Giuliana Rancic dyed her hair blonde: cute or doesn’t suit her?

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These photos of a newly blonde Giuliana Rancic were posted by E! and by Giuliana’s colorist to Instagram last week, but the press is just picking them up now. Giuliana went from a honey brunette bob to a shade of blonde that does not suit her, in my opinion. The whole process took about six hours, according to Giuliana. Here’s what she looked like before. This is from June:

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So six hours at the salon and all she got was this yellow-blonde color? I can see the highlights in there, but they’re too blonde and the color looks flat. When I went from a red-blonde to blonde this spring it took three hours, but that was with a single process and two steps of highlights. If I had a darker color to start it may have taken longer to strip and then fill the color. Still, I like to think my color looks more natural than this.

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Here’s Giuliana again last month (below) with her lighter, but not as drastic color. This was somewhat prettier than the brassy blonde.
Giuliani Rancic appears on Extra

And here she is in May with brown hair. I think she looks best with this color.
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Not everyone is meant to go blonde, but maybe she’ll go back to a darker color at some point. Not that I care too much about how Giuliana does her hair, or whatever she’s trying to get attention for this month. Do you think her hairstylist gives her discounts in exchange for the publicity? I do.

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Also I’ll say something nice. This is a pic Bill posted of their super cute son, Edward Duke, who turns two in September. He’s a blondie, and I bet he was the inspiration for Giuliana to go blonde.

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  1. Kiddo says:

    It softens her hard edges, but only in the top shots where the make-up doesn’t look applied with a palette knife.

    • yuk says:

      This insect-woman is just unattractive!

      • krtmom says:

        She needs to eat some food!!! Bangs would help with that forehead too! It’s not her fault she’s not attractive but a few pounds would make her look soooo much better!!!

  2. Arhodo says:

    Nope.

  3. QQ says:

    Not that i think it suits her at all, cause i dont…but the Brunette hair was problematic cause it’s showing how she is almost at scalp showing hair thin/loss skinniness… With the Blonde you cant focus on it as much?

    • lucy2 says:

      I think you’re right, with the darker hair the thinness was much more noticeable.

      At least this cut is better than the long, gross ombre stuff she was sporting for a long time, but her natural coloring looks a little odd with the blonde.

    • Pandy says:

      I think you’re right. Not a big fan of the blonde on her but I think it might camouflage the scalp area.

    • PunkyMomma says:

      Spot on, QQ. A fair hair color that is close to the scalp color minimizes the extent of hair loss. But I also can see where she might have chose that color because her gorgeous little boy is blonde.

    • Tiffany :) says:

      I think blonde MIGHT look good on her if she made it a much softer, less yellow tone.

      I honestly don’t know what hairstyle or color would work best for her. She has a unique face.

  4. Meow Mix says:

    No.No.No.NO.NOOOOOOOOO. NO!!!

  5. lisa2 says:

    I like her darker hair. I kind of recall the first time she did it dark and got a shorter cut it looks so good to me. I can’t put my finger on it but something is different about this cut. Maybe too short.

    but I don’t like the blond. I think I’m a person that is more drawn to darker haired people.

  6. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    Not horrible, but doesn’t really flatter her complexion. Son is adorable.

    • Kiddo says:

      I think it’s because she is stuck in that brown harsh make-up scheme, especially around the eyes. That needs some serious toning down. Her eyes are big enough and deep set without making them the focus and sunk in deeper with so much darkness.

      • Mel M says:

        Totally agree kiddo. I remember she was blonde way back when she first started with E! And when she went brunette it was weird at first but I think the brunette suits her coloring a lot better. I had blonde highlights for a few years and it got to the point where I just said dye it all blonde! Big mistake, I have similar coloring to her and it was a disaster.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Yes, I see what you mean. Way too dark.

    • LilyT says:

      Her HUBBY is adorable…seems like a sweetheart too. Mmm mmm.

      Too bad he ended up with a cheap praying mantis.

  7. Bella bella says:

    She looks much much older. Not very flattering.

  8. JudyK says:

    Don’t hate the hair, but if she’s going blonde, she needs some dang lipstick.

  9. Mop top says:

    It makes her look orange.

