11 Celebrities Who Utterly Embrace Their Grey Hair

Discover out what these stars stated about going grey…

Throughout the early days of the pandemic, Andie MacDowell began letting her hair go grey and after some encouragement from her youngsters, she determined to go all in. Whereas her managers have been hesitant about her altering her locks, Andie was set on her alternative — and shortly realized her “instincts have been proper.”

“I’ve by no means felt extra highly effective. I really feel extra sincere. I really feel like I’m not pretending. I really feel like I’m embracing proper the place I’m. I really feel actually comfy. And in a whole lot of methods, I feel it’s extra hanging on my face. I simply really feel prefer it fits me,” Andie instructed Vogue.

She continued, “I by some means really feel like I look youthful as a result of it appears to be like extra pure. It’s not like I’m making an attempt to cover one thing. I feel that it’s an influence transfer, and that’s what I stored telling my managers.”

Hilarie Burton Morgan has gone grey — and she or he’s not trying again. The actress defined that after years of watching her gray-haired male counterparts like George Clooney be totally embraced in Hollywood, she determined to do the identical. Whereas she admits there was an “awkward part” when she began rising out her roots, she says it’s now “whole freedom.”

“Once I was rising up, the lads who have been actually good-looking, just like the Harrison Ford’s on the market, there was all the time that twinkle of grey hair. There was George Clooney. He changed into a silver fox. My husband changed into a silver fox proper earlier than my very eyes,” she instructed Scary Mommy. “I beloved how their getting older course of was embraced. And so slightly than simply complain that us ladies don’t get to do the identical factor, I assumed it was actually necessary to stroll the stroll. And so, silver is right here to remain.”

When Sarah Jessica Parker determined to go grey, it made headlines. However Sarah didn’t assume it was such a giant deal and believed that being applauded for her “bravery” simply confirmed how a lot the general public and media targeted on girls getting older in Hollywood.

“‘Grey hair, grey hair, grey hair. Does she have grey hair?’ I don’t know what to let you know, individuals,” she instructed Vogue. “It virtually feels as if individuals don’t need us to be completely okay with the place we’re, as in the event that they virtually get pleasure from us being pained by who we’re at the moment, whether or not we select to age naturally and never look good, or whether or not you do one thing if that makes you’re feeling higher.”

Jamie Lee Curtis has now been rocking her pure hair for years however earlier than making that call, she did every thing she might to cowl her grays. She says she finally acquired bored with making an attempt to cowl it up with chemical compounds.

“I attempted to do every thing you are able to do to your hair. Personally, I felt it humiliating. I’d go right into a hair salon, the scent of the chemical compounds, the sensation of that coloration on my hair, the carrying the issues, sitting beneath the hair dryer, I used to be like, ‘For what?’” she shared throughout an look on Lorraine. “I’ve been an advocate for pure magnificence for a very long time, largely as a result of I’ve had the trial and error of the opposite half.”

Jane fonda made her grey hair debut on the 2020 Academy Awards after working with hair stylist Jack Martin. On the time, the hair stylist spent 7 hours remodeling Jane’s hair from her blonde locks to an elevated silver.

“I let you know, I’m so pleased I let it go grey,” she shared on The Ellen Present. “Sufficient already with a lot time wasted, a lot cash spent, so many chemical compounds — I’m by way of with that.”

Jon Bon Jovi has totally embraced his age and is proud to have gone grey. The musician joked that he left the leather-based pants in his previous and is now all about performing his age.

“Yup, I’m the man who embraced going grey! There are a whole lot of gents on the market whose names I received’t point out — and none of them have embraced the true them, have they,” Jon shared with The Telegraphjokingly including, “I’ll embrace the grey hair — however I received’t turn out to be fats Elvis.”

Helen Mirren has been embracing her pure hair coloration for years and jokingly says she determined to go grey out of laziness. She defined that she acquired bored with sitting round hair salons whereas getting her hair dyed.

“I did it as a result of I’m lazy. Truthfully, I’m so lazy about my hair!” she shared with PEOPLE. “It’s a whole lot of work and as fantastic as many hairdressers are, I don’t need to sit in a salon for hours. I simply can’t be bothered with that.”

She added, “I feel girls have been simply so terrified of getting white or grey hair as a result of it instantly put them into a special class. And naturally, you might be in that age group. I’m sorry, however you might be! So, why not simply embrace it, go together with it and welcome it? Make it a constructive factor versus a detrimental factor.”

Tan France went grey as a younger man and has chosen to embrace his pure locks — and feels prefer it makes him stand out in Hollywood. He additionally hopes that by rocking his grey, he may also help different males embrace precisely who they’re.

“I do really feel like I’ve carved out just a little area of interest for myself the place I’m brown, I very a lot embrace my hair, and even how I’m going grey early, which could be very typical for South Asian males. I embrace all of this stuff and I hope it empowers different children who aren’t Caucasian to really feel like they need to be empowered to be who they’re,” he instructed Refinery29.

Jeff Goldblum’s hair coloration has modified by way of the years nevertheless it doesn’t trouble him. He’s been rocking his salt-and-pepper locks for years and believes it’s precisely how he’s supposed to take a look at this level in his life.

“My hair was once darkish, and now it’s salt-and-pepper. I like the best way it appears to be like. Fortunately it’s nonetheless largely there, so that is simple for me to say, however I’d hope that if I lose my hair, I’ll simply roll with it,” he instructed GQ in 2016.

He continued, “I’ve additionally by no means used Botox, by no means had cosmetic surgery. I feel when nature modifications your face — particularly in the event you stay a clear life — your physique is designed so all of it appears to be like proper collectively. If you attempt to be youthful, it solely makes you look older.”

Diane Keaton has totally embraced her grey locks, which she debuted over a decade in the past. When requested about how she’s been in a position to age so gracefully, Diane shared her greatest suggestions, together with the truth that she believes older individuals look higher with lighter hair.

“My hair is now white. It’s higher to have gentle round your face — I feel it appears to be like higher on older individuals. Darker hair is just not as softening,” she instructed PEOPLE.

George Clooney has been thought-about the last word silver fox in Hollywood for many years — in reality, he began going grey when he was simply 25. His hair has turn out to be his signature look and George says he wouldn’t have it every other manner. When he needed to dye his hair for a Broadway efficiency, he couldn’t wait to get again to grey.

“Oh, it’s not good. It’s not good,” he stated on CBS Mornings. “I’m not used to it. You by no means get used to it. I began getting grey after I was 25. So I’ve been grey most of my life. So it’s not my favourite look, and my spouse? She thinks it’s humorous. (My children) snicker at it, as a result of nothing makes you look older than being 63 and dyeing your hair.”