Chris Appleton On Finding Your True Identity, Resilience, & Breaking His Silence To Live Authentically
The Bossticks
Dear Media
4.4 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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#936: Join us as we sit down with Chris Appleton – TV personality, world-renowned celebrity hairstylist, & author. Known for his conceptual hairstyling with the biggest names in music, entertainment, & fashion, he opens up about his new book, Your Roots Don't Define You. In this episode, Chris shares his personal journey – from childhood bullying, discovering his passion for hair, his experience with coming out, navigating mental health challenges, & embraces the importance of living authentically.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:04.7 | She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire. |
| 0:07.5 | Fantastic. |
| 0:08.5 | And he's a serial entrepreneur. |
| 0:10.8 | A very smart cookie. |
| 0:12.2 | And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride. |
| 0:16.3 | Get ready for some major realness. |
| 0:18.1 | Welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her. |
| 0:24.6 | Chris Appleton is back. |
| 0:27.5 | You guys all fell in love with him the first time he was on the show. |
| 0:30.5 | He is back in action. |
| 0:32.9 | And this episode has some range. |
| 0:35.3 | He is a TV personality, world-renowned celebrity hairstylist, a dad, |
| 0:40.4 | and he is also a New York Times best-selling author. In this episode, Chris shares his childhood |
| 0:47.5 | struggles. He talks about his experience with coming out, mental challenges that he's faced, how he's gotten through |
| 0:55.3 | those mental challenges, therapy, self-acceptance. He even goes into some fun tips and tricks |
| 1:01.4 | from the clients that he works on, which consists of J-Lo, Martha Stewart, Kim Kardashian, and Chris |
| 1:08.2 | Kardashian. With that, let's welcome Chris Appleton back to the show. |
| 1:13.4 | This is the skinny confidential, him and her. You're on a book tour and then you squeezed in J-Lo. |
| 1:20.6 | Yeah. I mean, I think it's really nice to have those moments. It's always fun to create like a nice |
| 1:25.3 | moment. Obviously, the Golden Globes is a special one. |
| 1:43.1 | It's funny. I still get so nervous. Really? Yeah. I was working out my trainer and I'm a little anxious and he's like, why? I says, well, got the golden globes with Jail him and he said, the fuck you nervous for. He's like, you're like the king of hair, right? He's like, you're good. He's like some straight dude, isn't, you know? |
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