Allison Janney Reveals Why Mom Producers Weren't Pleased About Her Recent Hair Transformation

Allison Janney has been rocking a noticeably different look lately, and Mom producers apparently weren't too thrilled about it at first. Watch her explain the awkward situation.

By Ryan Gajewski Apr 15, 2021 6:51 AMTags

Allison Janney is loving her new look, but the producers of her long-running show Mom apparently took some convincing.

The 61-year-old Oscar winner visited The Tonight Show on Wednesday, April 14, where she spoke with host Jimmy Fallon about the fact that her CBS sitcom is coming to an end after eight successful seasons. At one point, Jimmy asked Allison if she kept any props as souvenirs, which led her to explain why the show's team was shocked when she showed up this season with her current hairstyle, which features her natural gray color and is extension-free. 

"It's funny because no one knew I was wearing a wig," the West Wing alum explained. "I come in for this season of Mom, and the producers see me like this, and they're like, 'What have you done? How are we gonna do ... You should have asked us before you did this to your hair!'"

Luckily, there was no real cause for alarm. "I'm like, 'Guys, I've been wearing a wig since season one, but nobody knew it,'" she continued. "Everybody in the world knows it now. So, that wig is coming with me, and a few pairs of sweatpants because my character Bonnie loved to be comfortable, as does Allison Janney. So I took a lot of sweatpants."

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During her appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show earlier this month, Allison admitted to loving her new 'do. "I cannot tell you how amazing it is to feel free: free from hair color and hair extensions and hair tapes and blah, blah, blah," she shared at the time.

Allison also told Jimmy that saying goodbye to Mom has been "the biggest emotional roller coaster ride." She added, "We're sad that we're not coming back to tell more of these stories."

Watch the full interview in the above video, and catch Mom's series finale when it airs May 6 on CBS.