Malin Akerman Finally Reveals What Was Really Going on with Her Viral “Hunting Wives” Wig

NEED TO KNOW

• During an Aug. 19 appearance on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast, Malin Akerman addressed the "conspiracy theories" about her hair in The Hunting Wives

• She explained that her viral wig was fitted poorly because it was a last-minute substitution after a custom wig didn't look right

• If the show returns for a second season, Akerman said that there were plans for how they would address her hair

Malin Akerman is clearing up some questions about her viral wig(s) in The Hunting Wives.

The 47-year-old actress plays Margo Banks in the hit Netflix series, which also stars the likes of Brittany Snow, Chrissy Metz and Dermot Mulroney, who plays her onscreen husband Jed Banks.

While watching the show, fans have taken to social media to call out Akerman's wig while playing the influential socialite.

One fan wrote on X, "if the hunting wives gets season 2, please get malin akerman a better wig good lord," while another shared, "Was no one on the set of The Hunting Wives concerned about Malin Akerman's wig?"

During a Tuesday, Aug. 19 appearance on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast, Akerman revealed that the team was very much concerned about the status of her hair.

Asked about "conspiracy theories" that her character's wigs changed, Akerman confirmed that "they did."

"So first of all, I had a wig fitting in L.A. and then they go off and they make a wig that is sized for my head," she recalled, explaining that when they arrived in North Carolina for screen testing, the wig "fits great and whatever, but it's not quite the color or the shape that we talked about."

Akerman continued, saying, "And I walk in and I see Rebecca [Cutter, showrunner]'s face and she's like, 'Oh, this isn't what we talked about. This isn't the wig that we were hoping for' kinda thing."

Cutter asked the woman in charge of hair if there was "anything else" that Akerman could wear. The actress did not disagree that something needed to change.

"It looked a little bit like I'd walked out of Dallas or Dynasty. Like, I'm not gonna lie," she admitted, adding, "It was not great."

In a pinch, the woman took Akerman back and pulled out a "box of wigs" to find an alternative option.

"She's like, 'What about this one?' " she shared, saying that it was "not fitted for my head, but the color is good and it's really long and we can do something with it."

Explaining that it "takes weeks to make a new wig," Akerman said that they decided to use that one while a "proper" new wig was made. "But when it came, it was a different color."

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That led to a situation where they had to find another solution. Luckily the show's plot provided an opportunity to address the changing wig — Margo's husband was running for governor. Fans will likely remember a scene where Akerman was seen "getting glammed up" with "tinfoil in my hair."

She said that was filmed, "because the new wig was lighter," and the team decided to "just pretend like she just got it lightened."

An alternative option to going with a wig would have entailed coloring Akerman's hair. The actress said that there were concerns that her hair, which at the time was styled as a bob, would not hold up to the transformation.

"Candidly, I've had a lot of thyroid ... I have a thyroid issue, and so my hair quality just hasn't wasn't great at the time. And so thinking of, like, dying it and putting extensions in and stuff, it was just gonna start falling out," the actress said, adding that they ultimately decided the wig would give them the "really beautiful hair."

Akerman said that the team would do something differently if a second season is filmed: They would "try" coloring her hair instead of doing another wig.

Last month, Akerman told PEOPLE that she "fell in love" with her character Margo when she first saw the script for the Netflix show.

"I got to see her whole arc and see where she begins and where she came from and where she ends up, and it's just such a meaty role," she said. "She's a master manipulator, she's vibrant, she's sexy ... she's all these things that are fun to play. There was just so much to work with there. There was no way I could say no to it."

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