“Descendants” star Booboo Stewart explains why he shaved off his famous locks, what he did with his old hair

Stewart didn't like that his hair became "so much" of his identity.

Booboo Stewart knows what you're thinking when you hear his name: He's "this guy with long hair." And that's exactly why the actor from the Twilight films and Disney's Descendants had to cut it.

"Oh, dude. I just, I had long hair for such a long time, and it had to go," Stewart said Wednesday on Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide.

Stewart, now 30, explained that he'd had long hair since he was a kid. He and sisters only got their hair cut when their dad sat them on a stool outside and cut only their bangs.

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"When I was really young, cause everyone was calling me a girl in school, I cut it short," he said. "Then it grew just long again, and then for Twilight, they cut it short. And then it just grew long again."

But he didn't like that it "just became so much of my identity" and "just wanted to switch it up."

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So when he finished filming Good Trouble, the Freeform show that he was on until it ended in March, the actor, musician, and mixed media artist shaved it.

"It feels so good," said Stewart, who was born with the name Nils Allen Stewart Jr. "I love it."

He didn't entirely leave the hair behind, though, because he still has it. Jokingly, he said that he burns and smells it, before saying that he actually keeps it in a bathroom drawer.

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