Tan France Cut His Famous Quiff After He Discovered Fans ‘Hated It So Much’ Following the NewQueer EyeSeason

Mar. 15, 2025

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Tan Francedidn’t expect to leave his famous pompadour behind in 2024, but he did.

The British fashion expert andQueer Eyestar, 41, may be known for his coiffed salt-and-pepper updo, but he revealed in aPage Sixinterview published on Jan. 23 that he decided to make some changes to it with the persuasion of fans.

Tan France shows off his new haircut following fans' criticism of his previous look.Tan France/Instagram

Tan France/Instagram

He explained that, every time a new season of the reboot comes out (season 9 was released on Dec. 11, 2024), he considers viewers’ feedback for future episodes. And that’s when he realized his most recognizable asset was causing a bit of a stir.

“I saw so many people hate my hair. And I thought, ‘Oh, I didn’t realize they hated [it] so much. So maybe I’ll try something [new] while I’m still ‘relatively’ young,’” he said.

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Tan France pictured in March 2024.Michael Simon

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Despite the criticism attached to it, France shared that he’s feeling “better” with his refreshed hairdo, which is shorter on the top. He also hopes that it can reflect his playful personality better than his previous look, which seemingly added to the “uptight” perception fans had of him.

“I can’t believe that my hair made people think that I was that uptight. It was just … I’ve had that same hair for 15 years. It was just easy for me to do. I could do my hair in literally two to three minutes maximum. But apparently people thought I spent an hour on my hair.”

France cut his hair on Dec. 24 and debuted the surprising transformation onInstagramon Jan. 1. “New Year, New hair phase of my mid-life crisis,” he wrote.

TheQueer Eyecast — also including Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown and Jeremiah Brent — will kick off the“The Fab Five Live!”tour on Feb. 19 in Philadelphia and conclude with a scheduled show in Los Angeles on March 12.

source: people.com