Zac Efron’s dreadlocks stir debate

Jul 6, 2018, 12:52 PM | Updated: Jun 7, 2022, 4:01 pm

Zac Efron's new hairstyle is raising some eyebrows."The Greatest Showman" star posted a photo of himself sporting dreadlocks on social media Thursday.

BY LISA RESPERS FRANCE, CNN

KSLTV.com

(CNN) — Zac Efron’s new hairstyle is raising some eyebrows.

“The Greatest Showman” star posted a photo of himself sporting dreadlocks on social media Thursday.

“Just for fun,” the caption read.

While a few fans on Instagram offered praise like “Looking good” Efron’s do also elicited a few “No no nos.”

Just for fun 🤘

A post shared by Zac Efron (@zacefron) on Jul 5, 2018 at 10:24am PDT

The “High School Musical” star was also accused of cultural appropriation given that dreadlocks are mostly worn by people of color.

“It’s not about how his dreads look it’s about cultural appropriation which doesn’t fly even if it was “just for fun”… whatever that means,” one person tweeted.

Some folks just seemed to not like the look on Efron.

But for others, Efron can do no wrong.

“Zac got dreads and I’m freaking out,” one fan tweeted. “You could pull off wearing anything tho.”

CNN

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Wash...

Sean Lyngaas, CNN

A third of Americans could have had data stolen in big health care hack

A third of Americans may have had their personal data swept up in a February ransomware attack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that disrupted pharmacies across the US, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty estimated in testimony to Congress on Wednesday.

8 hours ago

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon's fa...

Ashley Strickland, CNN

Scientists say they’ve traced origins of potentially hazardous asteroid to the far side of moon

An unusual asteroid traveling near Earth is thought to be a chunk of the moon, but exactly how it ended up zooming through the solar system has remained a mystery. Now, researchers say they’ve made a key connection in this cosmic puzzle.

9 hours ago

Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Ar...

Arit John, CNN

Arizona Senate votes to repeal Civil War-era near-total abortion ban

The Arizona Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal the state’s 160-year-old near-total abortion ban, three weeks after the state Supreme Court revived the law and thrust reproductive rights into the political spotlight.

11 hours ago

Ongoing tests of dairy products by the US Food and Drug Administration have not found any active H5...

Brenda Goodman, CNN

Continued FDA testing finds no active bird flu virus in variety of dairy products

Ongoing testing of milk and dairy products by the US Food and Drug Administration has not found any active H5N1 bird flu virus in 297 samples of products purchased in grocery stores, the agency said Wednesday.

12 hours ago