Landon Donovan didn’t hide it. The former soccer player, now a Fox Sports commentator, appeared during coverage of Euro 2024 with a haircut no one could make sense of: shaved underneath, with loose strands on one side.
Social media exploded, and his old MLS teammate, Mike Magee, didn’t miss the chance to make fun of him over text.
What came next was the best part: Donovan admitted without mincing words that he had gotten a hair transplant recently, and that they had sworn to him it wouldn’t be noticeable on camera. Spoiler: it was pretty noticeable.
Today his case is making the rounds in clinics around the world as an example of viral honesty. Now everyone knows how successful his procedure was, every time he appears on television with his beautiful head of hair.