Real Or Real Weave?: Taraji P. Henson Shows Off Straightened Hair

Real Or Real Weave?: Taraji P. Henson Shows Off Straightened Hair (And We’re Stumped)

Celebs in Hollywood– especially women– wear a plethora of wigs, weaves and extensions to their hair. So when their natural hair is out, we’re not sure how real it is.

Taraji P. Henson Instagrammed a photo of her hair just after being blown out before the Golden Globes. Fans have seen the actress is short bobs and cropped cuts, so it was a bit of a surprise to see the long length. She commented with, “Peekaboo!!!! This is a lot of hair @danteblandeshaw!!!!! Now gotta straightened it ALL!!!”

We’re on the fence, because while her roots and ends suggest this may be her real hair, the long length has never been seen on the actress.

What do you guys think?

-Danielle Kwateng

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monica miller

Who cares….its hair
AP

Right its just hair… but if you look at her hair closely you can see that its much straighter from the roots to midway then its kinky hair mid way to pass her shoulders which are extensions. From the weave detector!! lol!
- Datondra
  
  I totally agree, you can see her hair is relatively strait, while the longer hair is very kinky. Btw, receive her comment, she says this is a lot of hair, no I have a lot of hair.
- mik bailey
  
  Stevie Wonder can see that; she’s always worn a bob, so how can her hair grow that long and thick so quick!!
nan14

it’s her real hair. Don’t even know why this is an issue.People still think we black women can’t have long hair
- Hattie Scott
  
  nan14, I just thought the same thing. my daughter stopped perming her hair and her hair continues to grow tremendously and she stated she will never put perm in my grandchild’s hair, because it is just like hers, thick and kinky. Sometimes she wears her curls and sometimes she get it blown out, sometimes braids, sometimes weaves and in a pitch will don a wig or two. Our hair is as versatile as the next woman’s, as long as we treat it as good as we treat “our men” nature takes care of it with us.
fool of a tooke!

WEAVE. We’ve never seen her with this thickness or length. Why would she hide it all the time?? All you have to do is google her and see her natural hair is thin and barely shoulder length. Sad that she would lie like that…
- chozen
  
  How do you even know she’s lying? I wear weaves; short styles, long styles. ..whatever I like and my hair underneath looks just like that. Weaves protect your natural hair if you braid most of it up and leave very little out. Go to YouTube and search “weaves to grow your hair”. Educate yourselves.
  - yata
    
    lol…everybody don’t know weave evolution…nobody wearing glued in tracks anymore you can get a sew-in no matter the length
  - Hattie Scott
    
    thanks chozen, we are still such an ignorant people, debating and claiming another women is weaving…but that other woman has credentials that far surpasses anyone on this post…Wikipedia, please
Memedawn

It’s hers. You can tell by the ends and the splits. Weaves are designed to look perfect with lack of breakage and split ends. Her hair is also thinner at the root, but frizzes up at the ends. Her hair is just like mine after a blowout.
- mik bailey
  
  Look again; you can clearly see the distinction in color and grade.
Alopecia Ann

I have chronic alopecia so any amount of hair looks good to me!
- Monique B
  
  I’m going through that right now. balding at the top, losing it so fast.
lisa22

I think its weave. If you look at the top of her hair some strands are straighter, and underneath the rest is frizzy. You can barely tell, but since i’m a hairdressor..i know! But, hey who cares anyway!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=725594625 Mia Moss

Looks like its all hers to me! She was on Wendy Williams last week and its beautful, thick and just gorgeous.
mik bailey

Puleese!
Sandy Shore

Who cares….it still doesn’t anything away from her being a Beautiful Black Woman!
CeCe

I think I don’t really give a damn.
Creolegal28

Women with no hair will always hate on women with long hair… Been that way all my life, people see it coming out of my head and still swear its weave!!
MissRealuminatti

Her hair was long in the movie Baby Boy
stylist

Weave! her hair is straight on top of the weave under neath, there are clearly two different wave patterns
CaliDreams

Real
me

its all hers, i cannot believe some people think black people can’t grow long hair. its just more fragile hence the weaves but you can tell thats all her.
http://www.facebook.com/rita.b.vonteese Rita Balenciaga Von Teese

Of course you’ve never seen it BECAUSE SHE WEARS WEAVE! smh this is NOT news.
folamix

Not quite sure but we black folks have many different hair textures on our head so that could account for the straighter section. Also looks like she is in need of a good trim.
HattieMilesDaughter

Really? A topic? Do they write articles like this or put their detective skills to use about Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton, The Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, John Travolta, Jude Law, or Matthew McConaughey? #conditioned #hiddencolors
Bridget Lee

Can someone TELL me why it matters either way???? Black people are stuck on stupid about the wrong damn things.