Andie MacDowell feels more honest, real with gray hair

Andie MacDowell continues to embrace her gray hair.

The maid actress, 64, at the 8th Annual Hollywood Beauty Awards, where she discussed her current hairstyle. The former brunette, who won the Timeless Beauty Award at the event, has sported gray locks in public since she debuted the look at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. she said entertainment tonight She was “really comfortable” with the look.

“It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while,” she remarked. “And I’m really comfortable with where I am in my life right now. I just want to accept the time that I am and am as real and honest as I can, not just with everyone else but with myself.”

The Groundhog Day Star has spoken about her hair before. In , she said she started dying her hair when she was 40 after realizing a journalist was looking at her grays in an interview. However, at age 63, she decided to give up her three-week habit.

“I’ve wanted to do it for a few years,” she explained. “And then when COVID happened and I saw the roots coming in, I thought it suited me.”

In She further highlighted what inspired the change.

“During COVID I could see the roots with my face and with my skin and my eyes and I loved it. I felt like I would be happier. And I’m happier,” she noted. “I really like it. I’m 64 and this is the time of my life. Someday I’ll be silver. And I wanted to have that experience, to feel what it is.”

The following month, she recounted The Sunday Times She was pleasantly surprised by .

“I was relieved that people weren’t being cruel,” MacDowell said. “You could have been mean to me. But everyone was very loving and kind and I was relieved because I really like it. I feel more comfortable.”

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