Salon trolled over Scott Morrison’s bizarre hair washing video

A Melbourne hairdressing salon has been met with major backlash after Scott Morrison was filmed washing a woman’s hair at the business.

A Melbourne hairdressing salon has been viciously trolled online after a video emerged of Prime Minister Scott Morrison washing a woman’s hair during a photo op.

Mr Morrison received a warm welcome while visiting the Labor-held seat of Dunkley on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on Friday.

While visiting Cocos Salon in Mount Eliza, the Prime Minister donned an apron and tested out his hair washing skills.

Footage showing Mr Morrison gently massaging shampoo into first-year apprentice Courtney Trotter’s hair quickly spread across social media.

“That’s not too hard is it?” the Prime Minister asked about the washing technique.

“No, that’s fine,” Ms Trotter replied.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison tried his hand at hair washing. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

First-year apprentice Courtnie Trotter was on the receiving end of Mr Morrison’s hair-washing skills. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Andrew Henshaw

The 22-year-old said Mr Morrison was “very gentle” and “did a good job for a first go”.

The salon posted a picture with the Prime Minister on Facebook following his visit, with the caption “When ScoMo comes to Cocos”.

But not everyone was impressed with Mr Morrison’s hair washing attempt, with the salon copping hundreds of vicious comments over the visit.

“With everything going on in Aged Care at the moment, how could you possibly condone such a disgusting publicity stunt?” one person questioned.

“One of the weirdest election stunts ever in Australia. Not sure I’d want to be a part of it. Creepy, really,” another person wrote.

Cocos Salon has been trolled online for hosting the PM. Picture: Cocos Hair Salon/Facebook

“This was the weirdest, creepiest thing I’ve seen in a very long time. Seriously,” another added.

One person wrote: “Turns out he can hold a hose after all. Why on earth would any business agree to let this man in after he destroyed us!”

Other commenters even went as far as suggesting they would boycott the salon over Mr Morrison’s visit.

Mr Morrison’s latest attempt to chase votes in a marginal seat came as more explosive text messages about the Prime Minister were brought to light.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce described Mr Morrison as a “hypocrite and a liar” who could “rearrange the truth to a lie” in leaked text messages sent during the furore over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation.

News.com.au has obtained a copy of the full text exchange and confirmed the blunt character assessment was sent to a third party to “pass on” to Ms Higgins in March, 2021.

The messages were sent when Mr Joyce was still a backbencher and before he returned to the Nationals leadership.

Barnaby Joyce said it was “common knowledge that in the past the Prime Minister and I had not always seen eye-to-eye” after the text leaked. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

“He is a hypocrite and a liar from my observations and that is over a long time. I have never trusted him and I dislike how he earnestly rearranges the truth to a lie,” Mr Joyce wrote.

“I and Scott, he is Scott until I recognise his office, don’t get along.”

The Nationals leader “unreservedly apologised” to the Prime Minister just hours before the story broke on Friday. Mr Morrison said he had accepted the apology.

This comes just days after Mr Joyce demanded that the serving cabinet minister alleged to have called Mr Morrison “a complete psycho” in leaked text messages “out themselves”.

“I would suggest that if you know anything about this don’t wait to be outed, out yourself,” he said.

“And give an explanation.

“Maybe it was a bad day in the office, I don’t know. That’s a better way to do it.”