George Clooney has finally reacted to the viral discourse surrounding… his hair.
The Oscar-winning actor recently received a dark brown dye job to portray famed CBS news journalist Edward R. Murrow in the stage version of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which Clooney adapted from his own script for the 2005 film of the same name.
While Clooney has touched on more serious issues while promoting his Broadway debut — including his marriage and President Donald Trump — footage of his hair went so viral in recent days that “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King simply had to ask about it.
“I have to take a moment, looking at you with the dark hair,” she told Clooney in an interview Monday, prompting the actor to cut in, “I know, it’s not good.”
Clooney, now 63, was 44 when he portrayed CBS producer Fred W. Friendly in the Oscar-nominated source material, and though he dyed his hair for the project 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 user on X, formerly Twitter, in response to a recent CNN interview. Another commented: “What in the Sam Hell is that awful dye job on George Clooney? He looks pathetic.”
“I’m not used to it,” Clooney told 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 active throughout his career, married British-Lebanese lawyer and human rights activist Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) in 2014. They’ve since welcomed two children, twins Alexander and Ella, in 2017.
The actor said Monday that his kids laugh at his new look, and added, “nothing makes you look older than being 63 and dying your hair.”
Over the past week, social media users have echoed as much — and many appear to be unaware that Clooney is performing on Broadway.
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CORRECTION: A prior version of this story has been corrected to note that Clooney played Friendly in the 2005 film, not Murrow.
