Due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in isolation orders in various countries
around the world, many stars have gone through quarantine-triggered transformations that
have made them nearly unrecognizable.
Jojo Rabbit's Taika Waititi and Sex and the City's Chris Noth shaved their hair off. Meanwhile,
Jennifer Love Hewitt embraced pink hair, while Hilary Duff opted for a blue 'do. Kelly Clarkson
kept things casual, while Pink got dressed up instead.
Another star who's no stranger to changing up her look? Miley Cyrus. New York and California
based hairstylist Sally Hershberger took to Instagram on May 19th, 2020, to share a picture
of Cyrus, who happened to have a noticeably different haircut. What made the transformation
even more buzz-worthy is that Hershberger revealed that it was the singer's mom, Tish,
who did the snipping. Along with the hashtag "virtual haircut," Hershberger wrote alongside
the photo,
"I trained Tish well!"
Apparently, the process was recorded and a video that was shared online shows Tish wearing
a face mask while Hershberger demonstrates and gives her directions. Miley appeared to
be perfectly calm as her mom chopped away, staying perfectly still in order to avoid
any bad cuts.
When the end result was shared, there was no denying that Miley looked quite different
than she tends to while posing on the red carpet. The star, who likes to alternate between
a sleek short style and longer locks, opted this time around for what E! News called a
"pixie mullet." Hershberger's Instagram followers seemed to be pretty impressed with the trim,
leaving comments like:
"ICONIC!!! PUNK ROCK QUEEN"
As well as:
"I love it so much omg."
While some people were into Cyrus' quarantine haircut, others weren't too sure about the
new look. In fact, there were those who even compared it to a viral Netflix star who famously
sports a mullet. That's right, Joe Exotic from the streaming service's popular Tiger
King docuseries. One Twitter user wrote,
"Miley Cyrus really out here looking like the Tiger King."
Another felt similarly, tweeting,
"I'm not gonna lie, Miley looks like Tiger King with this haircut she got going on."
"Oh my god that guy has a mullet."
While other users wondered why Cyrus went for the Joe Exotic look, another social media
user may have had the answer, writing,
"Tiger King + Quarantine = Miley Cyrus."
Everyone remembers when countless people got the "Rachel" cut because they watched Jennifer
Aniston on Friends. Maybe that's what happened to Miley when she watched Tiger King?
According to Glamour, hairstylist Justin Anderson explained that this is a "dangerous" time
for the singer, because she's bound to make changes to her appearance whenever the mood
strikes.
"You always want little, like tweaks and stuff, so you being at home all day long with a pair
of scissors."
"And no one's available."
"Yeah!"
Apparently when the mood strikes while in isolation, Cyrus ends up with a Joe Exotic-like
mullet. However, what she ended up with may have actually been better than what she had,
since it turns out that she'd already tried to cut her own hair.
There's certainly plenty of advice online on how to cut your own hair at home - many
publications provide helpful tips and tricks on how to trim your hair "without totally
effing it up," as Cosmopolitan put it. Fans are probably wondering if Cyrus even consulted
any of these sources when she went at her strands with scissors back in March 2020.
While chatting with Anderson for her Instagram Live talk show, Bright Minded, Cyrus admitted
she attempted to freshen up her hairstyle by cutting it herself - but her technique
was apparently not one that professionals would approve of. Glamour explained that the
singer "combed all her hair forward from the back before starting to trim," so she may
not have been too keen on the result.
However, at the time, she seemed to shrug it off, referring to stay-at-home orders and
reopening measures by saying,
"Lucky for me, I'm not going to be seeing anyone."
And yet, it wasn't long before she brought both her mom and a pro stylist in for a little
help - and ended up with a pixie mullet.
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