When Jude Law appeared on Graham Norton's chat show wearing a beanie in December he looked more like a drifting vagrant than an A-list star and had us asking 'why?'
Well now we know why he's not been spotted without his headgear of late - he's going bald.
The actor turned up to the Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows premiere in Paris last night sporting a much-reduced hairline.
In every public appearance in recent months, he has been covering up his follically challenged scalp with an array of hats, but it seems the actor has finally accepted defeat and has embraced his new bonce .
On a recent TV appearance, he said: "I've been scalped for my new film and I've had the most heinous hair cut you have ever seen. You'll see it in a cinema next year."
But he's obviously feeling more confident about balding now as he dared to bare on the red carpet with girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley for the French premiere.
It was only August last year that the star was sporting a thicker mane. At this rate he'll be up for the lead role of Kojak if they ever decide to revive the show.
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