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Greying Obama says no to hair dye unlike other leaders | Greying Obama says no to hair dye unlike other leaders |
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US President Obama has jokingly admitted that he does not dye his hair, unlike other world leaders. | US President Obama has jokingly admitted that he does not dye his hair, unlike other world leaders. |
The 54-year-old president was responding to a Cambodian student who asked him for wise advice. | |
Mr Obama entered office in 2009 with dark black hair, however in recent years it has turned markedly more grey. | Mr Obama entered office in 2009 with dark black hair, however in recent years it has turned markedly more grey. |
The colour of a president's hair has been controversial at times, with some leaders keeping secret the fact that they dyed their hair. | |
"The first thing I want from young people is to stop calling me old," the president told the student. | "The first thing I want from young people is to stop calling me old," the president told the student. |
"I don't dye my hair and a lot of world leaders do," he said. "I won't say who. But their barbers know, their hairdressers". | "I don't dye my hair and a lot of world leaders do," he said. "I won't say who. But their barbers know, their hairdressers". |
President Ronald Reagan, for instance, never admitted to dying his jet-black hair, and his barber never spilled the beans, either. | President Ronald Reagan, for instance, never admitted to dying his jet-black hair, and his barber never spilled the beans, either. |
Gerhard Schroeder, the former German chancellor, once sued a news agency for claiming that he hued his hair. |
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