Meghan McCain Admits to Wearing Fake Hair Since High School
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Meghan and Madonna rock the faux-pony. Photo: Andy King, WireImage | Rob Ramirez, Retna
Prompted by her appearance on "The View," the former presidential candidate's daughter says in a blog post on The Daily Beast, "not all the hair attached to my head is real."
McCain even admits to going faux on the night of her father's presidential nomination. "On the night my father accepted his nomination for president, I wore a giant Madonna ponytail extension (circa her Vogue tour) -- much to the dismay of some of the campaign advisers, I might add," she writes.
The blond columnist admits in her Daily Beast post that she just doesn't feel quite the same without a little follicular enhancement, writing, "The problem now is a feeling that such illusions are necessary," she says on the site. "I have been wearing fake hair for so long that I can't help feeling my hair doesn't look nearly as good without some pieces in it."
In the article, McCain also blames "the smoke and mirrors of television" for perpetuating an image of glossy perfection. "Why do I feel the need to share all of this now and expose that I am a frequent user of hair extensions?" she writes. "Because all the young women that follow me should know that it's OK to look like your real self and it's OK to get a little extra help when sometimes Mother Nature doesn't give you everything you want. "
Who will be the next to come out of the weave closet? Barbara Walters?
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Jean 9-17-2009 @ 2:25PM
Who cares about her hair????? I've been trying to apply for a debt-consolidation, and, unfortunately, replied to an on-line ad. The calls I have received have been from Indian-accented persons who can't even pronounce my name correctly (it is an extremely common American name). I have been unemployed for 6 months, due to the American economy having forced my company out of business. Am I to assume that a company based in India is able to offer me an American job in the defense-industry segment, or that said company is a scam, dedicated to extracting cash from an American who is in dire financial straits???
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bfgair 9-17-2009 @ 2:40PM
Just like her father and his political party. SMOKE AND MIRRORS AND A LOT OF FAKERY. The only thing real about his poitical party is the mess they have gotten us in to with the two Bush idiots. THANK GOD the American public didn't allow more Republicans in office again. I may not like Obama but he is a 100% better president than the clown we had for 8 long and very painful years. I can only hope and pray we will be able to recover from his stupidity and ego.
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tara 9-18-2009 @ 12:30AM
if obama is 100% better than bush, then why has the country got into more debt, where is all the jobs he promised, and why the hell is my husband still deploying?
Arrakis 9-18-2009 @ 11:02AM
To: tara
Why is the country in debt? Well, have you looked at the rest of the world? Besides, there's no sure way to get the country out of debt without having the rich and famous carry the rest of us with the billions/millions they have. And there's absolutely no way to have enough jobs for everyone. So, conclusion, a country will pretty much always be in some debt.
As for your husband, not much I can say to that except that it isn't the current Offices fault for the regulations put in place by the last. You want for one thing while others want for another and still more want for something else. And with the so many people fighting him on so many things just because, its sort of hard to get your plans done.
It's going to take time, a lot of it (beyond what the current administration can last) to get things back to working order. And we can't look for the president to do everything when there's people not doing anything other than complaining.
LTEE 9-18-2009 @ 3:05AM
to bfgair,
you are truly an Obama idol fanatic.Ask yourself. what has Obama done so far the last 8 months to move the country forward?
Unemployment is over 10%, not 8% he claimed as cap.
The ACORN donated 800k to his campaign and after the prostitution tape that Acorn so supports, he has not come out to disavow them.
Eastern Europe -he abandoned the missile deterrent project and comes out looking like he capitulated to the Russians.
His Obamascare healthplan is not gonna happen and he lies about not costing you and me an extra dime.
He plays the race card with the help of his friends in Congress and that lunatic Jimmy Carter. All of you lefties plays the race card to attack the right . You love Castro and Chavez. You all think you are entitled to everything as long as its not coming out of your pocket..you spend spend. and the conservatives..work work
Congress is being run by corrupt pork loving rats . Murtha built an airport for himself at taxpayers expense. They travel in junkets at 13k a piece on unlimited expense accounts.
The Obama healthscare will cost taxpayers trillions. You think you will work long enough to pay 50% tax to provide these so called 47 million uninsured. Where are the getting these statistics. They can produce an specific number but won't list down specifics how Obama will save medicare 500Billion to help pay some of the trillion Obamascare healthplan . He will rob Peter to pay Paul. He can dance the shuffle and spin all he wants but we the people 80% insured aint gonna believe it.
