CHRIS APPLETON: Bullies Spat on Me at School. Now I’m Kim Kardashian’s Most Trusted Hair Stylist
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I know so many secrets.
What challenges did Chris Appleton face growing up?
I started working with Kim, did J-Lo, I did Christina Aguilera, then I think it was like Ariana Grande. Is it true that you charge a hundred thousand for a haircut? This is unbelievable. People relate to your hairstylist being a therapist, right? Women, men, they open up. I was really good at making people see themselves in the mirror, look at where they're at, where they've come from, and where they could possibly get to. Is there a celebrity you wouldn't do their hair again? Hey, I'm Chris Appleton, and I'm in great company.
The hairdresser of the year, Chris Appleton.
So you got asked to do J-Lo's Super Bowl halftime show. People still stop me in the street now, like, J-Lo's Super Bowl hair. It was that huge for me in my career.
How did Chris Appleton become a celebrity hairstylist?
Yeah, it went viral. Kim officiated your marriage.
Any part of you at that time, you're like, what the fuck's going on here? I think everything was overwhelming. I'm an American. I was kind of going with it. I got a job in the hair salon. At a young age, I think I was like 12, 13 at the time. I just got bullied. They said, oh, you're gay. Because, you know, I did hair. But it was before I really even thought about sexuality. You know, I was like spat on and beaten up. So I very quickly kind of thought, well, I'm not gay and I'm not stupid. And I just got really headstrong on wanting to prove people wrong. So you shut down that. I think I didn't want to kill myself. I wanted to kill it. Whatever that thing was with being gay. I've done the work. I'm not shamed of anything in my life now.
I guess that was one of the moments of looking in the mirror and I just was like, What about if this is just who I am?
Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of Great Company. Firstly, thank you so much for coming back. I'm really excited for today's episode. It's going to be incredible because we have the amazing celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton on the show. Now, the Met Gala has just happened, so we thought this was a perfect time to release this episode. Chris has done so many celebrities' hairs from JLo to Kim Kardashian to Christina Aguilera, and he's insanely famous. He tells me how he went from being a lad in Leicester to styling A-listers in Hollywood. He opens up about so much of his struggles, of what he went through, the hardship that he went through and where he is now today, that finally he can accept himself.
This is going to relate to so many people. Okay, you're going to love it, I promise you. So get ready for it. Now, before we start, just a couple of things.
What emotional impact did JLo's Super Bowl performance have on Chris?
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Oh God, I should have never said it. I got dragged for that. I was awkward answering the question because they were like, and they kept pushing. I was like, oh, oh, oh. I just said it. Do you want to know the honest truth?
Yeah, it's success. Come on. It was more.
It was.
Yes. Let's go.
And I said that. It was 200,000. But I said 100 because I was afraid. of what everyone would say I don't know I said it and then I was like scared look there's so much that goes into it like there's plenty of times I do work for free there's plenty of times I don't get paid that amount of money and a lot of a lot of my world is this and that and this and that you know so it's kind of like where something is great then that has to last for a period of time the other thing as well just to sort of set the record straight let me say because it made me feel better is that was like a bigger thing and it was a lot of traveling and it was a whole commitment so when you break it down it's not as much also 50% tax in America so that's half
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:18
2
What challenges did Chris Appleton face growing up?
0:18–0:59
3
How did Chris Appleton become a celebrity hairstylist?
0:59–2:28
4
What emotional impact did JLo's Super Bowl performance have on Chris?
2:28–4:20
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How did Chris learn to accept himself and his identity?
4:20–6:04
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What led to the breakdown of Chris's marriage?
6:04–10:18
7
Who does Chris aspire to style next?
10:18–17:21
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What lessons did Chris learn about self-acceptance?
17:21–50:21
Speakers
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