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What’s up with Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc)’s hair on The Young and the Restless?
Michael Baldwin seems a little different on Y&R these days. Why? Something major has changed in his appearance! For many years, Genoa City’s DA flaunted dark wavy hair. However, since returning to the show after the pandemic, he has become a silver fox of the show. What actually happened to his former mane? Let’s find out.
Christian LeBlanc’s hair changed during the lockdown period
In 2020, Hollywood, along with the entire nation faced shut down due to the covid-19 pandemic. Several actors, including Christian LeBlanc, were confined to their homes as Y&R also discontinued its production for a time being due to the pandemic.
Y&R resumed new episodes on August 10, 2020, but it wasn’t until mid-October that Christian returned to the screen. And while fans were happy to see their favorite stars on the screen again, Christian’s new look caught many by surprise as he looked drastically changed from his before pandemic looks.
Apparently, he had stopped dying his hair. As a result, his wavy dark locks were all turned silver, giving him a much older appearance. Fans who follow him on social media weren’t that shocked but those who did not keep up with him during the quarantine period were in awe of him suddenly sporting a new hair color.
You may not know this but many soap stars experiment with new looks on the set. So a number of characters look different than the actors in real life. When actors were in their homes during the quarantine, they did not have access to having their hair done. Many took it on themselves to be their own stylist but Christian decided to take a different approach and let his hair be just natural.
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Christian LeBlanc updating fans about his hair on Instagram
Christian was candidly sharing his changing looks on social media back then. Here are a few most hilarious ones. In July 2020, he uploaded this selfie with his white pup Sally on Instagram and wrote, “Twinning.”
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Then, on Halloween, he shared another photo posing with a huge sword, referring to himself as a Game of Thrones character. “Per your many, many suggestions concerning what to do with white hair, I give you the other, other Targaryen!” he exclaimed.
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Obviously, the fans at home watching must have been shocked when they saw Michael’s hair for the first time. But eventually, everyone seems on board with the change even giving him the title of Genoa City’s silver fox.
Silver hair does look great on him which must be the reason why he hasn’t changed it even after two years. Apparently, Michael isn’t the only one who shocked fans with his new hairdo. You may remember, Melody Thomas Scott also changed her hair drastically after quarantine. Know all about it in this video below.