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    Lightbulb Whoopi Goldberg's Locs-- My Bubble Has Been Burst!

    Whoopi Goldberg's locs... Pretty iconic, eh? I was just wondering if she had been interviewed on any natural hair blogs and couldn't find anything.

    Growing up in the 90's, I saw her in movies and always thought her locs looked pretty natural, i.e. I thought they were real. I just watched her as a guest star on a rerun of a Different World. The front of her hair looked like freeform locs, and when she turned around, I saw kanekalon braids....Maybe she started her locs with braids.....I don't know.

    And then of course she was on Everybody Hates Chris.....and The View (don't like, lol). Her hair looks a bit um, different...

    I went to Google Images and did a search on her, and her hair looks different in almost every photo...

    All these years I've been natural, it has never occured to me that Whoopi may have at times worn loc extensions......Hey, I didn't even know it was possible until recently. I guess I have more of a trained eye from watching youtube videos where they show how the technique is done...
    There's nothing wrong with extensions; I'm just saying I had no friggin idea!
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    First pic is from 1992 and the other is in the 00's.
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    IMO, I think her loc/hair changes over the years are career related. To just be blunt, Jumpin' Jack Flash Whoopi wouldn't be on The View. Actresses have to change their looks constantly. I think it's highly unlikely that her current job on The View and her current very very tidy braid-like locs aren't related.

    To be fair, she might just like switching things up every few years and what we are currently seeing is how she wants to appear vs what Hollywood wants her to appear. It just seems unlikely, in my opinion.

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    ^^^ That makes a lot of sense. I never thought about that... I like the old Whoopi, lol. This look is just so contrived.... I couldn't be a celebrity......
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    I remember when Whoopi won her Oscar--->and I knew she had to have extensions. Shoot, it was a fancy occasion! I ain't mad.









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    @OHR: That's a really nice pic! Oh.......it's so obvi here, the extensions.....They're braids! Looks like she got braids and let them grow all the way out. They could've at least wrapped the plaits but whatevs, LOL.

    I don't know, I've always liked her with nappy roots! Her 4b/cnapp hair suits her, and looks so soft!
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    I believe, at certain times during her career, she had to freeform for a fro to pull back/pat down for her "wigs" in certain movies. (characters)

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    Whoopi's hair has been consistently NAPPY since first coming into the public eye nearly 30 years ago, extensions or no. How many other black female celebrities can we say that about? I ain't mad at her.

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    She admitted to using extensions a long time ago. When she first started acting, her freeform locks were all hers. Over time, she experienced some breakage and started to add extensions to fill in.
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    I'm certainly not mad at her. Her locs were what I was inquisitive about. Just talking about Whoopi, not comparing her to anyone else. Since she's always worn her natural hair, aside from wigs for movies, I think she should be featured on blogs and other forums. I wonder what her regimen is.

    @Chachadiva: Thanks for the info! Ah......breakage. The evil culprit. I'm glad she found something that works for her.
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