Halle Berry reveals that her bob at the Oscars was just a wig as she shows off her long hair – Daily Mail

She had one of the more eye-catching looks at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony thanks to a super-short bobbed hairdo.

But Halle Berry cleared up confusion among her fans on Friday when she revealed she had only been wearing a wig for the ceremony.

The 54-year-old Oscar winner showcased her stunning caramel-colored hair in a gorgeous sunlit selfie posted to her Instagram page. 

Halle appeared to be out in nature with tall trees and leaves in the background as a lens flare from the sun partially obscured her face.

She wore a floppy hat and beamed while looking off into the distance. 

Her blond-accented locks were styled in playfully messy waves resting gently on her shoulders.

She cleared up any confusion about her hair in her caption: ‘Oscar bob…just kidding,’ she wrote. 

Her fans seemed reassured in the comments.

‘Of course! I didn’t believe it for a second!’ wrote one person.

‘So glad that was a wig – your natural hair is gorgeous,’ another person complimented her.

One user joked: ‘Don’t ever do that again.’

But others defended her right to try out new looks.

‘Even if you weren’t I can’t understand why people tripped so hard. Don’t they know they don’t get a vote? Personally I loved it, edgy and super cute,’ wrote one user. 

Halle paired her choppy bob, which was longest in front where it framed her face, with a stunning sheer magenta gown with a voluminous skirt and a massive bow on her torso.

But despite making a stylish entrance at the ceremony held in Los Angeles’ Union Station, the look quickly led to some hilarious memes from viewers who just weren’t feeling the new ‘do.

Lord Farquaad, the villain of the first Shrek movie, was a popular comparison thanks to his less-than-chic hair, though he wore more of a mullet than a bob. 

‘Love halle berry but who told her this hair was a good,’ complained one Twitter user. 

‘Someone wanna explain to me why Halle Berry’s haridresser gave her a Lord Farquaad cut,’ another user seethed. 

Josh Hartnett’s choppy short hair from more than 20 years earlier was also compared to Halle’s look. 

Others thought her hair looked like Moe’s bowl cut from the Three Stooges.

‘Is Halle Berry’s hair stylist a Three Stooges fan?’ joked one person.

Another user compared it to a severe bob that Fred Armisen wore on Saturday Night Live while dressed as a woman.

‘Oh Halle Berry. I thought it was impossible to make her look bad but that hair is….not great Bob,’ added another person, making a joking Mad Men reference at the end.

Some fans compared Halle’s hair to Edna Mode, the superhero costume designer from the Avengers.

Others thought she looked like Johnny Depp’s deranged version of Willy Wonka.

One person imagined her asking her hairstylist: ‘Have you ever seen Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka?’

Another popular comparison was Claire’s awful asymmetrical bob from Fleabag.

‘So sorry to Halle Berry but her hair cut is giving me Claire from Fleabag energy,’ joked a Twitter user.

But now that she’s back to her preferred long locks, Halle likely won’t have to deal with the teasing anymore.