--- title: Watch: Donald Trump Attempts to Prove Hair Is Real description: Presidential hopeful Donald Trump allowed a speech attendee to pet his hair on Thursday to prove that it is, indeed, real. canonical: https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-27T18:09:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:31:48.188Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Donald Trump Try to Prove His Hair Is Real og:description: Trump invited an audience member to pet his head onstage og:url: https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta57cf8db59e67553/6988613fab6d77b6436a5ec6/donald-trump-real-hair.jpg?branch=production&width=999&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 999 og:image:height: 562 og:image:alt: donald trump real hair og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Donald Trump Try to Prove His Hair Is Real twitter:description: Trump invited an audience member to pet his head onstage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta57cf8db59e67553/6988613fab6d77b6436a5ec6/donald-trump-real-hair.jpg?branch=production&width=999&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Donald Trump Try to Prove His Hair Is Real > Sponsored content. 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Watch Donald Trump Invite an Audience Member Onstage to Confirm His Hair is Real_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 27, 2015 6:09 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Aug 27, 2015 6:09 PM UTC In response to frequent media references to his famous hair-do, presidential hopeful Donald Trump allowed a speech attendee to pet his hair on Thursday to prove that it is, indeed, real. The leading 2016 GOP presidential candidate kicked off an event in Greenville, South Carolina by addressing a [New York](http://www.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F08%2F27%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Flatino-news-media-offended-by-donald-trump-shows-it-in-broadcasts.html)[ _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F08%2F27%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Flatino-news-media-offended-by-donald-trump-shows-it-in-broadcasts.html) article in which a Latino broadcaster referred to Trump as “El hombre del peluquín,” which translates to “the man with the toupee,” [according to Fox Carolina](http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/29893866/trump-invites-sc-audience-member-to-touch-hair). To debunk the claim, Trump invited a woman in the crowd on stage and proceeded to let her rub his head to see if it was real. When asked after her inspection whether or not she thought Trump’s mane was authentic, the woman responded “yes, I believe it is.” Trump holds a [commanding lead of the Republican presidential field](http://time.com/4012594/voters-open-to-joe-biden-presidential-bid-in-new-poll/) with 28% of GOP voters’ support, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. ## Transcript I don't wear a toupee, it's my hair, I swear. [ APPLAUSE ] Come here, come here, come here. I'm gonna, we're gonna settle this. Look. It is. [ INAUDIBLE ] Say it please. Yes, I believe it is. Thank you. And, have I ever met you before? No. There you go. But you're very nice. Thank you. Nice to meet you. 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