Jarrell Miller Jokingly Blasts His Barber Over Viral Toupee Moment: 'He Sold Me My Future’

The heavyweight champ leaned into the humor while recounting how a bad hairpiece became one of the year’s funniest sports clips.

Jarrell Miller with a beard and a chain necklace stands in front of a blurred red sign, wearing a black shirt.
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Jarrell Miller is addressing the viral clip of his flying hairpiece, and he's putting the blame squarely on his barber.

During a recent appearance on Nightcap with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson, the heavyweight boxer went on a hilarious rant about the toupee that quickly became one of the most talked-about sports clips of the year.

Sharpe joked that there was no way Miller could ever return to the barber responsible for the botched hairpiece.

"Listen: He sold me more than a dream, he sold me my future," Miller said with a laugh. "I blame my cousin, too. He was like 'Yo, my barber nice, he ill with it.' I said, 'He got the joints?'"

Miller's jokes comes after his recent boxing match against Kingsley Ibeh on Jan. 31 that went viral for reasons that had nothing to do with punches.

Midway through the fight, as Miller absorbed several shots, his hairpiece began shifting, eventually lifting up and flapping in the air, revealing a completely bald scalp underneath.

By the end of the round, Miller had ripped the toupee off entirely and tossed it into the crowd. He continued to the fight without the hairpiece.

Despite losing his hair in dramatic fashion, Miller went on to win the bout by split decision, turning what could've been an embarrassing moment into an instant sports meme.

In an interview with TMZ Sports, Miller revealed he's been getting business opportunities thanks to his viral moment.

"There's a lot of hair companies from Turkey reached out," he said. "A couple of man-weaving companies reached out. So like my DMs are crazy, man. I haven't even gone through even a quarter of them yet."

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