The warning, “Cut more than an inch off my hair and I’m calling the police,” was ringing in my teenage daughter’s ears as I let her loose on my long, messy mop with a pair of sharp scissors.
If TV’s Holly Willoughby is brave enough to let her eight-year-old son, Chester, practise his hairdressing skills on her million-pound locks, who am I to stand in the way of my nearly-14-year-old Jesse cutting off a few split ends?
The This Morning host modelled her new choppy look yesterday after sharing a short clip with her millions of followers which showed her son’s little hands shaking as he cautiously snipped several inches off her locks.