Anne Hathaway: ‘I Was Inconsolable’ After Chopping My Hair

I DON’T LIKE IT AT ALL!

Women that get their hair chopped and then whine about it make me boil. When I went through chemo, I was whining about losing my hair. Someone said to me, “I wonder if you feel as bad as that 17-year-old that just lost both her legs to a drunk driver”. Talk about perspective. My hair grew back, her legs won’t. And Anne Hathaway’s hair will grow back, but a lot faster than mine did. Quit whining.

I don’t like this haircut on her at all. And I don’t think bangs look good on anyone. I will be glad when she grows it out again. It looks much better. I have had my hair just about every length, and am growing it out again from having it VERY short. I think that longer hair looks much nicer on a woman. Or if a woman goes with short hair, it should look feminine….this looks like a boyish haircut….don’t like it at all, to be honest.

Even with chemo your hair does grow back. There are so many other things that are much much worse. Besides Anne your hair still looks good.

I recently cut all of my hair off. My husband absolutely loves it and I find it so easy for the hot summer weather. I agree with the other posters about this sort of thing. Get over yourself, it will grow back. She has a team of people helping her to look great. I think she has such a beautiful face who cares about the hair? Hair, like weight does NOT define your beauty. Smile and be kind that is beauty.

I have fantasized many times about cutting all of my (very long) hair off … it seems that it would be so freeing. Once it’s done it’s done though, so that’s scary. It would grow back but it would take a loooong time.

I chopped all my hair off about three years ago, and it felt so freeing!! I have since began to grow it out again, but I don’t regret it at all.

@Terri
I sincerely doubt she was comparing cutting her hair to going through chemo or losing a limb. Stop trying to make a goofy side-comment/story into something so negative and selfish

I cut it and may never grow it back.
I feel so much sexier, so much less like a slave to the conventional ideas of beauty.

I’ve had long hair (mid back) and then short short hair in cycles about every three or four years for most of my 42 years. Change is good. It’s just hair. Nothing you choose to do with your hair is permanent. Have fun.

I think Anne looks lovely. The pixie cut brings out the slenderness of her neck and her amazing eyes.

Yes, I have and I cried like Anne did. Although, I wanted it, it was just so shocking! It’s so much more fun and flirty and easy and sexy when short. Only God knows why I grew it out again and again. Now, I chop it off about every other Summer. It has to be cut and colored a lot more often but it really is much more fun short :)

She looks kind of like a boy..she is much prettier in long locks

Anne you need to lose another stone of weight to really look great. That stoner boy toy.

It’s just hair. I’ll grow my hair out long, and chop it off a couple of years later, keep it short for a few years, then grow it out again. IT’S JUST HAIR. It will GROW BACK.

I did it once to get rid of a very bad hair coloring experienced that completely fried my hair. I “lived with the end result” because it had to be done but hated the way my hair and I looked for the next 1 1/2 years until it grew longer again. Everyone that knew me also commented on how much better I finally looked once my hair length was back to normal for me.

Damn, she is getting paid for it! If it botherd her that much, she could have turned the movie down but she didn’t, so why is she complaining?

I generally prefer longer hair to shorter for women, but this looks especially heinous on her, I think her facial features are too big and this look makes it more apparent. Maybe if the bangs weren’t quite so short it would be not quite so horrid.

I think the “mental patient-level crying”-comment was offensive and unnecessary. Don’t care about her hair.

I think people will understand the ‘inconsolable’ part better when they realize that she cut it, it was on set, during the movie, and it looked like a total chop job, so yeah, I would be inconsolable too. But, it sounds like she shook it off well, and I think it’s adorable on her!!!

It was for a role, ok, yeah…it’s just hair it will grow back but it doesn’t fit her. If it was a new hairstyle she was just trying it would be a fail..

A few years ago, I had my head shaved as part of a fund-raiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. My formerly brown-dyed tresses grew back in lovely shades of gray and platinum. My hair guy begged me NOT to color it again and it was a bit of an adjustment at first but I’ve never regretted it for a moment. (I also raised $800!!)

If you’ve never had long, beautiful hair, then you cannot relate to feeling distraught about having your hair chopped off. My hair was my trademark, so my first major haircut was traumatic. Everyone who saw me gasped. I cried for days and days. And yes, I did get over it, but still!

I think Anne’s hair looks great on her! If she was ‘inconsolable’ for a few minutes, well then that was her way of getting through that time of change. Each of us has our own way with dealing with life’s hiccups. Maybe if we all tried to be a fountain, rather than a drain to each other, our journey in this life would be even better.

