Francois Hollande's cut, above the rest
Social media was abuzz with suggestions of novel haircuts for Hollande after it emerged that his receding hairline was maintained by a costly, round-the-clock hairdresser.
Social media was abuzz with suggestions of novel haircuts for French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday after it emerged that the he's receding hairline was maintained by a costly, round-the-clock hairdresser.
Satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchaine triggered the fuss with a report, later confirmed by the government, that the 61-year-old was paying nearly €10,000 a month to keep his hair in shape.
Twitter fans made fun of it all with altered photographs and videos, showing Hollande with rock-and-roll or punk haircuts, and in various other guises as the Queen of England, former Paris Saint-Germain soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and the president's ex-partner Valerie Trierweiler.
#CoiffeurGate la Mac Gyver !! pic.twitter.com/hIAZkjgXgZ
— Bio-Nick !! (@Nico_Alex1er) July 12, 2016
#CoiffeurGate dans la peau de Mikeline !! je vais avoir des problmes !! #RetirezMoiPhotoshop pic.twitter.com/a56ltdRbXL
— Bio-Nick !! (@Nico_Alex1er) July 12, 2016
"Everyone gets haircuts," government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said.
"This hairdresser had to abandon his salon and he's on tap 24 hours a day."
Le Foll confirmed the report that Hollande's hairdresser was paid €9,985 per month, but stressed that the operational budget of the presidential Elysee Palace was cut by 15 to 20 percent after Hollande took over from Nicolas Sarkozy in 2012.
But that couldn't stop the barrage of tweets:
Those who still doubt #Hollande is an imperious 16th century product please look at his 10,000 euro a month haircut pic.twitter.com/PlUhQ1hYr8
— A.Craig in Paris (@ACraigInParis) July 13, 2016
Shampoo socialism: French Pres. #Hollande's 10,000 haircut draws online ire https://t.co/CKRzBOUQ2x #CoiffeurGate pic.twitter.com/jwtoidCFM0
— DW - Business (@dw_business) July 13, 2016
#CoiffeurGate A new comic actor is born. #Frexit pic.twitter.com/88PeZRpLuS
— Nikos Kapetanios (@nikoskapetanios) July 13, 2016
#CoiffeurGate reactions like this are just brilliant! https://t.co/H4y0cxmYMu
— Daniel F (@DanielsEuroSky) July 14, 2016
For all you frenchies, obviously... #CoiffeurGate pic.twitter.com/3r7Vp2fkSI
— Simon B-Gabrielsen (@ZenithPicture) July 13, 2016
It's #CoiffeurGate pic.twitter.com/m9Ozb2EkeH
— chriswhite (@bombaylychee) July 14, 2016