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The Apprentice star speaks candidly about wearing ‘confidence booster’ wig-Josie Copson-Entertainment – Metro
He went viral discussing the topic.
The Apprentice candidate opened up about their choice to wear a wig (Picture: BBC/Naked)
The Apprentice candidate Paul Bowen has opened up about wearing a wig to boost his confidence.
The 34-year-old from Lancashire, who is competing on the BBC series to secure a £250,000 investment from Lord Alan Sugar, said he’s ‘never ashamed’ to talk about his hair piece.
The Pie company director posted a photo of himself grinning in a mirror selfie.
In the first photo, he is flashing the peace sign and showing his natural bald head, and in the second he’s got the addition of a perfectly styled wig which matches the colour of his facial hair.
He wrote: ‘Swipe for hair ⏩️…. Never ashamed to say I wear hair.
‘Just like girls put a bit of lippy on, I put hair on 🤷🏼♂️ I personally feel it makes me look better and it’s a confidence booster for me…’
Paul calls the wig a ‘confidence booster'(Picture: PA)
This isn’t the first time Paul has publicly spoken about his hair – in 2017, he went viral.
In the video viewed millions of time Paul excitedly purchased hair products in his local supermarket and exclaimed: ‘Now I’ve gotta pay for hair gel, hair spray’ after purchasing his first wig.
He then appeared on First Dates in 2018 and spoke about how he initially tried to have a hair transplant but was told that it was too late in his hair loss process.
‘So like 20 years old, it was pretty much gone. So I went to this clinic and said “I’m thinking about a hair transplant”.
Paul shared the behind-the-scenes process at Your Hair Solutions (Picture: Instagram/Paul Bowen)
‘And he was like “Yeah, sorry Paul, you’re too late for a hair transplant – it’s too far gone. The only thing for you is a no-surgical hair piece”.
‘”And I just went ‘a fucking wig?”‘ he recounted to his date.
He added: ‘I think people honestly think that lads don’t suffer with looks and I think girls expect this six foot five, tall, dark, handsome – meanwhile I’m like “alright”.’
Paul proudly showed off his barnet (Picture: Instagram/Paul Bowen)
Paul also recalled a time a woman didn’t give him her phone number due to his baldness, which knocked his confidence.
Although he didn’t find love on the show, he is now planning a wedding to partner Emma Hindley!
After posting the Instagram, Paul was supported by his fellow candidates including Ollie Medforth who said: ‘Amazing!! 🔥🔥🔥’, while Jack Davies commented some clapping emojis and Sam Saadet said ‘Love this’.
The Apprentice airs Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One and Player.
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