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Cameron Diaz Cried After Chopping Her Hair

05/02/2012 at 06:00 PM ET

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Cameron Diaz recently told InStyle her short haircut was “freeing” — but she had very different words for Jay Leno Tuesday night.

“There was a little misunderstanding,” she explained on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno of her pre-Christmas cut. “I said, ‘Oh I just want a little bit off’ … and it went from here to here,” she added, gesturing two very different hair lengths.

Once Diaz saw the new do, her reaction wasn’t so pleasant. “I just burst into tears and started crying, and I felt so vulnerable,” she explained. “For a woman to all of a sudden have no hair, oh my god.”

What made the situation even more awkward was the fact that Diaz’s hairstylist happened to be a good friend. “I felt really bad, she felt really bad, she started crying, I started crying, a couple of other people started crying,” Diaz said. But soon the situation smoothed over. “I ended up writing her a few emails after, the next couple days, assuring her I wasn’t going to kill her.”

As Leno pointed out, it’s unique that Diaz gets her haircuts from a friend (in that friend’s kitchen, no less) — not at a chic Los Angeles salon. But the actress said she’s been getting kitchen haircuts from this friend — and her own mother — for quite some time. She joked, “I’m in her kitchen often with the cape around my neck, going, ‘I hope we’re not going to cook after that.’” Tell us: Would you let a friend cut your hair?

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JR on May 3rd, 2012

I hope by now she’s also thanked that hairdresser for doing her such a favor – her hair looks so much healthier now! She is such a fan of bleached-blonde hair, but it often looked brittle at her longer lengths – now it is still white-blonde but in much better condition. Cameron looks terrific.

Rai on May 3rd, 2012

It doesn’t matter what length she cuts her hair — you can’t fix that face of hers! Scary!

tc on May 3rd, 2012

oh, com’n, Hair grows!!!!

Steph on May 3rd, 2012

honestly, this happens more often than you would think. you politely give your hair dresser instructions on the look you’re going for, yet you may as well have said “take complete creative control”. and no, you don’t have to be a vapid self-absorbed woman to care this much about your hair. just like you don’t have to be a fashion victim to be upset when a favorite article of clothing is ruined or be a snobbish eater to be a bit angry when a restaurant completely messes up an order that you still have to pay for or are forced to eat. Everyone’s allowed to get a little bit upset during a moment when something doesn’t go as planned. As long as we don’t stay bitter about a small mistake and can laugh it off later, i don’t see a problem with having a little self-pity during those tricky moments.

Annie on May 3rd, 2012

I love her hair short! Get over it Cameron! Looks better!

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JOE on May 3rd, 2012

DIDNT SHE CUT HER HAIR FOR A MOVIE WERE HER DAUGHTER HAS CANCER !!!!!!!!!!

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susan on May 3rd, 2012

Welll she must not have looked in the mirror much because now she looks her age and looks younger than she did with the longer hair. Her long stringy hair made her look older. She looks much better now.

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