12 Celebs You Did not Know Secretly Have Grey Hair

Discover out which stars have been hiding their grays…

Jennifer Lopez’s hair could at all times look purple carpet prepared, however she says she truly went grey when she was in her early 20s. Since then, she’s chosen to dye her hair to cowl the grey and get it touched up each few weeks.

“I used to be prematurely grey at 23. I’ve to have [my roots] touched up each couple of weeks,” she informed Folks in 2011. “I’m sort of tempted to someday simply let it go. It’d be sort of thrilling! Possibly sometime we’ll go actually distant for like two months and I’m simply going to see what it appears to be like like.”

Tracee Ellis Ross has had a protracted journey of acceptance along with her hair, explaining that when she was younger, she shied away from letting her curls shine. As an grownup, she lastly realized to take care of her locks and commenced to embrace her pure hair absolutely — however admits that after she began going grey, she determined to dye it.

“My hair is now turning grey (proof of my life and my years). And whereas the grey has modified my texture and the dye I take advantage of to cowl it has loosened my sample, I lastly know my hair in and out,” she wrote on Instagram in 2020.

She continued, “And whereas I’m not able to embrace the grey simply but, I’m positive that shall be thrilling after I do! I’ve at all times mentioned that my journey to self acceptance will be chronicled by way of my journey with my hair. Taking the time to just accept, perceive and love my hair mirrors the connection I’ve with myself. I’ve grown to like and recognize my hair in all of its seasons.”

Cindy Crawford has been dying her hair for therefore lengthy, she admits she doesn’t know what colour it’s anymore. She started enhancing her brunette locks when she began noticing grays and prefers to maintain her hair freed from grey strands.

“Oh my gosh, I do not know what my precise colour of my hair could be now as a result of I’ve it coloured,” she as soon as informed Folks. “I don’t wish to see [gray hairs] so I colour my hair. However I attempt to colour my hair in order that it appears to be like pure.”

As a spokesperson for L’Oréal, Eva Longoria’s hair at all times appears to be like flawless. However through the early days of the pandemic, she revealed that she had gone grey and had been overlaying it up. In a video for L’Oréal, she shared that since she couldn’t go to the salon, she needed to handle her grays at residence.

“I’ll be sincere. For a second I believed, ‘Okay, grays, I’m able to see you. I can deal with this.’ However I’m not. I’m not prepared. I’m not prepared for this a lot grey,” Eva shared within the video.

​​Actual Housewives star Kyle Richards additionally opened up about her grey hair through the pandemic, sharing that she went grey when she was simply 25. Since then, she’s been dying her hair at residence — and continued to take action since nobody might get to a salon on the time.

“I inherited getting grey hair early,” she shared on Instagram. “My dad was fully grey by the point he was 40. I began getting grey hairs after I was 25, most likely as a result of I fear a lot. And I do it myself very often.”

In an interview with Web page Six, she added, “I grew up watching my mother colour her personal hair. So for me, it’s regular. Plus it’s simple and saves me time — and cash.”

Shay Mitchell says she began noticing her grey hair in her early 30s, however didn’t see it as an enormous deal because it might at all times be coated up. On the time, Shay admitted she was simply attempting to tug them out — however has seemingly began dying her hair since then.

“I name them like knowledge hairs. Like extra knowledge, nice. You possibly can’t freak out about it. I get older. I’m blissful. what which means? I’ve extra experiences,” she informed Folks. “It’s made me much more previous to who I used to be yesterday like cool. I don’t ever actually freak out about them. Plus, should you don’t prefer it, then dye your hair, no downside.”

Naomie Harris had a sudden onset of grey hair after a traumatic accident. Trying again, she defined that she awoke the day after her automotive crash and observed that a few of her hair had modified. Naomie says that to her, it’s “extremely annoying” so she at all times covers up her grey hairs.

“I truly had a automotive accident and after I awoke the following day I had a great deal of grey hair which I didn’t have earlier than,” she informed Folks. “I hate it, I maintain plucking them out, dying them, I hate them.”

When Jaimie Alexander first began noticing her grey hair, she thought it wasn’t an enormous deal. Actually, she thought it’d truly be an excellent search for her — however her buddies seemingly disagreed. Since then, Jaimie has began dying her hair to cowl up the grey.

“I began getting some grey hair. I used to be like, ‘candy test it out’ and everyone seems to be like, ‘why are you pointing that out?’ They had been teasing me that extra had been going to come back again and I used to be like, ‘I feel I’d look fairly boss with grey hair. Why not?’” she shared with Folks.

Cher is keen to strive virtually any magnificence pattern — apart from letting her hair go grey. Whereas many different celebrities had been letting their pure hair shine through the pandemic, Cher mentioned she wasn’t letting her jet black locks go. As an alternative, she’ll maintain dying it for so long as doable.

“[Going gray] is okay for different ladies. I’m simply not doing it!” she informed Folks in 2022.

Kelly Ripa is following in Cher’s footsteps and protecting her grey locks coated up. Whereas she tried to privately embrace her pure hair through the pandemic, she believes she’s simply somebody who doesn’t look good with grey hair.

“Cher was saying that grey hair will not be for her. She will not be caving in, she doesn’t care in regards to the pattern — you recognize, persons are embracing their grey hair in all places. Everyone’s embracing their grey hair,” she mentioned on Stay with Kelly and Ryan! in 2022.

She continued, “I have to dye my hair. I feel sure folks look nice with their grey hair. I feel it relies on the individual. I actually do.”

Drew Barrymore isn’t able to go grey simply but and admits she’s been coloring her hair at residence for years. In 2024, she even launched her personal hair shade with Nutrisse so others might obtain the identical shade as her honey blonde locks.

“I do love that it’s trending and appears so stunning and is sort of a vogue assertion. However I simply don’t really feel able to go down that highway,” she informed Folks. “I’m solely 48 so it’s not fully grey, however I positively have lot of grey hairs. However I can even maintain dyeing it. I don’t actually care if I seem like a Simply For Males advert after I’m older.”

Charlize Theron could also be recognized for her platinum blonde locks, however she says her hair began altering colours a very long time in the past. Since she went grey prematurely, she started dying it blonde to maintain it coated up.

“I’m very grey,” she informed Andy Cohen on Watch What Occurs Stay.