  10. eliza says:

    Now she just looks like a Praying Mantis in Lady Gaga drag.

  11. AlexandriaTheGreat says:

    I like how it’s styled because it’s covering most of her face ( ;

  12. Dawn says:

    Ewww…I lost all respect for her when she refused to put on 5 to 10 pounds in order to get pregnant. I think she is sick and needs help. No profession is worth being that skeletal in my opinion. And didn’t she start out as a blonde way back when? I think so.

    • Andrea says:

      I concur. She has anorexia end of.

      • Belle Epoch says:

        Look at her wrist! She is so clearly unwell.
        Do you think Bill is worried? Is there anything he can really do? I had a classmate with anorexia and nothing we said, or the therapist said, or her parents said, made any difference. She didn’t change until she got a crush on a guy and realized he wasn’t interested in a walking skeleton. Then she started eating again!

    • SpookySpooks says:

      Did she really do that?
      I really like her, she’s so fun on both Fashion Police and E News, and I quite like dher on their reality show.
      I wouldn’t lose all respect for her because of that. If she really does have anorexia, then she has a psychological problem. She needs symphaty, not judgement.

      • Sea Dragon says:

        You said it Spooky. Once anorexia takes hold, it controls you. Her will bows to the disorder so if there’s an alternative that gets her what she wants (like a baby) she’ll always take it.

      • Bridget says:

        Yep. You cam lrobably find the interviews with a simple Google search. Back when they were trying to get pregnant, G talked about how the doctor told her to put on 15lbs, that it would potentially help her get pregnant… and she said she couldn’t do it and talked about it as though the doc told her to sprout a 3rd nipple. She couldn’t understand how people didn’t agree with how ‘traumatizing’ she found the advice, and she’s shut up abojt it ever since. At this point she’s most likely cognizant enough of her eating disorder to hide it.

      • Pepsi Presents...Coke says:

        Yeah, I don’t know her and I’m no doctor, but it seems to me that she has an eating disorder or (not to sound flippant) some kind of wasting disease. Her inability to follow her doctor’s advice to help her attain such a great desire doesn’t get me mad, I wouldn’t want to be trapped in that harmful mindset. The break in her logic sounds like someone operating on impulse drive and when you see pictures of her from ten years ago, you see that she was really cute. Just being on TV, you know? Don’t ask me how I even remember, but some years back she opened a restaurant, or something and in the pictures released of her ‘eating’ the food, she was in the standard anorexic eating position: the fork cannot touch the teeth. My sister has the E! Channel and they have a lot of spots with Leah Miller, who used to be on MuchMusic here in Canada and she has had so, so much done to her face, to its detriment. And it’s the same thing, she used to be really cute. She’s a young woman, under 35, for sure. I wouldn’t be able to handle it.

    • Alli says:

      I thought she had cancer and that was why?

      • Roxy says:

        Yes, she had cancer AND a double mastectomy. People like to skip over that fact and body shame her!

      • M.A.F. says:

        @Roxy-the woman has always been that skinny and gaining the weight would have helped (sure she was told by a doctor when she getting all those IFV treatments). Now, the timeline of when she had the mastectomy & trying to get pregnant falls, who knows.

    • MaiGirl says:

      Me too. She was so belligerent about not gaining weight, and how Victoria Beckham was able to conceive so many times as thin as she is (which is some kind of wizard magic, if you ask me!), so she should be able to, as well. Ummmm…your personal doctor specifically recommended that you gain a little weight, but you act like he asked you to gain 50 pounds eating hohos and ringdings. To me, her reactions and refusal to gain any weight even though she claimed to want to conceive so badly made it hard for me to sympathize with her. And what a horrible role model she is to young girls!

    • Stef Leppard says:

      I can’t get over how sickly she looks. It’s so sad.

      • yolo112 says:

        …that …and her chicklette teeth…. I remember when she got those things and had a hell of a time talking. She kept licking them and pooching her lips. It was sad.

    • krtmom says:

      That upset me as well! No wonder you can’t get pregnant when you’re as thin as a swizzle stick!

  13. lily says:

    Am i the only one who loved it? She looks way sexier than before!

