George Clooney missed one important fact of life in 1986: No one looks good with a mullet. (Though to be fair, Clooney doesn’t look awful.)
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Proof that not even one of the sexiest women on the planet can pull off this look: Scarlett Johansson rocks an unfortunate wispy mullet in 2003.
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Peter Dinklage had a mullet in high school.
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Jack Bauer would have viewed Kiefer Sutherland’s mullet in 1987’s “The Lost Boys” as a terrorist attack.
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Kelis’ 2009 mullet brings all the hairstylists to the yard.
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Orlando Bloom rocked a wavy mullet and eyeliner in 2009.
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This is no country for a borderline mullet like Javier Bardem sports here in 2008.
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Somehow, some way, Johnny Weir makes his mullet fabulous in 2010. (It’s probably the pink.)
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Rupert Everett’s 1987 mullet was the next-best thing … to going bald.
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Mary Stuart Masterson’s massive mullet in 1989’s “Immediate Family” requires immediate attention.
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You know your look needs an overhaul when the least offensive part is blue lipstick, a la Rihanna in fall 2013.
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Sky Ferreira has a mullet here in 2013, when she was first named a spokesmodel for Redken hair products.
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Mel Gibson’s 1992 mullet was a lethal weapon to our eyes.
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Taraji P. Henson’s 2009 faux-mullet made her a person of interest for all the wrong reasons.
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Thankfully, Paul McCartney’s 1973 mullet is very “yesterday.”
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Brushing her teeth with a bottle of Jack is the only thing that could’ve made Kesha believe this 2010 mullet was a good idea.
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Kurt Russell rocked a mullet in “Captain Ron” in 1992, and it was almost as scary as “The Thing.”
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Michael Sheen’s futuristic mullet in 2010’s “TRON: Legacy” makes us long for the good old days.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme’s mullet, seen here in 1993, can do almost as much damage as his roundhouse kicks.
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Further driving home that movies are really unrealistic, Steve Zahn had a mullet in “Chain of Fools” in 2000, and his character still managed to land Salma Hayek.
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David Spade, seen here in 2001 as Joe Dirt, shows where mullets belong.
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Justin Long had a mullet in 2006’s “The Sasquatch Gang,” and the result was scarier than any Bigfoot sighting to date.
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John Travolta had a mullet in 1989 for “Experts.” The title clearly wasn’t short for “Experts in Hair Design.”
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Al Pacino should have led a “Revolution” against his 1985 mullet.
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Rob Lowe may have wanted to take “St. Elmo’s Fire” to his own head in 1985.
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Ricky Martin, far left, lived la vida loca with a mullet in the early 1980s as a member of Menudo.
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If Billy Ray Cyrus ever gets upset with daughter Miley Cyrus, she should just show him this early 1990s photo, because it’s worse than any decision she’s ever made.
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Paul Rudd rocked a mullet in high school.
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Kristen Stewart had a mullet for her portrayal of Joan Jett in “The Runaways” in 2009, but we’d still run away from her stylist.
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Andre Agassi says this mullet was fake. Somehow that makes it even worse.
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Steven Whitmire, the voice of Kermit the Frog, has to know that it’s probably easier being green than having this haircut.
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Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman’s mullet, seen here in 2012, may be the least offensive thing he’s done.
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Richard Lewis’ early 1990s haircut is just as funny as his jokes.
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Neil Patrick Harris starred as Doogie Howser, MD, who was supposed to be a genius. So why did he think this 1989 mullet was a good idea?
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Danny McBride rocks a curly mullet in 2009 for “Eastbound and Down” as Kenny Powers. He later replaced the mullet with cornrows.
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Was “Jesse and the Rippers” the name of John Stamos’ onscreen band or the people responsible for this 1988 hair don’t?
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Ian Ziering sports a mullet for Season 3 of “Beverly Hills 90210” in 1992. It’s almost as awful as Donna Martin.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner sports the beginnings of a mullet on Season 1 of “The Cosby Show” in 1984. The sweaters will likely make a comeback before the hair.
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Dave Coulier, seen here in 1988, oughta know better than to ever revisit this style.
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Richard Dean Anderson could get out of any sticky situation on “MacGyver,” but apparently couldn’t finagle his way out of a deranged barber’s chair.
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Mario Lopez, seen here as AC Slater on “Saved By the Bell” in 1992, is lucky he has the muscles and dimples to distract from that heinous hair.
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