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I’ve only just realised that Claudia wears a wig

264 replies

Allthegoodhorses · 15/10/2025 21:35

Watching the traitors and her hair is not real.. cue everyone saying differently but it doesn’t even look like hair at this stage. It’s stiff, sticky and doesn’t move like normal hair..

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Onlyinthrees · 19/10/2025 22:31

Why shouldn’t she advertise for H&S even if she does wear wigs?
I’m sure she would still want to treat her scalp condition, relieve itching and keep her wig flake free.

Theslummymummy · 21/10/2025 20:06

You've got this one wrong. My sister worked in the salon she goes to and washed her hair for years up till June and its very real.

stickystick · 21/10/2025 21:24

@Theslummymummy is she still there? She might have done mine too!

Theslummymummy · 21/10/2025 21:31

stickystick · 21/10/2025 21:24

@Theslummymummy is she still there? She might have done mine too!

She went on maternity in June, will be back in Jan part time. Name begins with a J, very unusual haha. She loves all her clients and can't wait to get back in.

SyntheticFluff · 25/10/2025 07:41

Maybemabelmaybe · 19/10/2025 20:48

Wrong. You can’t say you use a product if you don’t. Not legal

I don't believe for one minute Davina McCall uses the box hair dye she advertises. I saw a story/reel/whatever they're called on Instagram where her professional hairdresser boyfriend was applying the 'box dye' which was bright white. I've dyed my hair countless times over the years with various brands of brunette dye and it always comes out of the bottle with a colour to it, not white. Conveniently cut to the dye having developed on her head (ie. the salon colour having been applied by the professional bf) and then another cut to the blow dried hair.

I'd only believe it if we saw a one take shot of them mixing up the Nutrisse dye, applying it, letting it develop then washing it out, but tbh who's got time for that 😆?!

DailyMaui · 26/10/2025 13:27

I worked with Claud years ago. I remember the makeup lady complaining that she would never let her do anything "she wants to be orange with white lips and thickly lined black eyes, every time." This was way before she was really famous so its fair to say she knew what her "look" was and has stuck with it ever since.

She's very lovely too.

Edited to add that pretty much every presenter uses hair pieces or clip ins. Although Kate Garaway has ridiculously thick hair and probably doesn't. Her hair really is like a force of nature. I'd love to have hair like that.

soupyspoon · 26/10/2025 14:40

I love the quote from Dolly Parton when she was interviewed and with a bit of a sneery tone from the interviewer, Sue Lawley who should have known better, about her 'look' and what is it and why does she do it and Dolly said 'I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable'

I love that, thats what Claudia reminds me of, the 'look' is her own and she aint changing it for nothing. Love it

Noodledog · 26/10/2025 17:15

ThatGlimmeringSea · 15/10/2025 21:43

I think her strong stage look means she can walk around incognito the rest of the time, take the wig off and scrub her face and no one looks twice.

I've never thought about it before, but given the amount of harassment and stalkers female celebs attract, this would be a really good idea. Her appearance is so much about the orange fake tan and unusual hairstyle that she would be totally anonymous without them.

Empress13 · 26/10/2025 20:49

DailyMaui · 26/10/2025 13:27

I worked with Claud years ago. I remember the makeup lady complaining that she would never let her do anything "she wants to be orange with white lips and thickly lined black eyes, every time." This was way before she was really famous so its fair to say she knew what her "look" was and has stuck with it ever since.

She's very lovely too.

Edited to add that pretty much every presenter uses hair pieces or clip ins. Although Kate Garaway has ridiculously thick hair and probably doesn't. Her hair really is like a force of nature. I'd love to have hair like that.

Edited

And Helen Worth (Gail in Corrie) she has the thickest hair I’ve ever seen

TheHairInClaudiasEyes · 26/10/2025 20:57

I love her hair. If it is a wig, which I don’t believe, I want one.

Jellytotsapplepie · 07/03/2026 21:12

LavenderBlue19 · 16/10/2025 07:05

I can't remember if it was on Strictly or Traitors, but there was definitely one show this week where her hair very obviously was a wig - it didn't fall like hair across her shoulders, it looked plasticy and stiff.

