Barber expresses after Karen Clifton's tearful sexism blast

The hairdresser at the center of a storm of badism provoked by Karen Clifton of Strictly, is expressed after her tearful tirade on social media.

The 36-year-old dancer posted on Instagram a touching video in which she claimed to have been fired from Jack's of London to Wimbledon because she was a woman.

Today, the owner of the "traditional men's haircut" has reaffirmed that he specialized in hairstyling and not in certain "technical" hairstyling techniques.

Karen has apparently already visited Jack's of London, where she had her new style, but this time, she said that they had refused to cut it, citing that they "do not not women's hair ".

Karen explained in a tearful video on Instagram: "I was told," The owner does not allow women to get their hair cut here. "

"I felt really c ** p because it never really happened to me before.

"It's ridiculous and I've never felt that before and I've never experienced that before and it's not okay.

"It should not be like that."

The owner of the hair salon responded to the accusations and baderted that there had been a "misunderstanding" on the part of the staff and apologized for Karen's treatment.

This was tempered by the store, which reiterated that it was a "traditional haircut hairdresser" and reminded Karen that her style might need a little more than proposed cuts.

In a long statement, a spokeswoman said: "TV celebrity Karen Clifton has been informed that Jacks of London does not care about women.

"His experience has alerted us to the need to make it clear to our entire team that Jacks of London offers barber haircuts to everyone, regardless of gender.

"However, we must also point out that Jacks of London is a barber shop specializing in barber haircuts and later this year it will celebrate its 25th anniversary as a traditional drug store that does not want to visit a salon. hairstyle to hang out where there are wall sports, video games and buzzing lawnmowers.

"The Jacks of London brand is now synonymous with top notch service and barbers, and more and more women are coming to us for technical discounts from our award-winning barbers."

The statement went on: "In fact, Karen Clifton has already had her short haircut twice in our event-free store, but these are specific styles.

"Many barbers have trained as barbers AND hairdressers, but not all. Barbers and hairdressers have different skills and training; a hairdresser may stumble to cut a pattern in a fade while a barber would have a hard time doing it.

"That's why there's a difference between hair salons and hair salons, but for all men, regardless of gender, who wants a lower cut, Karen is currently in sports, melted tight or shorts, back and sides, barbers Jacks of London can Will.

"We sincerely apologize to Karen Clifton for the treatment she received this morning and would like to see her at Jacks anytime #wesupportkarenclifton".

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