--- title: Francois Hollande Is Having a Very Bad Hair Day description: 'A French newspaper reported President Francois Hollande spends €10,000 on his hair, sparking outrage and inspiring the hashtag #CoiffeurGate.' authors: - name: Megan Leonhardt url: https://money.com/author/megan-leonhardt/ at_money_since: 2016 articles: 204 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/Megan_Leonhardt former_staff: true published: '2016-07-14T12:56:45.000Z' modified: '2016-07-14T12:56:45.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - pubdesk word_count: 202 canonical: https://money.com/francois-hollande-hair-coiffeurgate/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![French President Francois Hollande](https://img.money.com/2016/07/gettyimages-547191528.jpg) *French President Francois Hollande smiles as he attends the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2016.* Another day, another politician shamed by their hairdresser’s bill. A French newspaper recently revealed that President Francois Hollande spends €10,000 ($11,000) a month on his hair, sparking outrage and inspiring the hashtag [#CoiffeurGate](https://twitter.com/hashtag/coiffeurgate?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag). The scene playing out in France this week is reminiscent of presidential candidate [John Edward’s 2007 blunder](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2007/04/the_400_haircut.html) in which he spent $400 for a haircut by celebrity stylist Joseph Torrenueva of Beverly Hills, Calif. Satirical newspaper *[Le Canard Enchaine](http://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/)* reported that a hair stylist—identified only as Olivier B —travels with the French president. This was confirmed by French government spokesman Stephane Le Foll, who noted the hairdresser is paid €9,895 per month. Not exactly a price tag 'of the people.' "Everyone has their hair done, don't they?," [Le Foll said, according to the Guardian.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/13/bad-hair-days-for-francois-hollande-over-10000-coiffeur-bill) "This hairdresser had to abandon his salon and he’s on tap 24 hours a day." Hollande's spokesperson also empathized that Hollande’s administration has cut down its budget by 15% to 20% from former leader’s Nicolas Sarkozy budget in 2012. But that hasn’t stopped the Internet from mocking the wacky use of public funds. > Shampoo socialism: French Pres. [#Hollande](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hollande?src=hash)'s €10,000 haircut draws online ire [https://t.co/CKRzBOUQ2x](https://t.co/CKRzBOUQ2x) [#CoiffeurGate](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoiffeurGate?src=hash) [pic.twitter.com/jwtoidCFM0](https://t.co/jwtoidCFM0) > > — DW - Business (@dw\_business) [July 13, 2016](https://twitter.com/dw_business/status/753328683335688192) [//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js](//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/francois-hollande-hair-coiffeurgate/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Celebrities", "item": "https://money.com/celebrities/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Francois Hollande Is Having a Very Bad Hair Day" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/francois-hollande-hair-coiffeurgate/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/francois-hollande-hair-coiffeurgate/", "name": "Francois Hollande Is Having a Very Bad Hair Day", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-07-14T12:56:45.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/francois-hollande-hair-coiffeurgate/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/francois-hollande-hair-coiffeurgate/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2016-07-14T12:56:45.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Francois Hollande Is Having a Very Bad Hair Day", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/07/gettyimages-547191528.jpg", "width": 4075, "height": 2712, "caption": "French President Francois Hollande" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Megan Leonhardt", "url": "https://money.com/author/megan-leonhardt/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/megan-leonhardt/#author", "email": "megan.leonhardt@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/Megan_Leonhardt" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-07-14T12:56:45.000Z", "description": "A French newspaper reported President Francois Hollande spends €10,000 on his hair, sparking outrage and inspiring the hashtag #CoiffeurGate.", "abstract": "A French newspaper reported President Francois Hollande spends €10,000 on his hair, sparking outrage and inspiring the hashtag #CoiffeurGate.", "@id": "https://money.com/francois-hollande-hair-coiffeurgate/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2016-07-14T12:56:45.000Z", "wordCount": 202, "keywords": [ "pubdesk" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Celebrity", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity" ] } ] } ] } ```