Pete Wentz is no longer flat-ironing his hair: better or worse?

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Pete Wentz changed his hair over a week ago, but these are the first photos of his new style that we’ve had access to. Remember how Pete was stuck in flat-iron hell for… well, pretty much as long as he’s been famous (five years? Longer?). So it looks like Pete’s new “look” is to finally kill his flat iron (or donate it to The Jennifer Aniston Flat-Iron Foundation) and let his hair go natural. Who knew that Pete’s natural hair was such a frizzy hot mess?

That being said, I do prefer the white-boy afro to the mess that Pete used to have. Pete used to look like he never bathed, and just applied new layers of eyeliner and grease product on top of the old layers, all in lieu of bathing. Now he actually looks kind of clean. And he also looks like Mr. Middle-American Daddy At the Park. It’s rather nice.

Also, I can’t help it, I think Bronx is adorable. I don’t really care for his parents, but that kid got the best of his mom and dad.

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Photos courtesy of Fame.

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103 Responses to “Pete Wentz is no longer flat-ironing his hair: better or worse?”

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  1. Andria says:

    I liked the flat iron & eyeliner look on him!

  2. Hollowdoll says:

    For a minute I thought it was Arnold Horshack!

  3. Poopie says:

    ACCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!NO NO NO!
    No wonder the kid looks TERRIFIED ! let’s all pitch in and send him another flat iron !!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. meilamon says:

    His jeans are ridiculous, but the hair I like.

  5. tiki says:

    really loving the evolution of wentz. this is one of those cases where having a child motivated him to end the extended adolescence and man up. good for him.

  6. Oi says:

    He looks like Kevin Jonas’ mini-me. Not a good look, but at least he’s not trying so hard. Kid is adorable.

  7. SEF says:

    Wow – didn’t love the flat-iron look but I suddenly appreciate it a lot more.

  8. Leticia says:

    I apologize ahead of time for being so critical, but PW seems to have the shortest legs.

  9. tiki says:

    p.s. any rocker who can carry a sippy cup in public is okay in my book.

  10. December says:

    He looks even douchier than before!

  11. devilgirl says:

    Flat iron or not, he is still fugly, a douche bag and part of an awful.

  12. RHONYC says:

    @ Oi
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA! YES! you beat me too it. b4 reading the cap, i could have sworn that was the married jonas’ brother. lol

    hey, leave pete alone…ain’t nuthin wrong with his…um, fro. 😆

  13. Iggles says:

    Um, he needs the flat iron! Or a different cut. Something!

    This is coming from a black woman with natural hair (I alternate between twists and afros), so I’m not bias about it!

    He just needs to figure out how he wants to wear it. The way he has it now doesn’t look so great. Not everyone can get away with the “wash and go” look.

  14. heatheradair says:

    I feel like that’s a perm….or in addition to the flat iron he had it chemically relaxed? Because it’s going to be VERY hard to get a straightener close enuf to your scalp to straighten this mess out as much as he did without completely burning himself in the process….

    If i’m wrong – this kid needs to give me tips – because even straightening my “bangs trauma” is a massive pain because I have to get so close to my scalp.

  15. David says:

    Is that a wig?

  16. mary simon says:

    fug. looks like son of sam jr.

  17. citysuede says:

    he should get a “Brazilian blow out” where they put keratin in your hair and keeps it straight for around 6 months….I agree that any rocker that carries a sippy cup is OK for me.

  18. MorticiansDoItDeader says:

    Terrible hair, cute kid.

  19. Roma says:

    Aww, it’s the very small amount of his Jewish heritage showing up. Jewfro for life!

  20. brin says:

    Bronx is a cutie, Pete, not so much.

  21. sharylmj says:

    love this man and his sweet kid.. the mom bugs the heck out of me.. so does her sister!! BUT that is ONE CUTE KID!
    I’m not hating the hair..

  22. nycmom10024 says:

    Maybe he is finally embracing this mothers blackness? He is biracial afterall.

  23. latam2012 says:

    he should just shave his head.

  24. Praise St. Angie! says:

    worse. lol at the Arnold Horshack reference…I was going to say a lighter-skinned Juan Epstein.

    his current hair shows us just how fug he really is. and for the love of all that is holy, DITCH THE SKINNY JEANS. (though I hate those ads, the Miller Lite one with the guy in the skinny jeans is funny…”sort of like your gf doesn’t care that you borrow her jeans?”)

    and that child is adorable.

  25. Sarah says:

    I have to say that went ashlee was preggo, I was kind of scared of what their spawn would look like. He is actually adorable though. Pete looks better, but he still doesn’t look great.

  26. Maritza says:

    He looks like a different person, I guess it takes time to get used to seeing him like this. Maybe if he would cut it lower it would look better but the skinny jeans got to go.

  27. Exiled says:

    He looks like a Jonas Brother now

  28. jinni says:

    Let him rock his natural hair pattern. Goodness knows that people with curly hair get enough crap from the media telling them that their hair is wild, unprofessional, undesirable, and just plain ugly (especially people with coarser/tighter curls).

