# Why the Hell is she BLONDE? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527 "2005-05-19T02:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/1 "2005-05-19T02:58:11Z")
I decided to watch the finale of That 70’s Show. Laura Prepon is blonde. Why? Why would she do this? She was so much hotter as a red head. Auuuugh. Take that one right out of the “spank bank”. Always wanted to slip spank bank into a post. ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/2 "2005-05-19T03:13:33Z")
I read it was for a [movie role.](http://www.deadlythemovie.com/) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/3 "2005-05-19T03:23:45Z")
Why didn’t she just wear a wig, like a normal person? She’s totally unsexified. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/4 "2005-05-19T03:24:58Z")
I missed the episode at the beginning of the season which explained this, but I and my (former redhead) wife agree totally. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/5 "2005-05-19T03:25:43Z")
Not Pit fodder. Off to Cafe Society. TVeblen Pit mod ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/6 "2005-05-19T03:29:01Z")
> [@lorinada](#): > > I read it was for a [movie role.](http://www.deadlythemovie.com/) Aaaaaggh! Karla Homolka! :eek: I’ll never be able to look at blonde Donna again without thinking of that. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/7 "2005-05-19T03:31:57Z")
She [plays poker](http://www.poker-images.com/images/newimages/BB01330.jpg) too. Sooooo hot. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/8 "2005-05-19T03:56:14Z")
I thought this thread was going to be about Diane Neal, the ADA on _Law & Order: SVU_; also a redhead who went blonde. It’s wrong; so very, very wrong. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/9 "2005-05-19T04:00:57Z")
> [@lorinada](#): > > I read it was for a [movie role.](http://www.deadlythemovie.com/) :dubious: Isn’t it too soon for a remake of _Natural Born Killers?_ ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/10 "2005-05-19T04:09:52Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Aaaaaggh! Karla Homolka! :eek: I’ll never be able to look at blonde Donna again without thinking of that. Agreed. Eeewwwww. I guess we’ll find out what kind of acting chops Prepon has. (OT, does anyone know if the movie is following Karla’s own version of events, or is it taking a more evenhanded approach?) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/11 "2005-05-19T13:42:58Z")
There was just an interview with Topher Grace in which he said he wore a wig the last two years. So why not Donna? I agree she’s a thousand times better looking as a redhead. But they’ve also been very careful to keep her in jeans and long sleeves all this season. While that’s her normal outfit, about every other episode they found a reason to put her into something sexier. Has there been something physically wrong with her? Does anyone else agree that last night’s good-bye episode was lame and that the new kid they’ve added to the show is worthless? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/12 "2005-05-19T14:06:17Z")
Also Kelly Clarkson looked better before she went blonde. I don’t understand it! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/13 "2005-05-19T14:33:53Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > Does anyone else agree that last night’s good-bye episode was lame and that the new kid they’ve added to the show is worthless? You mean Ted McGinley as Cousin Oliver? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/14 "2005-05-19T14:35:07Z")
I never found Kristen Dunst terribly pretty or sexy until she dyed her hair red for the Spider-Man movies. She works much better as a redhead… but many women do. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/15 "2005-05-19T14:54:36Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Aaaaaggh! Karla Homolka! :eek: I’ll never be able to look at blonde Donna again without thinking of that. Wow, that’s an old news story. I wonder why it took so long for someone to make a movie about it. What was it, late 80s or early 90s? I’d be willing to bet the runaway bride story and the Terri Schiavo story are both just about ready to air by now. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/16 "2005-05-19T17:43:59Z")
Huh! Had no idea. I’m into true crime books, and I have that one. Fascinating. And Laura Prepon as a blonde? No. NONONONONO!!! BAD MOVE! Gah. Heh. I met her while skiing once. She’s good people. BLONDE BAD. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/17 "2005-05-19T18:09:41Z")
> [@DrLoveGun](#): > > Why the Hell is she BLONDE? I had the same reaction to Winona Ryder in _Edward Scissorhands_. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/18 "2005-05-19T18:16:25Z")
Agreed. After all, a few years ago she was voted ‘Sexiest Redhead on TV.’ Conan O’Brien had a joke about that award. He said, “I came in 53rd, right after Elmo from Sesame Street.” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/19 "2005-05-19T18:29:22Z")
Lindsey Lohan seems to have fallen victim to this tragic malady, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527/20 "2005-05-19T18:41:21Z")
Well, I can assuage all of your worries. Despite rumours to the contrary, I will not, in fact, be dying my hair blonde. These locks will stay red. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-she-blonde/304527.md?page=2)