, your kitchen was empty and he knew you don’t cook, so that wasn’t gonna work for him.’ ”

“Bravo to him for knowing he needed a tummy filled from his woman,” Blair admitted.

Selma Blair on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’.The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean

The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean

Barrymore then suggested, “There’s also DoorDash,” to which Blair responded, “There wasn’t at the time. This was like 30 years ago, probably.”

“I probably had like a bottle of champagne and like a Fig Newton in the fridge from a year ago. So he judged accurately that I wasn’t the one that was gonna nourish him,” she said.

Williams, who released his new biopicBetter Manin December, has since tied the knot with Ayda Field, 45. The pair married in 2010 and now share four children together: daughters Teddy, 12, and Coco, 6, as well as sons Charlie, 10, and Beau, 5.

Blair sharesson Arthur Saint Bleick, 13, with her former partner Jason Bleick.

Selma Blair; Robbie Williams.JC Olivera/Getty; Shutterstock

JC Olivera/Getty; Shutterstock

Whilespeaking to PEOPLElast month, Williams said of how his life changed when he became a husband and a father, “I have deep-rooted foundations where there was only chaos, and this little piggy that built a house made of straw.”

“This little piggy now made a house out of concrete, and it is rooted to the spot. And the house isn’t impervious to winds and storms, but it still stays standing. That’s the difference,” he added.

When asked how he balances his rowdy live performances with the quiet of his home life, Williams said that he’s trying his best.

“You try your best, but there’s four little voices from four little souls that have wants and needs and are very loud,” he told PEOPLE. “And you have a wife that you need to negotiate with, and she needs to negotiate with you, how you are as a human being and your needs and your wants.”

Meanwhile, Blair recently spoke withTodayabout how hermultiple sclerosis diagnosis impacted herwhile raising her teenage son as a single mom.

“I think since I had him I’d been afflicted with MS, and I didn’t know [because] I was diagnosed later,” the actress said. “My fatigue was always the main issue and as any parent knows, especially a single parent, there’s no room for extra fatigue.”

“I had to ask advice for everything,” she toldToday, adding that she’s now “in a good spot.”

source: people.com