    Just look at all of those movie were the girl is only deemed attractive after she straightens her hair. The only curls that seem to be accepted are the kind that involve a curling iron.

    I wish society would see that there is nothing wrong with having hair like this.

  29. jr says:

    much better.

  30. lilred says:

    Hollowdoll: LOL that was my first thought too.

  31. Crash2GO2 says:

    LOL @Hollowdoll!

    @jinni: I totally agree. I was thinking of flat ironing my hair today for the first time in about 6 months, but I think now I’m not going to. Let the cowlicks, corkscrews and frizz do their thing!

  32. serena says:

    God, he’s hilarious!

  33. Tamlyn says:

    Now if we can just get him to stop wearing Ashlee’s skinny jeans. He’s 30 years old. I wish he’d dress like it!!!

  34. K-MAC says:

    LMAO! oh no, please go back to the flat iron….NOW!

  35. Zelda says:

    I can’t believe how many people preferred the douchey, high maintenance, emo, straight iron look.

    This is WAY cooler.

    Embrace all natural hair types people.

  36. Nina says:

    Certainly there is something between Flat Iron Douche and Frizzy Fro Beast that doesn’t offend the eyes?

  37. KJ says:

    There’s no improving on how he looks. His hair should be the least of his worries.

  38. sarahk says:

    He looks like the married Jonas brother…

  39. Lola7 says:

    Looks like he is wearing a chia pet on his head.

  40. Gemini says:

    Thanks NYMOM10024….thought I saw his parents on Biography not realizing he was bi-racial. Glad he is embracing his natural fro

  41. Roxanne75 says:

    I think he and his wife are a great couple and I always thought he was super cute but now that he has different hair he looks so different, way nerdy..not a good look at all! Go back to your old look! Where’s wifey lately?

  42. the other mel says:

    I wasn’t a fan of the flat ironed look (on ANY man for that matter — Keith Urban anyone?), but he looks like Rob Schneider in Deuce Bigalow. Shaving it close might be a better option. And the skinny jeans have got to go.

  43. original kate says:

    his natural hair is better than the flat ironed, douchey emo look. not exactly good, but better.

  44. coexxi says:

    I like the look.

  45. Someone Else says:

    He should do dreads like Charles on TMZ. He could pull it off.

  46. Debra says:

    The worst look I’ve ever seen..seriously.

  47. C-DUB says:

    Hey, Hey, Mr. Car-ter!

  48. notsoanonymous says:

    I’m late to the show because until now I had no idea he was biracial, and a big part of that is because of his former hair.

    He needs some kind of help with taming the natural but good for him that he is going back to it 🙂

  49. jen says:

    He looks like Carmine-The Big Ragu from Laverne & Shirley.

  50. jen34 says:

    Aw, every guy looks good when he’s carrying a cute kid.

  51. Kelbear says:

    Aww my son has the same cup. I think his hair just needs a shape up.

  52. a says:

    Cute kid. They look happy, so I guess that’s all that matters?? Or maybe not, he looks like a dork

  53. Mshuffleupagus says:

    Divorced Dad hair.

  54. val says:

    WORSE. PERIOD.

  55. Genevieve says:

    LOL x10,000,000,000,000,000

    Relax that shit! I hate to imagine his pubes good grief…

  56. TeeTee says:

    I think he should cut it down to get rid of the frizz or go back to flat ironing.

    still a good dad, that boy looks just like his mom..cutie

  57. Brianna says:

    He looks so much better now! Yay for natural.

  58. lila says:

    Much better now! He looks more manly and less “old teen”.

  59. Anon73 says:

    NOT A FAN of the new hair !! i too prefer the flatiron / eyeliner look.

  60. Iggles says:

    I had no idea he was mixed raced. He was completely in hiding with that flat iron!

    However, I didn’t know Slash was biracial for years. He’s also a musician, so eh. Won’t give Wentz the side eye for that. Actors put more of their personal lives out there than musicians do.

  61. Kim says:

    Well ok flat ironed it looked a little better BUT i always prefer guys natural so i applaud this look and like it. Anytime he doesnt act or dress as feminine as he usually does its better.

    I think he should cut it down and wear it naturally. He could find a hairdresser to give him great shorter cut where it would lay flat without him having to flat iron it.
    He looks like he could be Bruce Springsteins son =)

  62. June says:

    And so begins the slow, downward spiral. Just kidding…but he should trim that thing down a bit.

  63. Jeannified says:

    Yep…he’s looking like he has no time for anything anymore, now that he’s a father. That’s reality, folks! Crazy kinky hair, but it works on him.

  64. bluhare says:

    I’ve got hair almost as curly/frizzy as his, and all he has to do is get a really short cut a la Timberlake and he’d look great.

    I, on the other hand, will fight my hair until the day I die!

