Theo was just a few months old when his hair stole all the attention.
This photo isn’t recent; it’s been circulating for years, but every time someone rediscovers it, exactly the same thing happens: people stop, smile, and can’t believe that such a tiny baby has such a huge mane. Dark, tousled, sticking out in every direction as if he had just stepped off a rock stage.
That’s why someone compared his hair to that of the musicians from KISS, who take the stage with hair just as wild. Theo doesn’t need makeup or a guitar: that smile with its tiny teeth and those cheeks pressed against the star-patterned bib are enough to win over anyone who sees him.
Theo was just 7 months old when his hair stole everyone’s attention.
It was so long and thick that some even doubted it was real: his mother, Adrianna Alfano Cherkas, from Marion Station, Pennsylvania, had to clarify over and over that no one had put a wig on him. Meanwhile, his father was already dreaming of dressing him up as a member of KISS for Halloween, and the comparison caught on so strongly that the story went around the world.
This isn’t recent news — it happened in 2017 — but it’s worth remembering: Ellen DeGeneres heard about the story and decided to invite Theo and his mother onto her show. The clip showing off his mane surpassed 50 million views, and to this day it remains one of those memories that bring back the tenderness of social media.