    • Willa says:

      No, I like it too. But sexy she is not.

    • Mixtape says:

      I think it’s a big improvement. She gets criticized a lot for having odd features, and I don’t want to jump on that shamewagon, but the mousy brown wasn’t doing her any favors.

  14. strickchic says:

    The color is bad on her, but all I really want to say is….EAT SOMETHING for crying out loud!!

  15. Allie says:

    I’m sorry but she needs to gain some weight. A few pounds would add some softness to her, which she needs.

  16. Jessica says:

    Can you say Kelly Ripa? Hellur?!?

  17. dd says:

    I love the new cut AND color. She is not an attractive person, to me, but, this change is good.

  18. Darkladi says:

    The blonde is horrid & doesn’t distract me from her enormous forehead

  19. Quinn says:

    Not everyone is suited to blonde- as a black haired/green eyed girl, I personally know this for sure! No matter what shade, it’s bad.

    I think her receding hairline and thin hair are likely due to malnutrition.

    • EEV says:

      I was wondering if her hairline was receding or if that’s just her natural hairline. I hate to rag on someone’s physical traits (that can’t be changed), but have always found her head/hair intriguing. I thought it was maybe because she styles her hair really flat.

  20. bella says:

    this woman should be a dark brunette.
    the blonde is HORRIBLE.
    as for thinning hair – i agree that the blonde covers that, but it is so horrid, it’s not worth it.
    perhaps a little teasing and some biotin supplements will help with the thinning?
    or, put it up for volume?
    she is painfully thin…i hope she is well…

  21. Ag says:

    her face and head are frightening.

  22. BeckyR says:

    One of the most annoying people of television. For many reasons.

  23. feebee says:

    I think it’s okay. She’s going to have to change her make up to make it work. Not sure why she chose to go quite so light blonde.

  24. vava says:

    With her high forehead, she really needs some bangs. Yes, bangs. She’d look less like Olive Oyl if she did this. Not a fan of the blonde on her.

    I think she should avoid sleeveless tops and dresses, too, they accentuate her extreme thinness and not in a good way.

  25. LK says:

    At least her baby is delicious! So gorgeous. And sensible name too. I am a sucker for light hair / dark eyes little person!

  26. Jess says:

    I really liked her until the whole pregnancy weight gain thing, not that it would’ve guaranteed a pregnancy but seems like she didn’t even try, then going back to work so soon after her son was born rubbed me the wrong way. I’m all for women having the choice to work but they went through so much to have him and they only took a few weeks off if even that, they don’t need the money, spend time with the child you so desperately wanted instead of worrying about being on TV. Plus I think they want another one, and I’ve read she seems kind of detached from their son on the show, but I haven’t watched the newer seasons so I don’t know if that’s true. Also don’t care for Bill after he said she lied about being over 30 when they met because she knew he wouldn’t have dated her otherwise, wth?

    • M.A.F. says:

      She had a surrogate, so why wouldn’t she return to her job? As for her seeming detached from her son on a reality show, now I haven’t watched it but maybe they don’t want him featured on the show so that is why you might not see him?

    • Leaflet says:

      @Jess,
      While earning my degree I worked as a security guard, I used to know a guy who had cancer, who worked in the office. He was very friendly, but he came to work every day even on holidays. He shared with me that he previously recovered from cancer, so me and the other security guards permitted him to walk around the metal detectors for obvious reasons. This guy didn’t have to work on Christmas, but he came anyway. I looked puzzled at his attendance in a fairly empty building. My coworker told me that she’d asked him why he never took a day off. He said that he was scared he’d die alone at home. I asked her if he had family because I remembered him mentioning a wife. She said that he has a wife that lives with him and grown kids that visit during holidays, but he’s still scared of dying alone.

  27. GeeMoney says:

    I cannot stand her.

  28. Jessica says:

    I don’t blame her for wanting to change her hair color, but she might’ve considered toning down the fake tan – it makes her look even more cartoonish. I bet Bill is not pleased.

  29. AC says:

    its impossible to pick a favorable flattering hair colour on a woman who clearly has some kind of eating disorder. Nothing is going to help her other than gaining 15-20 pounds. Not skinny shaming, its just a fact in this case. Not healthy or attractive at all.

