Blair Likened To Last Name To Hide From Bullies

Actress SELMA BLAIR ditched her first name at school, after growing tired of being bullied about it.

The Cruel Intentions star insisted friends use her second name only - and at 36 years old she still hates Selma.

She says, "I've always thought of it as an old woman's name, so I demanded that everyone call me Blair. In high school, when people found out my name was Selma, they'd call me things like Smell-ma or Salmonella. That stuff basically came from friends, and I never really had any enemies, so I just kind of smiled through it.

"I still don't like my name. It does not fall prettily off the tongue. In fact, it's hideous. My middle name is James, and I like to be called that."