A couple of weeks ago when I was mulling over finally being able to get a haircut at the end of lockdown, a Facebook...
Posted by Chris Bishop on Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Bishop has kept his word, sharing a photo of himself having a mullet. (He may have cheated with extensions).
"Business in the front, party in the back. #bishmullet," he captioned the photo.
Even though it was all for a good cause, Kiwis don't seem to like his new look.
Later on, Bishop made a tongue in cheek dig at NZ First MP and minister Tracey Martin, who he has repeatedly told his followers has blocked him on Twitter.
"Tracey Martin might have blocked me on Twitter but she just told @NZParliament she thinks I'm a good looking man and loves the mullet," he wrote.
Bishop isn't the only MP to hit the headlines with their hairline during lockdown.
Act leader David Seymour, who had been nurturing a magnificent mane of lockdown hair, bid farewell to the mop top before his appearance in the House for today's Budget debate.
Seymour - re-named "Disco Dave" by Sideswipe after The Simpson's Disco Stu - was sporting a very different look when he fronted the cameras yesterday.
A parody account on Twitter that has followed the brief but spectacular career of Seymour's hair said that the MP's locks had "experienced significant negative growth".
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