George Clooney has lastly reacted to the viral discourse surrounding… his hair.
The Oscar-winning actor just lately acquired a darkish brown dye job to painting famed CBS information producer Fred W. Pleasant within the stage model of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which Clooney tailored from his personal script for the 2005 movie of the identical title.
Whereas Clooney has touched on extra severe points whereas selling his Broadway debut — together with his marriage and President Donald Trump — footage of his hair went so viral in current days that “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King merely needed to ask about it.
“I have to take a moment, looking at you with the dark hair,” she informed Clooney in an interview Monday, prompting the actor to chop in, “I know, it’s not good.”
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Clooney, now 63, portrays journalist Edward R. Murrow within the stage adaptation of “Good Night, and Good Luck.” He was 44 when he portrayed Pleasant within the Oscar-nominated supply materials, and although he dyed his hair for the mission then, too, he’s now celebrated for his salt-and-pepper look — which has prompted viral reactions to his new dye job.
“I need to understand what is happening with George Clooney’s hair,” wrote one person on X, previously Twitter, in response to a current CNN interview. One other commented: “What in the Sam Hell is that awful dye job on George Clooney? He looks pathetic.”
“I’m not used to it,” Clooney informed King of his dye job. “You never get used to it. Listen, I started getting gray when I was 25, so I’ve been gray most of my life. So it’s not my favorite look, and my wife? She thinks it’s funny.”
Clooney, a self-described Democrat who has been politically energetic all through his profession, married British-Lebanese lawyer and human rights activist Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) in 2014. They’ve since welcomed two youngsters, twins Alexander and Ella, in 2017.
The actor stated Monday that his youngsters snigger at his new look, and added, “nothing makes you look older than being 63 and dying your hair.”
Over the previous week, social media customers have echoed as a lot — and plenty of look like unaware that Clooney is acting on Broadway.