She cries about her hair… meanwhile Sylvester Stallone and Kelsey Grammar are both grieving over losing their children. Guess who’s going to get my sympathy and compassion? On another note, Anne Hathaway has also said some pretty astoundingly insensitive things about depression. Something tells me she’s not exactly in touch with reality.

@Terri While I agree it’s good to keep persepctive in general, we need to also keep in mind that making major changes like this is a shock that can take some getting use to, and we shouldn’t dismiss someone’s feelings about an experience just because another’s was worse.
I really don’t know why try to tell someone that their feelings are not a big deal just because it could be worse. We don’t do it about happy things. If I got a good review at work and praise from my boss should I not feel pleased just because my co-worker did better and got a promotion? In my opinion our feelings are individual to us first, relative to anyone else second, and in either case still perfectly valid.

The only actress I have seen who really looks great in very short hair is Halle Berry. One has to have a very beautiful face and perfect features to wear short hair well. It’s ok on Anne but looks too masculine in my opinion.

She looks great both ways, but is especially striking with short hair! It will grow back Anne! And plus, if you really hate it, you can afford real hair weaves, unlike most of us.

What a pathetic person! I chopped off 15 inches of mine and gave it to “locks of love” for wigs for cancer children. It GROWS back Anne, stop being so full of yourself, you’re nothing to look at now matter what length your hair, what an idiot she is!

I love Anne Hathaway, but her dramatic reaction to cutting her hair is a bit much. As a cancer patient, I have dealt with hair loss and hair cuts, sporting various looks from the bald, to the buzz cut, to the pixie. Hair loss from cancer treatment can be challenging, but largely because you are facing a life threatening illness and the treatment is tough. Anne looks adorable with short hair, and I hope that “surviving” this benign experience shows to her that there’s no use crying over cut hair.

That’s as important a story as Cameron Diaz recalling her tragic haircut to Leno. My heart bleeds.

It may sound superficial, but I once cut my hair very short and got upset about it. For some reason it made me feel unfeminine. No one made fun of me, but I personally wasn’t comfortable with the cut and feel that short hair definitely does not suit me. I even thought of putting in hair extensions. I think it is for a person to decide what makes them happy. I think Anne looks gorgeous anyway though.

Her long hair was one of her best features, softening her nose and mouth. Not everyone can carry off a super short cut.

AMEN TO WHAT TERRI SAID!!!!!!! <3 I 100% support that!

I used to be able to sit on my hair, it was so long. I walked in to a salon one day and said, ‘chop it. Pixie short’. They refused. I walked back out. Took me 5 stylists before I found one that would do what I asked. Every one before her said, “oh no! You’ll have a mental breakdown with all that hair gone!”
To me, it was just hair. It’ll grow back. She chopped it all off, I felt like a new woman. I loved it & six years later, still have very short hair. No tears, no regrets!

I find it completely ridiculous to cry over a haircut. I have grown out my hair, cut it off, grown it out again, cut it boy short, and since it was always my choice, I never once cried. Cutting your hair for a role is even less of a reason to cry. I love Anne Hathaway, but I find this to be a complete overreaction.

@Terri, I completely understand what you mean. I went through chemo and losing my hair was very difficult. My thought process was the same as yours – it will all grow back eventually. At least women who decide to cut their hair have a choice. I didn’t…

Lol I respect her honesty. It is weird to cutoff your hair in any circumstances because it makes you look like different and its part of you.I’ve done it a couple of times and loved it but was shocked each time I did. Of course its not as traumatic as having chemo but Geez lighten up.

I read that she actually has transplanted cow eyes… for the look.

Shes too vain. Women cut their hair all the time. She can always wear wigs and extensions till it grows back.

When I became a novice in the RC Church back in 1964, I thought my head would be shaved, but actually my hair was just cut very short. I was 19; t was very traumatic and took some time to get over. So I think “Terri” is being quite harsh in condemning Ann’s “whining.” I don’t see any value in “my pain is greater than your pain” comments when someone expresses a genuine emotion. Thanks, Anne!

Crying about a haircut??? Good grief she needs to grow up. I wish a haircut was all I had to focus on.

She looks great with long or short hair!

in 2005, I had hair to my mid back and I went and had it hacked to my shoulders. BAD IDEA. The same day, my dog – who tried following me to the salon – ran in the road and was hit by a car (4 pound teacup chihuahua) I vowed never to cut my hair again.

It’s currently at my lower back. Long. Curly. Soft. Beautiful. in memory of Miss Lola Chihuahua

I don’t think the pixie cut suits Anne. But it will grow back, it’s only hair. No reason to be inconsolable.
I’ve grown my hair long and cut it short several times in the last 20 years. About 5 or 6 times I’d say. I’ve only tried the pixie once, and it didn’t suit me either, my bone structure is similar to Anne’s. The other times, it was like a chin or just below chin length type of layered bob.
It’s actually a great feeling. You feel freer and lighter. Then when the hair grows long again, you feel so femine and the hair is flowing and lovely. When it gets tiresome, off it goes again! And each time I’ve cut it, I donate to Locks of Love. Also a great feeling. I hope Anne did that.

