The heartbreaking truth. Monique Coleman revealed that her High School Musical character’s signature hairband accessory was used to cover up the fact that the crew didn’t know how to style Black hair.“We’ve grown a lot in this industry and we’ve grown a lot in representation and we’ve grown a lot in terms of understanding the needs of an African American actress,” the Mo’tivated Productions CEO, 40, told Insider on Tuesday, January 26. “But the truth is, is that they had done my hair and they had done it very poorly in the front.”Coleman, who played Taylor McKessie in the films, said that she would suggest ways for stylists to “incorporate headbands into her character” and “just make that a part of who she is” since they didn’t have enough
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