  30. Cupcake says:

    I’m clearly in the minority but I think the blond is cute! However, I couldn’t agree more about her needing to gain some weight- she looks sickly.

  31. Mitch Buchanan Rocks! says:

    Somehow the Jon Hamm look just doesn’t work for poor Bill.

  32. Nicolette says:

    Not liking it at all, it’s too harsh. Highlights would’ve been ok, but this is too much. I like the darker, warmer shades on her and find them more flattering. The Duke is adorable!

  33. MrsBPitt says:

    I hate to body shame, but this woman looks seriously unhealthy…I truly believe she has an eating disorder. Her face is sunken in and she looks skeletal. Every time I see her I want to scream “GET SOME HELP”

  34. Palermo says:

    Too blonde for her skin tone. Her hair is so thin, along with her body, she really needs to put some weight on.

  35. Victoria1 says:

    She needs bangs or something, too much face. I seriously wonder if she has an eating disorder and what her husband says about it?

  36. Zigggy says:

    Terrible. She looks on death’s door no matter the colour.

  37. Andrea says:

    She needs to go to a clinic that helps people with eating disorders and gain 15-20 lbs. Look at pictures when she just became famous and she was tiny but not skeletal. She clearly has anorexia (from someone who has had it before, trust me I see the signs).

  38. Annabelle says:

    Should have gone for a darker color.

  39. word says:

    I think a dirty blonde color would have been much better on her…but hey, it’s her hair.

  40. wow says:

    Regardless of hair color, she always look so sickly. I know she had cancer before, but even before she announced all of that, she looks sickly. Like anorexic sick…gaunt and hard in the face.

    I would hope she’d work on whatever is going on inside of her head instead of worrying about what v olor to put on top of her head. Start there first because something is up with this girl. I could blow on her and I bet she would fall over.

  41. Pumpkin Pie says:

    IMO that color doesn’t suit her and her weight doesn’t suit her either. They say the camera puts on like 6 pounds so I wonder if she looks even thinner in real life. No offence meant toward anyone.

  42. Sea Dragon says:

    It makes her look washed and seems to emphasize her anorexia. Or maybe she’s just become thinner since I haven’t seen her in a while. A resounding no to blond.
    I’m not sure what’s going on with her teeth either. Are they newly capped?

  43. snowflake says:

    why doesn’t anybody on her show, in her field, or her husband, try and help her? I think it’s pretty obvious she has some type of disorder. Her husband is good looking but to me, something seems off about him, about both of them. he doesn’t seem heterosexual to me. an odd couple, how did they end up on tv?

    • bcgirl says:

      good question snowflake.
      she gets paid big $ to critique how people look in their clothes…
      isn’t it obvious there’s a problem?

      off topic, if I have to hear “I was underwhelmed” one more time on that show! Get a thesaurus girls.

    • Shellie says:

      I agree. Something is off about both of them. Can’t quite put a finger on it.

  44. Caliss says:

    That is one fugly and vain individual.

  45. Lady says:

    Does anyone look good blonde who isn’t a natural blonde? And I don’t mean blonde when they were a kid, I mean blond past puberty.

    • Annabelle says:

      Yes! My aunt had a really brown hair and decided to go light blonde in her late 30’s and it looks amazing. It has a lot to do with the skin tone and eyes color.

  46. Other Kitty says:

    I feel sorry for her; she clearly has an eating disorder. She looks like Karen Carpenter on that last special at Christmas. I imagine that her family and friends know that she’s sick; maybe they are trying to help?

    • vava says:

      Unfortunately I think you are right about how she looks like Karen Carpenter. Let’s hope she doesn’t meet the same fate.

  47. Anna Scott says:

    No no no no. How did this woman got to be a TV host is beyond me. On the positive note, her husband is hot.

  48. Murphy says:

    Its easy to go overboard with blonde. Perhaps go back to brown with very strong blond highlights.

  49. Kay V says:

    Cute. I think it’s an improvement.

