TikToker Elyse Myers calls out people who have made it their 'life's mission' to criticize her natural hair
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- Influencer and comedian Elyse Myers called out people who criticized her natural hair on TikTok.
- Myers wore her natural curls at an awards show, and has been embracing them more online too.
- When people said they didn't like her hair, Myers joked that they shouldn't get the same haircut.
TikToker and comedian Elyse Myers is calling out people who have criticized her natural hair.
In a video posted on Wednesday, Myers showed herself walking the red carpet and appearing onstage at The Podcast Academy Excellence in Audio Awards. She's seen wearing a satin slip dress over a long-sleeved top, black pumps, and her natural curls in an updo.
While most comments on her video are positive, some people criticized her hair — leading Myers to post a follow-up video that has more than 600,000 views as of Thursday.
"The amount of people that have made it their life's mission to let me know that they do not like my hair is so incredible," she says in the video. "And I have a solution for both of us. Next time you go into the hairdresser, don't give them a photo of me and my hair as inspiration for your next haircut — and then I think it'll work out great."
She also replied to some critics individually, like one person who described Myers' curls as shocking.
"It was a shock, but after a few days... We're here because we want Elyse, and whatever hair you have that day is part of you," the commenter wrote.
Myers later replied: "Please imagine someone telling you that your natural hair is a shock and it took a few days but they've learned to accept it."
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According to a comment on her original video, Myers didn't intend to wear her curls in an updo that day.
When a fan commented, "Have to call out how good your hair looks ????????????," Myers responded: "Thank you so much! I had a little crisis before I left the hotel room and just pulled it back in a low bun and it worked out!"
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Myers, who has more than 6.3 million followers on TikTok, has recently started wearing her natural hair more often in videos.
She told People that she was bullied for her hair as a child, and only began embracing her curls as an adult and mom.
"It was raising my son that really made me lock into this season of, 'OK, either I'm going to fully accept myself or I'm not, and I've got to decide that now, because he's starting to understand what's going on around him,' and my hair felt like a really good place to start with that," she told the publication.
Representatives for Myers did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.