He lies...and he so much deserve Joe Wilson's outburst.
DR FRED 9-17-2009 @ 3:50PM
MS MCCAIN IS A LECTUREOUS CANCER AND NEEDS TO BE ERATICATED.
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Uri 9-17-2009 @ 10:17PM
NOT, Dr. Freddo, I like Meghan McCain for one reason she is a progressive Republican, hopefully an example of what is yet to come, when the old timers and their off-spring fade away. They are destroying the GOP, as we know it today, a party once known for class and intellect.
When LBJ signed the civil rights act in 64, all the racist ignorant Democrats switched to the GOP, that's what we are dealing with now. Joe Wilson, an off-spring, confederate flag caring bigot. A man that can't stand it that a well-groomed, super intelligent, well mannered man of color is President of the United States. Oh, take the word color out of that sentence, but leave the rest in there. Plain, outright jealousy!
Twit with Meghan and learn, she is a conservative, but wants social changes in her party. She may be young and somewhat naive, but she is part of a movement to reform the GOP. Cindy and Senator McCain raised another maverick for the good!
Oh yes, I'm an Independent voter, and I want the Republican's back to the party of integrity, one that I even used to respect. And even voted with back 20 plus years ago. President Lincoln is turning in his grave, never would he expect what has happened to the GOP.
When the GOP was respected, they brought better balance with the Democrats to this nation. Wake up GOP, get the 20% of ignorant, racist people that are now ruining and running your party, OUT!! Change would not be a bad word for your party, if not you will continue destroying this nation.........and more people will move to the left. The silent majority, that are not polled will vote a Democratic ticket for decades and decades, if not.........and that is not good balance. Think about that, it makes sense.
70 million in Nov. 2008 gave President Obama a mandate. Never did anyone predict (or poll) that the silent majority would vote with that kind of numbers, those people are intelligent, informed and sick of bigots that ruled for the last 8 yrs.
KJ 9-18-2009 @ 2:11AM
You need to learn to spell or at least spell check!!
Noah 9-18-2009 @ 2:47AM
learn to spell,incompetent dolt
sal 9-18-2009 @ 4:02AM
Sounds like you have plans to end his life. Did you know that the federal gov't has harsh and swift justice for people like you?
Careful what you wish for-out loud.
When I don't want someone in office, I just wish they would just go away, but then Clinton never did, and Obama is a puppet and he has come up against the Tea Party types and his puppeteers are rattled, because they thought they could continue rolling over us, just as they did with those ridiculous bail outs. We all saw that and now we know that Son of Mussolini is called fascist President of the USA.
SSGChester 9-17-2009 @ 4:22PM
WOW...I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT NOW KNOWING THIS.....
Gezzzzz.......
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MNV 9-17-2009 @ 7:17PM
Meh.....many women wear hair extensions. i think there are more important things to report about than wether someone wears fake hair or not or how toned their arms are. but then again they only report that sort of meaningless crap about women rather than anything requiring intellect. But hey, its just another way sexism rears its ugly head.
If your going to report about Ms. McCain pleas report on non-superficial aspects of her
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Mike 9-17-2009 @ 7:36PM
Just who in the hell is Megan McCain-----and who gives a crap.
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aedinstructor 9-17-2009 @ 7:39PM
Im sorry, does anyone care?
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danielle 9-18-2009 @ 10:28AM
not me.....
peapers 9-17-2009 @ 8:08PM
bfgair - Michelle Obama's hair is completely natural and real because she is a democrat. We all know everything about any democrat is perfect and on the up and up. I also hear that any lie told by a democrat is actually not a lie, but that I'm just a racist and am too bigoted to actually understand the truth. As a matter of fact, I hear that democrats are first in line at the Pearly Gates.
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pinkthenred 9-17-2009 @ 8:37PM
I think she is beautiful.
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Laura 9-17-2009 @ 8:48PM
Are we supposed to think she is brave for "coming clean?"
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johnny 9-17-2009 @ 9:06PM
I have never asked a woman for hair.....
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Evelyn 9-17-2009 @ 9:07PM
The fake hair goes with her fake eyelashes and fake nails and fake concern for the underprivileged. I was surprised at some of her comments when she guest-hosted on The View recently. This supposedly conservative, family-values girl sounds like a having-sex-out-of-wedlock-and-don't-ever-want-kids party girl.
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