Antonia Gentry stars as Ginny in Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia. Season 3 was launched earlier this month.
Since its launch, the present has been massively common, however one element followers have more and more observed is the change in Ginny’s hair every season — and it’s placing up viral conversations on TikTok.
So, Antonia determined to make her personal TikTok explaining the entire state of affairs: “Whats up from my resort room. Hello everybody. Thanks a lot for watching Season 3 of Ginny & Georgia. I hope you are having fun with it. I needed to pop on right here for a second and clear up a pair issues. I have been seeing some very humorous issues circulating about my hair, so I simply needed to clear up some stuff,” she begins.
“My hair will not be naturally straight. I do not know who began that, or why anybody would imagine that — I am half Black. I did not get a perm to play Ginny, my hair is of course curly. My mother has a lovely afro. My dad has a wave to his head. So, I’ve tight curls. And likewise, I perceive that, Ginny’s hair from Seasons 1, 2, and three could be very, very completely different. So let me simply clarify…”
“Season 1, that’s my pure hair. It is my pure hair. Season 1…it was somewhat little bit of a problem for some individuals to work with my hair. So, , it was largely my hair, however we had somewhat bit of warmth harm in there. It randomly received bleached for no motive — and 4 inches received minimize off.”
(Right here is her hair in Season 1.)
“So, after we went into Season 2, I used to be like, ‘Hey, my hair received fairly broken in Season 1. Can I get a wig?’ And so they have been like, ‘All proper, wager. We’ll offer you a wig.’ And I used to be like, ‘All proper, wager, I am getting a wig.’ There have been two wigs for Season 2, and people two wigs have been curled very curiously, and it did not actually work. It wasn’t working.”
“So for, like, half of Season 2, I am on this wig that does not actually match my precise hair, it has no motion. And so we stopped utilizing the wig, however to ensure that us to have it, it was like a continuity factor. They took a wand to my hair and curled each part of my hair to match the curl sample of the wig. So my hair was put by warmth each single day to match the sample of the wig, which we ended up not even utilizing the whole time as a result of it did not look proper. In order that’s why there’s some fascinating hair selections for Ginny in Season 2.”
(And here is her hair in Season 2.)
“However Season 3, it is my pure hair. It is all my hair, aside from the extensions, in fact. And Ginny has lengthy hair, and I had somebody who did such a tremendous job. We did not use any warmth, we took care of it, we stored it transferring, and I did not have to fret or stress out at any second within the hair trailer. Shoutout, Stacy. So, yeah, my favourite hair second for Ginny is Season 3, as a result of that is the healthiest my hair has ever been filming the present.”
(That is what Ginny’s hair appears like this season.)
“I hope that that clears up the thriller of my hair. It isn’t naturally straight. I haven’t got a perm, a curly perm. Clearly, I’ve somewhat bit of warmth harm. My hair is styled on a regular basis for work, and likewise, simply personally, I like to change it up.”
“After I was a child, I had very tight, wholesome curls — very full hair, and now I’ve a bit of warmth harm, and my hair is somewhat bit thinner. We’re engaged on it. Take your nutritional vitamins… However I haven’t got straight hair. I received curly hair. Okay, love y’all, bye.”
Antonia’s TikTok has almost 14 million views — and folks have lots to say:
They largely identified the apparent:
Should you did not know, Kat Graham has stated that showrunner, Julie Plec, wouldn’t usher in a hairstylist who knew how you can work with Black textured hair. So Kat allegedly requested if she might simply put on her pure hair as a substitute, however was advised no.
Anyway, individuals have been bummed to search out out {that a} streaming service as large as Netflix let this occur:
And general, it’s fairly obvious individuals desire her pure hair (being styled by somebody match to fashion it):
No matter coiffure Ginny has subsequent season, we all know Antonia will rock it…and we’re so pleased she now appears to have a hairstylist match to do her hair!
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