  65. Zelda says:

    I just figured it out:
    It looks like young Bob Dylan hair.

    I think that’s why I like it.

  66. ann says:

    haha he looks like a Jonas

  67. Ashley says:

    1) Shave that shiz

    2) Tell me that child DOESN’T look like Jessica Simpson.

  68. lucy2 says:

    The flat ironing was a bit ridiculous, but so is looking like a Jonas. I agree, cut it shorter!

  69. Meanchick says:

    Looks like one of the Jonas Bros.

  70. Sassy says:

    Jesus. WORSE. The flat-ironed look wasn’t great but it’s 10 times better than this mess.

  71. Moreaces says:

    Next comes the dreads.

  72. judyjudy says:

    He irritates me. So does his stupid wife. Ugh.

  73. merry says:

    I so dislike the curly-curl hair on him! He should just cut them real short and keep them under control.
    Anywho, can I ask a very dumb question? It just seems that every single American child has really blond hair, even if the parents don’t, and then changes to dark hair when growing up. Does anybody know why? Is it the sun? Is it he genes?

  74. truthSF says:

    It’s very sad to see how freaked out ppl get when they see someone sporting natural hair that is not straight. Why should he have to straighten it just because you don’t like how he looks natural?!

  75. craigc says:

    AHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHA HAHAAA!
    this just made my day! hahahaha

  76. Green Is Good says:

    I thought it was one of the Jonas’ Brothers, too! Ha ha!

  77. LittleDeadGirl says:

    Well I wasn’t a huge fan of the flat ironing but that hair ages him about 20 years. He needs to cut it short and keep it neat if he doesn’t want to do the flat ironing …

  78. Sheigh says:

    Pete’s hair seems to ask some help. Something’s hearing like a big traumatize! A terrible ugly twist between afro and Elvis banana! So weird!
    I think the same thing about Bronx’s in about one or two years becoming like Kingston!
    Damn it!

  79. Gaby says:

    Good thing the baby looks like his mom.

  80. jurgie says:

    My hair is frizzy and fly-away, which I hate, so I hate his hair by default also.

  81. Isa says:

    Merry- Well not every single child has blonde hair. I think Ashley may be a blonde she just dyes her hair a lot.
    Maybe their parents had light colored hair when they were younger too? The sun usually lightens hair.

    I have black hair, my husband has brown and my daughter has red. Weird, huh?

  82. lola lola says:

    OMG he looks so awful! Anyone remember Rudy from the ancient TV show Room 222?

  83. Camille says:

    I think its the bad combo of afro AND sideburns. He should just shave it off/trim it down like Justin Timberlake did.

    *shudder*

  84. normades says:

    Much better. And Bronx is really cute (I never say that about celeb kids, but he really is)

  85. Koolkitty says:

    My Husband has very curly hair and it looks to me like he just needs the right product to turn the frizz into curls.

  86. Jeri says:

    Bronx is a cutie but it’s kinda funny when people who have alterd their looks have kids.

    What do you say when they inherit your pre-surgery nose or unflat-ironed hair. Not to extreme in this case but it could be very obvious with some people.

    “Oh My! Wherever did that come from??!!”

  87. Dana M says:

    LOL!! He looks like the younger brother from Royal Pains.

  88. Marianne says:

    I’m not really digging the fro. If he wants to go “au naturel” why doesn;t he just cut his hair very short?

  89. Moops says:

    I am totally showing my age here, but he looks like the love child of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel…

  90. Adrien says:

    Ahaha! He looks like a Jonas brother.

  91. Emily says:

    He has the torso of a 6’2″ lanky man, and the lower body of Shia Labeouf. Gross.

  92. cruiz2 says:

    Hey,my Chi died a year ago. At least he’s got his priorities in order. Kid first!

  93. He looks like a Jonas brother.

  94. kim says:

    It is a perm and he is gay.. I love gay men.. I just wish he would admit it..

  95. Nikki says:

    GROSS.

  96. Nikki says:

    P.S. The Jonas brothers comments are cracking me up, we should count how many people said that, LOL!

  97. jemshoes says:

    Such a fun, LOL post and comments!

    Someone mentioned “perm” and I couldn’t help it, I thought, “Magic Curl Barbie” (circa 1980s)

    http://weheartit.com/tag/magic%20curl%20barbie

    😀

  98. hatuh says:

    I love him. I think he looks great. And I love Ashlee. And I love them together and I love them with their baby. Who is totally adorable. I love this family.

  99. Lway says:

    HAHAHAAAAAA! Someone, please get him a GHD!!

  100. LT says:

    He needs to shave it. I’d be interested to see how he could pull off the military crop look!

  101. Gabriela says:

    With such a bad hair he could shave it

  102. telesma says:

    Six of one, half a dozen of the other. He still looks like a douchebag.

  103. Smartie says:

    Eww he is still well cute and well adorable xxx but i prefered his emo look the ‘guy’liner and straight hair 🙂 Love his clothes tho. I love Pete Wentz