Chris Judd has revealed how his mother Lisa Engel’s brutal verdict prompted him to shave his head.
The AFL star, 40, is now very well-recognised for his signature bald look, having shaved his hair off almost 20 years ago.
However, he has now revealed how he was reluctant to go through the huge hairstyle change and wanted to keep his locks, before his mother Lisa intervened.
Speaking on The Front Bar, Chris told how Lisa had sat him down and told him to shave his head after seeing pictures of his ‘flimsy’ hair at the 2006 AFL Grand Final.
‘I think it was my mum sat me down about a week after the grand final and there was a picture of me in the newspaper and she said, ”I think it’s time to shave it”,’ he said of her savage verdict.
‘It was looking a little bit flimsy at the front, but I reckon I had another year or two in me to be honest.’
When asked by host Sam Pang why he didn’t ‘stay strong’ and ignore his mother’s advice, Chris confessed that she might have been right in her brutal judgement.
‘It’s an uncomfortable conversation to have. If someone who cares about you has gone to the trouble to say, it’s a fair chance they’re on the money,’ he shared.
Chris Judd has revealed how his mother Lisa Engel’s brutal verdict prompted him to shave his head while speaking on The Front Bar
The AFL star (pictured in 2006), 40, is now well-recognised for his bald look, but was reluctant to go through the change and wanted to keep his locks, before his mother Lisa intervened
Chris, who is married to Queen WAG Rebecca Judd, then joked that he still hasn’t ‘ruled out’ getting a Turkey hair transplant.
Elsewhere in recent weeks, Chris showed his support for troubled footballer Ben Cousins amid his career comeback.
Ben, 46, has made it all the way to the semi-finals on Dancing With The Stars, and Chris recently gushed over the AFL star’s efforts on the competition.
‘Ben, I just wanted to say what a great job you’re doing on Dancing with the Stars,’ he told Mix94.5’s Pete & Kymba earlier this month.
‘I saw a little bit of dancing back in your footy days and there was a little bit of work to do then – and fair to say there’s probably a little bit of work to do now!
‘But in all seriousness to see you having so much fun and having a crack at something new. All the very best, hope it goes well!’
Replying to Chris’ comments, Ben gushed: ‘He’s all class, we love Chris Judd. What a star! He’s definitely seen me dancing back in the day when, on the odd occasion, it all got the better of me!’
Chris told how Lisa had sat him down and told him to shave his head after seeing pictures of his ‘flimsy’ hair at the 2006 AFL Grand Final (pictured)
Ben made it to the semi-final of Dancing With The Stars but was then knocked out, narrowly missing out on a place in the grand final.
The sportsman has been rebuilding his life in recent years after a fall from grace, and agreed to join the reality dance competition to focus on a new challenge.
‘I’m just in a pretty good space at the moment and am in a position to take on some new challenges and this has come along and probably for the first time in quite a while I am in a position to give it a go,’ he previously told The Herald Sun.
‘This worked for where I was at mentally and wanting to throw myself into something.’
‘It is certainly not lost on me, or forgotten, the hard work and commitment that it has taken to get back to where I am,’ he added.
‘It is the long game… You don’t just do something and then all of a sudden it changes overnight.’
Elsewhere in recent weeks, Chris showed his support for troubled footballer Ben Cousins amid his career comeback, praising him for his stint on Dancing With The Stars (pictured)
Ben won the Brownlow Medal in 2005 and captained the West Coast Eagles from 2001 to 2005, securing the club’s best and fairest awards four out of those season.
He played 238 games and booted 205 goals for the West Coast Eagles, where he won a premiership with the club in 2006.
His fall from grace was well documented from 2007 as he publicly battled a drug addiction and coped with his failed relationship with Maylea Tinecheff.
He was later sacked, copped a one year ban from the AFL for repeated infringements, and was jailed on six separate occasions over 13 years.
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