Prince Harry’s neighbor Rob Lowe claims Duke now ‘has a PONYTAIL’ after spotting ‘reclusive’ royal driving around with ‘long hair pulled back’: ‘It’s like seeing the Loch Ness Monster’
- Rob, 56, shared the bizarre observation during an interview with James Corden on The Late Late Show on Monday night
- The actor lives ‘about a mile away’ from the $14.5 million mansion that Prince Harry shares with Meghan Markle and their son Archie
- Rob said that he saw Harry, 36, driving around their neighborhood, and claimed the Duke of Sussex appeared to be wearing a ponytail
- ‘It looked to me, as a casual observer, that his hair had grown very long and was pulled back very tightly,’ Rob claimed
- James voiced serious doubt over Rob’s story, suggesting that he didn’t actually see Prince Harry, but the actor said he followed the Duke to his home
Prince Harry may have taken one step too far in his attempt to embrace the Los Angeles lifestyle, according to actor Rob Lowe, who claims that the 36-year-old is now sporting a ponytail.
Rob, 56, made the wild claim during an interview with James Corden on The Late Late Show, during which he revealed that he had spotted a man he believed to be Harry driving around their Montecito neighborhood with a long hairstyle.
‘I just ran into your countryman, the English treasure, Prince Harry, at the stoplight 10 minutes ago,’ Rob told British-born comedian James, before telling him that he may have a ‘scoop’ regarding the royal. ‘It was very, very quick — don’t totally quote me on it — but it looked like he’s wearing a ponytail.
Scoop? Actor Rob Lowe claims that Prince Harry is now sporting a ponytail, after spotting the Duke driving around their Montecito neighborhood with what looked like ‘long hair’
New look? The 36-year-old Duke (pictured in October) traditionally wears his red hair in a short, neat style – however Rob claims he has grown it out
‘I’m just saying. It looked to me as a casual observer that his hair had grown very long and was pulled back very tightly by what I can only assume was a ponytail.’
Unsurprisingly, James was quick to voice doubt over Rob’s celebrity spot – insisting that the actor must have confused Prince Harry for another local man, telling him: ‘A ponytail? I’m certain that isn’t true.
‘Do you know what I think’s happened? I think you didn’t see Prince Harry.’
However Rob was adamant that he had in fact seen the royal, confessing that he actually followed the man in question to Harry and Meghan Markle’s $14.5 million Montecito mansion to make sure that it was him.
‘It was him because I have to say… I followed him to the house to see if the car went in,’ Rob admitted, noting that he was all the more aware of who he had seen because Prince Harry has been so ‘reclusive’ since moving to the neighborhood in the summer of 2020.
Positive? James Corden expressed serious doubts over Rob’s story – but he insisted that the man he saw was Prince Harry, admitting that he even followed him home to be sure
Making a change? Harry (pictured with Meghan Markle in March) has worn his hair in much the same style for years
‘He lives about a mile from me,’ Rob shared. ‘He’s been very reclusive. Seeing him in the neighborhood is like seeing the Loch Ness Monster, and I finally saw him. I finally saw him driving his car.’
Rob’s unconfirmed sighting of the Duke comes almost one year to the day since the anniversary of Harry and Meghan’s decision to step down as senior members of the royal family in a move that is widely known as Megxit.
Since then, the couple have lived in three different homes: first, a secluded property on the exclusive Vancouver Island in Canada, from which they moved to Tyler Perry’s sprawling Beverly Hills mansion, which they resided in for several months before settling down in their own Montecito home.
In addition to Rob, the couple have a host of high-profile neighbors, including their close friend Oprah, as well as Ellen DeGeneres, who reportedly purchased a home near the couple at the end of last year.