Must performers use wigs and extensions, so it wouldn't be a surprise. Maybe it used to be her natural hair but she got fed up with maintaining it as she got older?

But I have to say, people really need to be less gullible. Just because an article in a tabloid says she doesn't wear wigs, or she loves H&S, doesn't mean it's true!

Omg I can’t believe people think it’s her real hair

she’s into her fifties - I’ve never heard of hair getting thicker and fuller with age - it also swings in one piece - there is no way it’s not a wig

Rumpledandcrumpled · 07/03/2026 21:15

Jellytotsapplepie · 07/03/2026 21:12

Omg I can’t believe people think it’s her real hair

she’s into her fifties - I’ve never heard of hair getting thicker and fuller with age - it also swings in one piece - there is no way it’s not a wig

Edited

It’s her real hair, she’s always had thick hair and plenty of women in their fifties have thick hair.

Rumpledandcrumpled · 07/03/2026 21:19

Jellytotsapplepie · 07/03/2026 21:12

Omg I can’t believe people think it’s her real hair

she’s into her fifties - I’ve never heard of hair getting thicker and fuller with age - it also swings in one piece - there is no way it’s not a wig

Edited

Also I just watched her on crufts where it was less perfect, it doesn’t move in one piece, fat from it,

Jellytotsapplepie · 07/03/2026 21:28

Rumpledandcrumpled · 07/03/2026 21:15

It’s her real hair, she’s always had thick hair and plenty of women in their fifties have thick hair.

I know but not thicker than 20 years previously

your all gullible thinking it’s real - it doesn’t move like real hair

when she has a pony tail she’s taken wig off and that’s her real hair not nearly as thick

Jellytotsapplepie · 07/03/2026 21:29

Rumpledandcrumpled · 07/03/2026 21:19

Also I just watched her on crufts where it was less perfect, it doesn’t move in one piece, fat from it,

So did I - it swung in one piece - don’t know what you were watching

Chatterlyssecret · 07/03/2026 21:45

I saw her at Crufts Dog show this evening, she looked awful, I thought to myself If Dracula had a dog it would look like the way her hair was.

ThatCyanCat · 07/03/2026 21:45

Chatterlyssecret · 07/03/2026 21:45

I saw her at Crufts Dog show this evening, she looked awful, I thought to myself If Dracula had a dog it would look like the way her hair was.

I'd love to look as terrible as she does.

Rumpledandcrumpled · 07/03/2026 22:05

Chatterlyssecret · 07/03/2026 21:45

I saw her at Crufts Dog show this evening, she looked awful, I thought to myself If Dracula had a dog it would look like the way her hair was.

Wow I’d love to loo that terrible. You must be outstanding if you think she looks terrible, lucky you,

SnowFrogJelly · 07/03/2026 23:27

No way is it a wig!!

MissyPants · 07/03/2026 23:43

Picklepucklebuckle · 15/10/2025 22:09

all those crying “but what about head and shoulders?!”. You do realise that celebrities often don’t use the product they’re promoting? Do you think Kevin bacon is really on EE for example? They paid her to do a job, not religiously use their shampoo

He might be 😂
Afterall, it is the fastest network!
I can't watch her because the length of her fringe annoys me so much. It's too perfect to be real, every time I get a fringe there are tiny whispers out of place.

Checkthemeaning · 07/03/2026 23:44

It’s not a wig but it’s definitely tape hair extensions to provide extra volume. I’ve had them & unless you’re burrowing through my hair, you would never ever know.

deeahgwitch · 08/03/2026 01:03

Not sure if it’s a wig.
Her mum Eve Pollard had great hair. She’s 82 now and still has nice hair.

Coconutter24 · 08/03/2026 09:00

Checkthemeaning · 07/03/2026 23:44

It’s not a wig but it’s definitely tape hair extensions to provide extra volume. I’ve had them & unless you’re burrowing through my hair, you would never ever know.

Claudia doesn’t have hair extensions

Sagaciously · 08/03/2026 09:24

Chatterlyssecret · 07/03/2026 21:45

I saw her at Crufts Dog show this evening, she looked awful, I thought to myself If Dracula had a dog it would look like the way her hair was.

How bitchy. I also watched her on Crufts and thought she looked sensational.