--- title: Steve Carell on Internet Reactions to His Grey Hair description: The internet fell in love with Steve Carell new silver fox look and he has some thoughts about it. canonical: https://time.com/4834526/steve-carell-grey-hair-internet-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-27T14:50:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:54.802Z og:title: Steve Carell Reacts to the Internet's Crush on His New Hair og:description: 'Honestly take your Goslings and your Zayns Malik and give me 2017 Steve Carell.' og:url: https://time.com/4834526/steve-carell-grey-hair-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79afef254cbc371f/6988d37386f68e77f96e5572/gettyimages-800772490.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Universal Pictures And Illumination Entertainment's "Despicable Me 3" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Steve Carell Reacts to the Internet's Crush on His New Hair twitter:description: 'Honestly take your Goslings and your Zayns Malik and give me 2017 Steve Carell.' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79afef254cbc371f/6988d37386f68e77f96e5572/gettyimages-800772490.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Steve Carell Reacts to the Internet's Intense Crush on His New Hair by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 27, 2017 2:50 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Actor Steve Carell attends the premiere of "Despicable Me 3" at The Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Actor Steve Carell attends the premiere of "Despicable Me 3" at The Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 27, 2017 2:50 PM UTC The internet recently discovered [Steve Carell](http://time.com/4627911/golden-globes-2017-kristen-wiig-steve-carell/) changed his look: he has silver hair now. It was the [54-year-old actor’s](http://time.com/3741210/steve-carell-fabio-second-city/) London jaunt in a close-fitting sweater, khakis and shades that came to the internet’s attention. On Twitter, people quickly [took notice](https://twitter.com/KeiferLirette/status/878280580558761985) of the dapper star and shared all sorts of praise. Naturally, a few users compared his new look to his role in the 2011 romantic comedy [_Crazy, Stupid, Love_](https://twitter.com/olixia%5F/status/878258933961433089), in which Ryan Gosling gives him a whole new look — and a new lease on life, after he splits from his wife Emily (Julianne Moore). So when he emerged at the premiere for _Despicable Me 3_ in Los Angeles on Saturday, [ET’s Carly Steel](http://www.etonline.com/news/220372%5Fsteve%5Fcarell%5Fcomments%5Fon%5Fhis%5Fsilver%5Ffox%5Fmakeover%5Fit%5Fjust%5Fgenetic%5Fexclusive/) took the opportunity to ask him about the newly formed fan club for his new silver hair. First, he busted out his trademark humor: “I am so sick of people just looking at me for my physical attributes. It’s just genetic. There’s nothing I can do.” Then he got real: “I’m bursting with pride. That’s very nice.” One woman started it all. > [](https://twitter.com/GilkeAsCharged/status/877671108006334464) It only took off from there. > [](https://twitter.com/courtneyheier/status/878321438507188225) > [](https://twitter.com/sbstryker/status/877962134344220673) > [](https://twitter.com/StateOf%5FALaska/status/879133080514174976) These are the silver years, truly the silver years of Steve Carell. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4834526/steve-carell-grey-hair-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4834526/steve-carell-grey-hair-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"Steve Carell Reacts to the Internet's Intense Crush on His New Hair","datePublished":"2017-06-27T14:50:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:54.802Z","description":"The internet fell in love with Steve Carell new silver fox look and he has some thoughts about it.","url":"https://time.com/4834526/steve-carell-grey-hair-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","viral","hair"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79afef254cbc371f/6988d37386f68e77f96e5572/gettyimages-800772490.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79afef254cbc371f/6988d37386f68e77f96e5572/gettyimages-800772490.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Universal Pictures And Illumination Entertainment's \"Despicable Me 3\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Universal Pictures And Illumination Entertainment's \"Despicable Me 3\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4834526/steve-carell-grey-hair-internet-reactions/","name":"Steve Carell Reacts to the Internet's Intense Crush on His New Hair"}}]}] ```