Sheesh people, I didn’t get the sense that she was being deeply serious, it was just a drastic change, which SHE chose. She’s simply saying she didn’t realize the impact it would have. I think she knows good and well that it can and will grow back. I doubt she’s trying to be insensitive, just honest.

She needs to get over herslf…

sorry, I wouldn’t call your opinion perspective. yes, aweful things happen. An it’s still ok to feel horrible after getting your hair cut. Those “perspectives” you are talking about are just an excuse to deny people their feelings. It’s ok. And maybe you find a way to be less bitter.

You look like a boy!!!! EWWWWW!

She looks lovely either way. I think she’s being a little dramatic. There are more important things to worry about besides hair.

It is really hard and perfectly normal to cry when you cut your long hair off. I always find getting a haircut hard. I much preferred when my hair was long and it was always just a trim. Yeah for anne that tried something new and yeah that she can grow it back if she likes.

She gets paid millions of dollars to cut her hair and she whines about it? The extras on the set said she was behaving like a little child. I guess she isn’t as down-to-earth as people thought. Typical actor: making things more dramatic than they have to be.

Really? Mental patient level crying? Suck it up, Anne.

This is not news, perhaps if she had donated it to lock for love or something. People on chemo loose their hair all the time, who really wants to hear some celebrity whine about a bad haircut?!

Every couple of years, I chop my hair off pretty short. But I do it to donate. I have donated my hair a total of five times so far, and I know it won’t be the last. No matter how drastic the change is for the first few days, I know it went to a great cause. Plus, as others have said, it’s hair. It will grow back.

I ‘v done it 3 times and have donated my hair to locks of love. If you’re confident about who you are hair, make up, weight shouldn’t matter. Its about who you are on the inside. And I loved my short pixie haircuts.

Reading these comments, I find it interesting that people have so much of their identities tied up in hair length. And besides, who said we have to all conform to the girls-have-long-hair and boys-have-short-hair mentality? Hair is just hair. It is only one of the physical attributes that make up who you are. And to be honest, that isn’t even the important part of who you are.

Her hair is none of your business!! She got it cut for a role, which shows devotion and dedication for her job. Whether you like it or not doesn’t matter. She cut it because she had to in order to become her character. Jeez! Stop being unnecessarily mean to her!!!

I tried to give myself the Halle Berry look about 15 years ago and while clipping the back of my hair, the clipper guard fell off and a long bald spot ran through the back of my head. I panicked and started trying to blend the rest of my hair into the long shaven path and it kept getting shorter and shorter and worst and worst until I was damn near bald with spots all over. When I finally made it to the barber the next day she said, “Dear God, what happened!” I felt like Anne Hathoway at that moment.

What is with all these actresses having their hair cut off in films? Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, and Charlize Theron have all chopped their hair off for movies. It’s hollywood, they can work around it with prostehtics and wigs.

If it wasn’t mandatory for her to cut her hair off, then she shouldn’t have suggested it to the director. I am sure they could have found a way to convey the same intensity of her character Fantine, losing her hair. Anne should wear a wig or something.

I always find Anne Hathaway to be self-absorbed. This story is a prime example of that. Take your millions, Anne, and get over it. To People Magazine: this is a news worthy story? Really?

Yes, I chopped off my hair, and donated it to Locks of Love. It felt wonderful to do so. And guess what? It grew back.

Anne Hathaway needs to get a grip.

It’s cute. She’s such a diva.

Yes!! 5 of us did in solidarity with one of our friends – she was losing her hair to chemo. On the day her husband shaved her head, the rest of us had buzz cuts about 1″ long. We cried and we laughed and proudly supported our friend who eventually lost the battle to cancer.

Yes, I have chopped mine off twice to donate to Locks for Love.

I like it, Anne! If you wouldn’t mind a suggestion, feathered, longer, bangs might work here. Either way, you look great, and have the face built for a pixie!

My hair is the same cut right now. I was so nervous but I love it!

Absolutely love the hair just hope you keep it and just go and grow it in beautiful did I say beautiful yes I did beautiful

Anne Hathaway is a breathtakingly beautiful woman! But make no mistake about it, her long beautiful hair is one of those amazing features which compliments an already lovely face and body. Chopping off her beautiful hair just seems wrong somehow, robbing us of her whole effect. In any case, I think she is amazing!

You can always wear a wig till it grows back.