  50. vava says:

    I was curious to see what she looked like years ago, so I googled her. Her face used to be a little fuller so I assume she had a little bit more weight on her, but she’s always been very thin. Just not THIS THIN. There were photos of her with blonde hair too, so this isn’t the first time she’s dyed it blonde. Other photos discussing plastic surgery (facial and breast). I suppose that goes with the territory of being a TV celeb. I agree with a lot of posters here though that suggest she doesn’t look very healthy. If I were her, I’d start making an effort to gain at least 10 pounds.

  51. kri says:

    No on the hair color. That baby is ovely, though. G is ok, but am I the only one who gets used car salesman vibes from that slimy hubby of hers? Or maybe local cable gameshow host? And yes,I hope she comes to terms with some health issues she may have. You can see her scapula as if it’s on the outside of her body. ED’s are powerful, but you can beat them.

  52. Madpoe says:

    I don’t care what color this child colors her hair, no color will flatter her bones!

  53. RobN says:

    She looks so unwell, that I can’t figure why it makes any difference whether she’s blond or brunette. The husband seems like a good guy; I hope he’s trying to get her help and isn’t fooling himself.

    • TG says:

      I figure her husband is just fine with her being so thin. I mean he has been with her all this time and they both seem to be into image and appearing perfect so I figure having the perfect skinny wife is just fine by him. I mean he is now getting in on the action on E News.

  54. Neelyo says:

    I always wondered what the daughter of Angelics Huston’s character in THE GRIFTERS would look like, here’s my answer.

    She has the bone structure of a Picasso.

  55. LaurieH says:

    The blonde hair would be okay, if not for her Hollywood, Oompa-Loompa orange spray tans. If she’s going to insist on the spray tans, then the brunette color is far more flattering. I do, however, love the cut and was so glad when she chopped off her too-long, too-fine, stringy long hair.

  56. Kim1 says:

    For those of you who have had eating disorders.Didn’t your family and friends tell you you were too thin? Did you believe them? Just curious what do you want her family to do? Have her committed? Should Enews take her off the air? Just asking?

    • Andrea says:

      My parents ignored the elephant in the room and would make me a bowl of mashed potatoes while my parents ate a regular meal. They acted like it was normal and at least I was eating..even though it was far below my caloric intake.

  57. Shellie says:

    She looks so sick and skeleton like.

  58. Mrs.Krabapple says:

    She needs therapy, not a new hair color.

  59. holly hobby says:

    Nope does nothing for me. She should get some bangs to hide her enormous forehead though.

    A bit of fat on face will do wonders too.

  60. kitty-bye says:

    A little more Ash or variation vs. the tone now maybe…

  61. Juanita says:

    I like it. A lot

  62. Camille (The Original) says:

    It doesn’t suit her, at all.

  63. phdsd says:

    She looks like Karen Carpenter in a couple of the shots. Not good…..

  64. jwoolman says:

    Before the baby, I ran into her blog detailing what she ate over the day. It was very little even for someone her height at her natural activity level, and at the time she was also working out intensely at least four or five hours a day. If she’s still doing that, she can eat reasonable amounts of food in front of her husband but still be undereating for the weight her body needs to carry. She probably is not losing weight but rather is maintaining a weight which is too low for her.

  65. Gritsngreens says:

    Please. Eat a sandwich. What will she look like in her 60’s after all the starving? Have you ever googled her diet cleanse of cayenne pepper and lemon water? It’s extreme. I would love to see her at least 15 more pounds. Great smile. But bad body image she’s portraying.

  66. Velvet Elvis says:

    She couldn’t really get much fuglier so yeah I’d say it’s an improvement. She looks younger.

  67. Selina says:

    Well it brightens her malnourished skin.

  68. Meg says:

    i disagree-the blonde looks so much better. she needs to gain about 5 pounds IMO she’ll look less severe

  69. LAK says:

    Nope. Doesn’t suit her at all.

  70. A Fan says:

    Does not suit her skin/eye colour…it washes her out and makes her skin look sallow. Continually baffles me why someone would not only dye their hair a colour that does not enhance them, but actually makes them look worse.

    Nothing against blonde or brown or black or grey or red…or blue or purple…or any other colour out there…but pick one that looks good with your eyes and skin tone.

    [*The hair cut is great on her though…*]