Anderson Cooper Reveals His 'Giant' Bald Spot On-Air After Giving Himself a Haircut

Anderson Cooper had a minor hairstyle mishap — and he’s taking it in stride.

The CNN host revealed on-air Thursday that with barbershops and hair salons closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, he attempted to give himself a haircut with less than successful results.

“Last night I took a razor and buzzed my head and I gave myself a giant bald spot,” Cooper, 52, said, showing off the bald spot to his co-hosts.

“I thought it was a 7 and it was a 5. So I’ve been walking around with my hand on my head,” he explained. “It’s fine straight on, I just have to be seen only this way because it all gives it away right there.”

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In another segment, Cooper joked about his haircut mishap to Chris Cuomo, who tested positive for COVID-19. “If you need a haircut, I have a little experience now, and when you’re better, come by,” Cooper said.

“Anderson, now you will make that popular,” Cuomo said of Cooper’s bald spot. “And I would probably shave a hole in the side of my head like a coop.”

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While Cooper has been isolating from his New York City home amid the outbreak, he took a bike ride earlier this month to visit his good friend Andy Cohen, who also tested positive for COVID-19.

Cohen, 51, snapped a photo of the April 7 visit, noting that he had to zoom in “10x” to see Cooper.

“This is about as close as I’ll be getting to @andersoncooper for a while….” he captioned the photo. “(on 10x zoom lens btw!)”

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