Selma Blair claims Americans are 'deluded'

Selma Blair has hit out at her fellow Americans, describing them as "deluded" for their "obsession" with celebrities.

The actress revealed that she is enjoying taking on the role of a celebrity worshipper on her new TV show Kath & Kim, which is being adapted from the Australian sitcom of the same name.

Discussing her character Kim, she asked: "You don't think there are some deluded Americans? Hey, how about all of us! Everyone here is obsessed with tabloid celebrities and their lives and wanting to be like that, just like Kim.

"In America you have the people who watch the Lohans' reality show and want to be like Dina and Ali Lohan and live in a house with a throne in it. Everywhere! They're just everywhere!"

Blair recently revealed that she had been advised to "take an acid trip" by her Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro.