George Clooney Misses His Trademark Gray Hair — Just As Much as We Do!

Fans were shocked when George Clooney ditched his signature silver hair in favor of a dyed dark brown ‘do ahead of his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck. As it turns out, the Oscar winner, 64, is itching to get back to his natural look.

During a June 2 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Clooney joked that he would rather show up to the Tony Awards on June 8 with a shaved head than the brunette locks he’s sported for months.

“The last show [for Good Night, and Good Luck] is Sunday. We do a matinee, and then by the time we go to the Tonys that night [June 8], it’ll be gone,” Clooney promised host Seth Meyers.  

“I may have a shaved head,” he quipped. “I may look like Yul Brynner.”  (The late actor famously kept a bald head after shaving it for The King and I.)

Clooney debuted his hair transformation in March, while out to lunch with his wife, Amal, 47, in New York City. A month later, he admitted that the human rights attorney and their two kids — 7-year-old twins Alexander and Ella — were not fans.

 “Oh, it’s not good. It’s not good,” he shared during an appearance on CBS Mornings. “I’m not used to it. You never get used to it. I started getting gray when I was 25, so I’ve been gray most of my life. So it’s not my favorite look, and my wife? She thinks it’s funny.”

As for his children, “They laugh at it,” he added, “because nothing makes you look older than being 63 and dyeing your hair.”

Making matters worse? Clooney’s hair is in the awkward stage of growing out.

“It’s bad. It’s still dark on top, but it’s gray at the bottom. So you get that really nice-looking, grow-out of gray,” the Ocean’s Eleven star told Meyers. “It really looks bad. It looks like [I’m] going through some horrible midlife crisis. I’m 64 — midlife is a little stretch.”

Despite less than favorable reviews regarding his hair, Clooney’s performance as legendary broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck — which is based on the 2005 movie he wrote, directed and starred in — has earned him a Tony nomination for best performance for a leading actor in a play. 

The show has also earned nods for best scenic design of a play, best lighting design of a play best costume design of a play and best sound design of a play.