Diary: Addison's amazing technicolour tale of football and follicles

We all know that early morning soccer clashes, like the recent Euro 2004, can wreak havoc on people's appearances.

Now we have Addison James, Lowe's new chief in China, giving a new meaning to the morning after soccer hangover.

Addison, a brunette, as far as Diary can tell from past pictures, came in the day after one of the matches sporting a startling yellow hue as his crowning glory.

That was just the start of Addison and his amazing technicolour hair story. Because, 24 hours later, the man showed up for work with a gingery top. Highly-placed sources confirmed James' follicle fetish. "In the last week or so, he's gone from 'mouse' to blonde to ginger, and now sports something that could only described as 'tragic brownish' cover-up job usually seen on accountants back at work the week after the gay Mardi-Gras."

Which only served to fuel Diary's suspicions that Addison had been watching a little too much Queer Eye for the Straight Guy than beefy European footballers, who he insisted were to blame for this series of hairy encounters. Rising to Addison's defence - or so we thought - colleague Steve Drummond had this to say: "He claims that it was over a football bet with our GAD on Unilever, Arthur Chen." Then again, Drummond did add rather too quickly: "Any ribbing Addison receives (about his hair) is proof that there is karma in this world."

Diary can't help feeling that Addison has suffered enough, so we'll gladly set the record straight: he went blonde after losing the bet against Chen, but his attempts to set it straight the next day went pear-shaped after a DIY job. Anyway, we don't think Addison's going to be attempting another makeover soon. Not that he won't be tempted.

Perhaps all that nappy changing as a second-time dad to son Ollie will keep him from reaching for the hair dye bottle for now.

At least, that Diary's hope.

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