Twitter Roasts Don Lemon's New Haircut

(The Root) — We're not quite sure what Don Lemon was expecting when he tweeted a picture of his new haircut, but it's safe to assume that eight-plus hours of jokes wasn't what he had in mind.

https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/375080872460161024

Lemon tweeted the above picture of himself with the makings of a high-top fade, one of the blackest, most urban hairstyles available in the pictures on the barbershop wall. It was interesting that such a vocal proponent of black "respectability" would rock a cut that would likely get him racially profiled in 1994.

Twitter folks immediately launched into a fun game called #DonLemonLooksLike, in which they equated Lemon's retro style with '90s black cultural icons and moments.

https://twitter.com/iKilan/status/375103557617217536

https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux/status/375103295674515456

https://twitter.com/brokeymcpoverty/status/375096168625479680

https://twitter.com/PutinistaJonez/status/375092368363778048

https://twitter.com/djbeecan/status/375089546981294080

https://twitter.com/KiaJD/status/375088808712495104

https://twitter.com/HonorablyHaS/status/375324299965788160

https://twitter.com/reedjl/status/375299365596041216

Lemon noticed the trending topic, and when he asked if "a brother" can "just get a haircut," Twitter was quick to sting back.

https://twitter.com/brosninja/status/375221587286294528

https://twitter.com/RevrendDoctor/status/375217435143856128

sagging >>> your haircut RT @DonLemonCNN: #DonLemonLooksLike trending. REALLY #blacktwitter?! Can a brother just get a haircut?!!

— terio van peebles (@TheFakeJE) September 4, 2013

Here's hoping that, going forward, Lemon remembers that Twitter never forgets.

Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.