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FBN's Willard: 'I Love My Hairstylist to Death'
Scandale! Cody Willard, Fox Business Network's shaggy-headed, rock-'n'-roll playing news dude, is secretly a fancy man. An elitist, you might even say.
At the Financial Times's annual "Meet the FT" party last night, Willard, co-host of FBN's Happy Hour, confessed to wearing pre-distressed shoes, reading Women's Wear Daily and getting his famous tresses trimmed at downtown salon Privé, where a basic cut runs from $90 to $300.
Willard's stylist is Frederique. "She's amazing," he says. "I love her to death."
But who could blame him for splurging on what has become his signature look? In fact, Willard says, when he started at Fox Business, anchor Alexis Glick had specifically instructed him to leave his locks long. But, he adds, "You know what? I'll cut my hair when I want to cut it. It's all on my terms all the time."
When Rachel Sklar and I suggested he make the shearing an on-air event, he quickly agreed. "You know what? I'll make it a charity thing. Yes. That's a good call."
He went on:
I've had some haircuts in the past. I've had a flat-top. I'm a Catholic from New Mexico. You want to know who wants me to cut my hair? My dad. That's all I ever hear about. Everybody in my home town, every time I go home, they don't want to talk about the show, they don't want to talk about breaking out in New York, all they want to talk about is my freaking hair. "Cody, when are you gonna cut that hair?" They're cowboys. It's all the old white men in my hometown. They all want me to cut my hair.
By the way, apparently the FT party was supposed to be off the record. Who knew?
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