Hilarie Burton Says She's 'Proud' to Be 'Youngest Woman' in the Gray Hair Club: 'In the Best Company'

Mar. 15, 2025

Hilarie Burton in April 2024.Photo:Adela Loconte/Shutterstock

Adela Loconte/Shutterstock

Gray hair, don’t care!

That rings true forHilarie Burton Morgan.

The Reel was titled, “How to style grey hair,” and Burton Morgan shared it to her Instagram Stories, writing, “In the BEST company here and proud to be the youngest woman in the Grey Club.”

Hilarie Burton in March 2024.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

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The mom of two, who is married to Jeffrey Dean Morgan, has been open about her hair going gray at young age. In October last year, she appeared on an episode ofThe Viewand candidly told co-hostJoy Beharthat she’sembracing the colorand letting it come in naturally.

“It’s a weird thing when you were a teen drama actress, and the expectation to be 17 forever is out there,” she said of where she is in her life and embracing aging. “And I didn’t necessarily like my younger years. I dealt with some dark stuff in my younger years. So this idea that you can level up and get to the place where you’re the salty one in the room was exciting to me.”

“And my heroes were Bea Arthur and Ruth Gordon andBetty White,” she added. “That’s who I wanted to be. So going gray early had been a relief.”

Hilarie Burton on The View in October 2023.The View/YouTube

The View/YouTube

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“Well you’re on trend, a lot of women are doing it,” theViewhost told Burton Morgan, who replied, “Well good, yeah. We’re going to take over the world.”

“I’ll do it with this color,” Behar, 80, said, referring to her ginger hair. “I’ll take over the world with this color.”

“It takes all kinds,” Burton Morgan replied.

source: people.com