Joey King says ‘every woman’ should shave their head ‘at least once’
No hair, don’t care.
Joey King has shaved her head not once, not twice, but three different times for past roles — and she told Allure she “would absolutely do it again.”
“I think every woman should [shave their head] at least once in their life,” the “Kissing Booth” star said.
“I’ve never felt more free or more in tune with my beauty. I couldn’t hide behind my hair.”
The “Bullet Train” actor, 22, did find herself targeted by trolls when she ditched her long locks for jobs.
“A lot of people made fun of me when I had my head shaved. A lot of people said really mean things. But when I had short hair, I actually felt more confident; I felt very powerful. [Their words] slid off my back,” King said.
“People like to insert themselves in other people’s business when it doesn’t actually matter. Me having a shaved head for a project really upsets you that much? I’m doing fine.”
King’s sentiments echo those she shared exclusively with Page Six at the 2019 premiere of Hulu’s “The Act,” for which she shaved her head to play Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
“I think it really made me a stronger woman actually,” she told us of her onscreen buzzcut. “I think every girl should shave their head if they get the chance to. It’s really empowering. It may not be a popular opinion, but I feel like it made me embrace my womanhood a lot more.”
King also cut off her hair for 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises” and 2014’s “’Wish I Was Here.”
But with an upcoming wedding to producer and director Steven Piet, it’s likely King won’t opt for a major hair makeover before the big day. She’s keeping it classic, with the help of makeup artist Allan Avendaño — her glam guru since her “Ramona and Beezus” press tour in 2010.
One actress who clearly doesn’t agree that every woman needs a buzz? Demi Moore, who recently said said she’ll never cut her hair for a role again after doing so for “G.I. Jane.”