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The Art of the Hair
Over the years, I have been criticized for the way I comb my hair, but
never so much as since the opening show ofThe Apprentice .New York

magazine wrote that I’d perfected the pompad-over.The New York Times
called it an elaborate structure best left to an architecture critic.
David Letterman and Jay Leno regularly do quips about it. Matt Lauer,
who with Katie Couric has taken theToday show to new heights, told me I
should just give up the ghost and shave it off orgive myself some kind of
buzz cut like the one he has. Likewise, Pat O’Brien, the star ofAccess
Hollywood, told me he had heard about Matt Lauer’s comment and totally

agrees with him.
Personally, I think it looks good, but I’ve never said my hair was my
strongest point. I told Pat and Matt that I’m just not ready to change my
style. I’ve been combing it this way for a long time and I might as well
keep doing it. The ratings ofThe Apprentice are sky-high, and maybe they
would drop if I changed the look at this point.

I’m amazed by how often people ask me whether or not I wear a
hairpiece, a wig, or a rug, as it is affectionately known.
The answer, for the record, is emphatically and categorically no: I do
not wear a rug. My hair is one hundred percent mine. No animals have
been harmed in the creation of my hairstyle.
However, I must admit that the day may come when I will wear a
hairpiece, wig, or rug—but only if I go bald, which I hope never happens.

The reason for this is because I, like most men, am very vain. Many times
over the years, I’ve heard people say that men are vainer than women, and
I believe it. Guys don’t like to talk about it, but Random House is paying
me a fortune for this book and specifically requested a chapter on the art
of the hair, so I will admit to my vanity.

I will also reveal some of my hair-related secrets.
The reason my hair looks so neat all the time is because I don’t have to
deal with the elements very often. I live in the building where I work. I
take an elevator from my bedroom to my office. The rest of the time, I’m
either in my stretch limousine, my private jet, my helicopter, or my
private club in Palm Beach, Florida. If Matt Lauer had my lifestyle, he
might not have changed his hairstyle—although his hair looks great now.