Celebs Who Either Did or Didn’t Become Bald Gracefully?

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Kurt Angle wasn’t even that light on top, but once he went bald he never went back. Yes, yes he made it part of a storyline and all, but still. He embraced the baldness.

I appreciated when Jon Moxley finally shaved his head…but then he grew it back.

Joe Rogan really clung to the last remnants of his hair for about as long as he could. I remember him doing the bandana thing in Here Comes the Boom. But once he took the plunge, he went all in.

I remember when Christian first cut his hair some said it was because he was going bald. But now here we are 20 years or so later and he still has hair. I think it thinned out in front, but he never went full horseshoe. So I could get why he never shaved it all off.

Speaking of the horseshoe look I can’t say I’m a fan. Whenever I think of the horseshoe being worse than full chrome dome I think of that short clip of Verne Gagne waving they’d always have in WWE produced documentaries. Gagne would have looked so much better/younger fully bald. He was an innovator and not a bad looking guy, but seeing him in the late 1970s/early 1980s, he looks like an accountant or vice principal playing wrestling champion.

In closing: John Cena. He couldn’t hide it in his Smackdown return, but I think he’s had that big bald spot in back for a while now. I noticed this when watching some clips of Blockers (2018) recently. They mostly take care not to shoot him from the back, but they slip up a few times and it looks about the same as it did on that return Smackdown that happened years later.

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John Travolta wore a toupee for probably decades and only recently got convinced to go full bald.

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Bruce Willis just kind of let it thin out and never touched it till there wasn't enough left to constitute a hairstyle. I guess that's kind of graceful as I never heard anything about him being salty about it.

On the other side of the fence is Hulk Hogan, who basically used Vince to gaslight his roster to never mention that Hogan was losing his hair.

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Mar 22, 2023 8:20:02 GMT -5 The Heartbreak TWERK said:

Bruce Willis just kind of let it thin out and never touched it till there wasn't enough left to constitute a hairstyle. I guess that's kind of graceful as I never heard anything about him being salty about it.

On the other side of the fence is Hulk Hogan, who basically used Vince to gaslight his roster to never mention that Hogan was losing his hair.

No wonder Hogan tried to sue Vince Russo for that "chrome dome" comment.

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Mar 22, 2023 8:20:02 GMT -5 The Heartbreak TWERK said:

Bruce Willis just kind of let it thin out and never touched it till there wasn't enough left to constitute a hairstyle. I guess that's kind of graceful as I never heard anything about him being salty about it.

On the other side of the fence is Hulk Hogan, who basically used Vince to gaslight his roster to never mention that Hogan was losing his hair.

I like to think Hulk Hogan was fine with the Vince Russo shoot until he called him a, “big, bald son of a bitch.”

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Mar 22, 2023 8:43:44 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

Mar 22, 2023 8:20:02 GMT -5 The Heartbreak TWERK said:

Bruce Willis just kind of let it thin out and never touched it till there wasn't enough left to constitute a hairstyle. I guess that's kind of graceful as I never heard anything about him being salty about it.

On the other side of the fence is Hulk Hogan, who basically used Vince to gaslight his roster to never mention that Hogan was losing his hair.

I like to think Hulk Hogan was fine with the Vince Russo shoot until he called him a, “big, bald son of a bitch.”

Not to derail the topic too much but I suspect Hogan just wanted an easy way out of WCW and Vince Russo ad libbing anything was a green light for him to sue, claim creative clause and go home.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Snoop Dogg is about 80% forehead these days.

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I do say people are way too quick to go "Shave it off" when some thinning happens. Sometimes they thin so slowly its not a big deal to keep it as is. Yeah sometimes you go the horseshoe root but idk the guy from Pete and Pete and the other guy from the Drew Carey show made it work.

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Mar 22, 2023 8:49:23 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

Mar 22, 2023 8:43:44 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

I like to think Hulk Hogan was fine with the Vince Russo shoot until he called him a, “big, bald son of a bitch.”

Not to derail the topic too much but I suspect Hogan just wanted an easy way out of WCW and Vince Russo ad libbing anything was a green light for him to sue, claim creative clause and go home.

Whacha gonna do when Hulk Hogan’s greed runs wild on you?!?!

Now, I’ll refrain from any further talk of the Hulkster and his baldness before he goes all Gawker on our asses.

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I've been shaving my head since I was 19 except for a thankfully short period when I was 22 and I tried growing it back. I was really depressed at the time and going back to shaving my head made me feel a lot better about myself. Plus ladies seem to love it.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Not sure if it counts since he still has the head scruff, but Jason Statham looks a lot cooler now than he did with hair.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Corbin has to be the gold standard here.

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Mar 22, 2023 9:47:52 GMT -5 Confused Mark Wahlberg said:

Corbin has to be the gold standard here.

So much so that he let it grow out during his Gil Gunderson phase just to show how bad off he was.

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Elon Musk bought the best fake hair money can buy and he looks worse than if he'd just shaved it, resembling like a former 80s comic now playing the same strip club every night, drunk and dishevelled before his set even begins. Every set features him yelling 'Do you know who I am?' at hecklers, 'I was a backup cast member on saturday night live!'

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This looks like a job for that poster who would obsess over Viktor's hairline.

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Mar 22, 2023 12:21:59 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

Elon Musk bought the best fake hair money can buy and he looks worse than if he'd just shaved it, resembling like a former 80s comic now playing the same strip club every night, drunk and dishevelled before his set even begins. Every set features him yelling 'Do you know who I am?' at hecklers, 'I was a backup cast member on saturday night live!'

If Elon went full bald, he really would be Lex Luther

[An Dog On An Skateboard]

A good example of someone who didn't gracefully go bald is the Australian cricketer Doug Bollinger, who wore a terrible wig for much of his playing career, earning him the nickname "Doug the Rug". As well as almost having it pulled off by a teammate, it also famously got picked up by some infrared technology used in cricket which showed his bald spot through the wig.

He later ditched it and shaved what was left and looked far less ridiculous.

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For me Stone Cold Steve Austin is the definition of going bald gracefully.

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"Kurt Angle stayed bald..."

Except for that brief time in TNA.

Also, web example: James Rolfe for going ungracefully. TBF it's noticeable when he's AVGN.

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Mar 22, 2023 13:41:24 GMT -5 WoodStoner1 said:

"Kurt Angle stayed bald..."

Except for that brief time in TNA.

Also, web example: James Rolfe for going ungracefully. TBF it's noticeable when he's AVGN.

Considering his character is basement dwelling nerd, I think the horrible thinning hair works when in character. He wears a hat all over times and that’s fine.