- Harry Styles denied that he's bald and wears a toupee during a recent interview with Rolling Stone.
- Styles said his longtime collaborator Kid Harpoon is "obsessed" with the rumor.
Harry Styles shut down speculation that he's bald and wears a toupee.
The online conspiracy theory was sparked by a blind item submitted to Instagram's gossip collector DeuxMoi.
The anonymous tipster claimed that an "A-list musician/occasional actor" wears a hairpiece "so lifelike that only a good eye could pick it out," but he "doesn't take it off and clean it enough."
Styles became a popular suspect online, with some TikTok users creating detailed videos to inspect his hairline.
During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Styles said he learned of the rumor from his friend and longtime collaborator Tom Hull, who produces music under the name Kid Harpoon.
"He's completely obsessed with it," Styles said of Hull. "He won't stop sending me messages about [people] trying to work out if I'm bald."
Styles also confirmed his hair is real, according to writer Brittany Spanos.
"What is it with baldness?" he said. "It skips a generation or something, right? If your grandad's bald then you'll be bald? Well, my granddad wasn't bald, so fingers crossed."