A former sitcom star might have fans doing a double-take when she reunites with her ex-castmates on the small screen this fall.
“Home Improvement” actress Patricia Richardson looks nearly unrecognizable since she portrayed Jill Taylor on the popular ABC sitcom starring Tim Allen throughout most of the ‘90s.
The 74-year-old no longer has a chestnut brown bob, like the one she flaunted during the seven-time Emmy Award-winning show that followed the work and family life of Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor.
Richardson now rocks a head of shock white hair, which she started growing out during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Ok here we have covid hair grow out,” she captioned in an Instagram post showing the stark difference between her dyed hair and white roots in Oct. 2020. “Just don’t want to cut it! So…. new covid fashion raccoon hair?”
Fans flooded her comment section, cheering on her “beautiful” and natural style which she seemingly kept over recent years.
Richardson flaunted her white hair during a 2021 episode of “NCIS” and also showed off her mane on the red carpet for the premiere of “Chantilly Bridge” in March 2023 and during a SAG-AFTRA event in Los Angeles in December 2023.
Richardson will soon reunite with her former “Home Improvement” husband and some of her former co-stars during the Season 2 premiere of Allen’s current ABC show, “Shifting Gears,” according to a report by Deadline.
“Worlds are colliding,” the show confirmed on its official Instagram page. “See Shifting Gears x Home Improvement on the October 1 season premiere!”
The reunion comes over 25 years after “Home Improvement” ended in 1999.
Richard Karn, known for playing Al Borland in “Home Improvement,” and Debbe Dunning, who portrayed “Tool Time Girl” Heidi Keppert in the ‘90s show, will appear alongside Richardson in Allen’s show about a widowed owner of a car restoration shop, the outlet reported.
It’s not been revealed which fictional roles the trio of guest stars will play in the upcoming premiere but the cast is supposed to help Allen’s fictional character, Matt Parker, in an “unexpected way,” per Deadline.
The Season 2 premiere of “Shifting Gears” won’t be the first time Richardson has reunited with Allen, 72, on television.
The four-time Emmy Award-nominee appeared as Helen Potts, an inconsiderate neighbor, in two episodes of his “Last Man Standing” series in 2015 and 2016.
Richardson has maintained her career since “Home Improvement” ended. She portrayed Dr. Andy Campbell in dozens of episodes of “Strong Medicine,” political strategist Sheila Brooks in “The West Wing” and had a series of guest star roles on shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “NCIS” and “The Blacklist.”
