Carrie Grant looks unrecognisable as she debuts retro-rock hairdo
Carrie Grant's fans had to do a double-take after they saw her shag/mullet inspired cut.
Carrie Grant surprised fans as she debuted her new retro-rock hairdo.
The 60-year-old TV presenter previously had her signature shoulder-length bright red locks in soft layered waves, but now Carrie has opted for a short layered shag/mullet inspired cut that features choppy bangs and feathered ends.
On Wednesday (27.05.26), her Instagram followers were distracted by the star's new look as she talked about her upcoming lament session at the Greenbelt Festival in August.
One supporter reacted in the post's comments section: "Haaaiiiirrr. @carriegrantsays it really suits youuuu! (sic)"
A second fan penned: "Wow - your hair is so different but I love it!
And a third follower typed: "Omg loving the hair Carrie it looks ace. X (sic)"
Carrie has enjoyed a successful career, having represented the UK at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest with the band, Sweet Dreams, singing I'm Never Giving Up, a judge on the talent show, Fame Academy, as well as appeances on The One Show.
And Carrie - who married singer David Grant, 69, in 1989 - does not think she would have achieved half as much as she has in her life without her struggles with Crohn’s, an inflammatory bowel disease that the vocal coach almost died from in 1994.
In June 2023, she explained on an episode of 46-year-old Dr Zoe Williams' The Doctor Will Hear You Now podcast: "I think I've led this life because I've got Crohn's.
"It's made me want to go on trips all over the developing world, where there are no toilets, and just go ‘I will work this out’, when I've got to go to the loo in a bush, which I have. I am like, you know what, this is not gonna hold me back.
"I feel like this chronic disease has given me gratitude for life, because next month, I could get a flare-up and end up in hospital. In 1998, I nearly died of Crohn's, and I think back to those times, and I'm like, ‘I gotta live this life’. I appreciate it.
"That's why I've done all I've done. Every time, I’m like, ‘Let me campaign about something’, ‘let me write something’, ‘let me make something’, ‘let me be a mentor and a coach’, ‘let me perform all these things!’ I just want to grab life and do it."
Carrie - who has four neurodivergent children, Olive, 31, Tylan, 24, Arlo, 20, and adopted son Nathan, 16, with David - looks back on her hospitalisation with Crohn's as a defining moment in her life, which inspired her work as a "writer and songwriter".
The vocal coach - who is autistic - said: "I think when I spent those two months in hospital at the age of 23, it just changed me.
"It made me say, 'I am not accepting that this is the end, and if it means I'm in a hospital bed, then I'll just become a writer, a poet, a songwriter'; things I can do that are less mobile…
"I want to lead that big life because you just don't know how long you've got. I feel so grateful for life."
