--- description: Presidential hopeful Donald Trump allowed a speech attendee to pet his hair on Thursday to prove that it is, indeed, real. title: Watch Donald Trump Try to Prove His Hair Is Real image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta57cf8db59e67553/6988613fab6d77b6436a5ec6/donald-trump-real-hair.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Campaign](/tag/2016-campaign/) ## 2016 Campaign Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Donald Trump Try to Prove His Hair Is Real by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2015 6:09 PM CUT  by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2015 6:09 PM CUT 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 "undefined")[ _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F08%2F27%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Flatino-news-media-offended-by-donald-trump-shows-it-in-broadcasts.html "undefined") 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 "undefined"). 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/ "undefined") with 28% of GOP voters’ support, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/"},"headline":"Watch Donald Trump Try to Prove His Hair Is Real","datePublished":"2015-08-27T18:09:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:30:15.562Z","description":"The famous mane may be authentic","url":"https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/","keywords":["2016 Campaign","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta57cf8db59e67553/6988613fab6d77b6436a5ec6/donald-trump-real-hair.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta57cf8db59e67553/6988613fab6d77b6436a5ec6/donald-trump-real-hair.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump real hair","caption":"donald trump real hair","creditText":"","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-campaign/","name":"2016 Campaign"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/","name":"Watch Donald Trump Try to Prove His Hair Is Real"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Donald Trump Invite an Audience Member Onstage to Confirm His Hair is Real","description":"Watch Donald Trump Invite an Audience Member Onstage to Confirm His Hair is Real","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7rnAxMtp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-27T17:13:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7rnAxMtp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/","duration":"PT29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4013622/donald-trump-hair-real/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```