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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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Cody Williams on May 2nd, 2012

crying about short hair? think of what cancer patients go through and you are crying because of your long hair is now semi-long? sickening.

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LuckyLady on May 2nd, 2012

My mom had chemo and lost all her hair and I feel confident in saying that to all the people complaining that they had chemo and Cameron should stop complaining, do you honestly think that just because you had chemo and lost all your hair that other people aren’t allowed to have feelings too? Get over YOURSELVES!! My mother lost all her hair and if I went and had all my hair accidentally chopped off I would cry too and it DOES NOT make me a bad person!!!

TopoftheLine on May 2nd, 2012

She is not aging well … no matter what the hair length. And she has not married or had kids. Kind of sad really.

JuliaS on May 2nd, 2012

It’s sad to see ladies think because she’s almost 40 she wear her hair shorter. Shows how brain washed we’ve become because of ageism. You should wear your hair in a way that gives you vitality whether it’s long or short no matter the age. But I agree her hair looks fine short.

Marlene Stewart on May 2nd, 2012

Please, NO HAIR is when you lose all your hair because you are having chemotherapy. My husband has cut my hair in our bathroom for 25 years, even after it grew back from chemo! And I cut his.

Not a fan on May 2nd, 2012

Grow up! Seriously, you’re 40 years old crying over a haircut. Shows what a self absorbed and narcissistic person you are! There are people in the world with real problems! It’s so sad to see someone who has no clue of how really blessed they are. I used to think Cameron Diaz was a cool and beautiful person now I realize she’s just another Hollywood moron.

weiner on May 2nd, 2012

She looks tired. Her face has aged rapidly in the last year or two. Her hair looks nice though

Me on May 2nd, 2012

Ok, this is pretty lame. She had that exact hairstyle in “There’s Something About Mary.” She’s no stranger to short hair. Publicity stunt?

Stranger on May 2nd, 2012

Cameron the last time I ran into you we were on the wharf, and when I bumped into you after dinner your hair was short like it it is now, and I thought she looked better then she has in a long time.

Cameron, don’t let them tell you any different, your hair looks great and you are beautiful as always. And that offer for dinner still stand for the next time I am in San fran, you know how to find me.
Blue Eyes….

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