Long Island Medium star Theresa Caputo showed up in New York City this Tuesday wearing a sky-high blonde bouffant.
The 56-year-old psychic fronted the TLC reality show from 2011 to 2019, becoming as famous for her huge platinum haircut and splashy outfits as for her insistence that she could communicate with dead people.
Earlier this year, she sparked mockery online for an appearance on The View, with fans taking aim at her voluminous hairstyle.
One social media user even joked that the self-proclaimed medium might be hiding a ghost beneath her luscious hairstyle.
However, Theresa was clearly unfazed by all the ridicule and remains true to the look she wore when she first rose to fame over a decade ago.
When she stepped out into New York this week, her signature platinum hair was as mountainous as ever, and her ensemble was characteristically striking.
Long Island Medium star Theresa Caputo showed up in New York City this Tuesday wearing a sky-high blonde bouffant
She modeled a colorful blouse-pants combination that appeared to be made of silk or satin and bore a striking resemblance to pajamas.
She enhanced her features with heavy makeup and teamed the outfit with a bright orange handbag and a pair of fuzzy blue heels.
Even though it was raining in New York that day, Theresa’s bouffant was well protected as someone with an umbrella strolled next to her.
Last March, Theresa was mercilessly mocked for her hairstyle after an appearance on The View, with some people even joking that she could be ‘hiding’ a ghost beneath her impressive locks.
She joined Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin at the Hot Topics table, sporting her larger-than-life locks.
The mother-of-two, who reduced Sunny and Ana to tears as they claimed to have contacted their deceased relatives, was her usual glamorous self, dressed in a black and white checked blazer dress – but it was her hair that caught everyone’s attention – with one viewer describing it as ‘as high as the sky’.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, another person posted: “That lady has some hair!!! #TheView,” while another joked, “No Theresa, the medium that depletes the ozone layer, how many cans of hairspray did she use today #TheView, definitely a girl from Long Island.”
Someone else tweeted: ‘I’m always looking for something or someone to stand out from [her] her every moment #theview,” while another asked, “Does she live in Texas? Everything is BIGGER in TX. Are there ghosts hiding under that hair?! #TheView.’
When she stepped out into New York this week, her signature platinum hair was as mountainous as ever, and her ensemble was characteristically striking.
She modeled a colorful blouse-pants combo that appeared to be made of silk or satin and bore a striking resemblance to pajamas.
In March, Theresa was mercilessly mocked for her hairstyle after an appearance on The View, with some people even joking that she could be ‘hiding’ a ghost beneath her locks
Some viewers mocked Theresa, suggesting a ghost could “talk to her” about her hair
Someone listening to Friday’s episode of The View described Theresa’s hair as a caricature
Someone else joked that Theresa’s hair was ‘destroying the ozone layer’
Another viewer joked about Theresa ‘hiding ghosts’ under her voluminous hairdo
“Oh boy, that hair has become a caricature of itself. #theview,” one viewer claimed, while another accused Theresa’s hair of not being real: “Looks like that wig is holding ghosts captive #TheView #HotTopics.”
Another user posted: ‘#teresacaputo hair is too much reminds me of the 70s it looks like a damn #TheView.’
Referring to Theresa’s work, another viewer joked: ‘Maybe a ghost should talk to her about her hair… #TheView.’
And someone else suggested that one of The View hosts mention her hairstyle, posting: ‘Is anyone going to ask Theresa about her hair? I mean… #TheView. I’ve never seen anything like it. How can they not ask, “Girl, what the fuck is wrong with your hair?” #TheView.’
The former TLC star was on The View to promote her new television show Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits and explained to the panel how the pandemic made her want to return to TV.
‘I felt that my gift was needed more than ever. Someone may not have lost someone during Covid, but we have lost something in these years and what I do is so much more than communicating with people who have passed away,” Theresa explained.
‘People may not have spoken to family members or they’ve lost their faith, they don’t know how to live, they don’t know how to laugh and they come for a lecture and it will change their life to see life in a more positive light couples.’
Speaking about her live shows, Theresa continued: “They are amazing. To go on stage in front of thousands of people and be in a room and feel the energy and see a perfect stranger heal before your eyes… you look at it and you feel it and you watch, everyone in the room audience, strangers who comfort each other and sympathize with them, it is really something special.’
When Sara Haines asked if her thoughts go out to people who are skeptical of what she does, Theresa replied, “I get it. First of all, I’m the first to say that what I’m doing is insane. How can someone communicate with someone who has died?
Theresa brought Sunny Hostin to tears when she claimed to have contacted her maternal grandmother
The mother of two pictured at SiriusXM Studios in New York City on March 13
‘And they may be general themes, but this has nothing to do with me, it has to do with the souls communicating and also the person receiving the messages. You know, I get it.”
Theresa continued, “This is why I kind of put my gift in God’s hands and said, ‘If this is what I’m supposed to do, I want to help people heal.’
‘Because if we are too comfortable with burdens, guilt, just IFS or any negative emotion, how can you heal? You block yourself and you get a wall of maybe anger and bitterness, and then all our faith goes out the window because of that.”
Last year, Theresa told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that she was having ‘difficulty’ coming to terms with her unique gift, which she first discovered when she was four years old.
Mediumship is the practice of supposedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living people.
‘I didn’t know I was different, I’ve been seeing and feeling ghosts since I was four, so for me it was normal to see someone standing at the foot of my bed at night or talking to me and no one was there different in the room.
“It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realized I could connect not only with my deceased loved ones, but with everyone else’s as well, because that’s what I believe.”
On accepting being different, Theresa said, “I realized I had this ability and then I struggled with it for over five years.
“But then I realized that no matter who dies and at what age, we are left here in the physical world with burdens and guilt. Ultimately, all those emotions do not give us the ability to heal. I want to help people heal and give them the opportunity to move on.”