DYE ANOTHER DAY
Peter Wright’s wife Joanne spends two hours a day sculpting famous mohawk hair-style – and gives him £200 a week
PETER WRIGHT is aiming to be victorious at the PDC World Championships for a third time.
You can bet the 2020 and 2022 champion's incredible signature mohawk will certainly turn heads when he steps up to the oche.
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The 53-year-old, nicknamed Snakebite, has his wife to thank for his infamous hairdos - as well as his weekly budget of just £200 despite career earnings well into the millions.
Joanne Wright is a hairdresser who owns her own salon called Medusa Hair in Lowestoft, Suffolk, as well as managing the star's finances.
She typically spends up to three hours styling her hubby's hairstyle before he takes to the stage.
And it was Peter's daughter, Naomi, who gave him the inspiration to dye it various colours over the years.
DYE ANOTHER DAY
Before he faced Michael Van Gerwen back in 2020, Wright enjoyed a few hours of practice before enjoying some downtime.
While he psyched himself up, his missus got to work on his famous thatch, trimming it before spicing it up with colour to match his outfit that year.
"It takes about two hours every day after practice in my chilling out time," he revealed in 2013.
"I sit there chilling, and my wife Jo does my hair."
Normally, the war paint of choice features a snake, a tribute to his famous moniker, which incidentally is his favourite drink.
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The colour element was thanks to his daughter.
He told the : "It's down to my daughter because she's the one who has all different colour hair and I thought 'I'll try that.
"No other dart players have tried it and it just stuck. I class it as going to war with my war paint on ready for battle."
The darts star decided not to colour his hair for Naomi's wedding, however, joking that he didn't want to upstage the bride.
JO IS BOSS
But, even when Wright is in meditation mode, he can't help but fidget when he's getting his hair done.
The longest it took, he once admitted, was four and a half hours. And when he got a bit bored, and started moving around, Joanne had a subtle way of keeping him still while she was working.
“The longest time was 4.5 hours. If you move, she gives you a tap on your head, I can not move," he revealed to RTL 7 Darts.
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Jo is also in charge when it comes to selecting the style.
“Nine times out of ten I let Joanne do what she wants, she is the boss," he added.
Wright also joked that Jo is the 'richest manager in darts' after revealing that she looks after his finances - and gives him a budget of £200 a week.
He revealed to SunSport: “Me? Lavish purchases? No, I don’t get to!
“I was at a preview night when asked the question. Michael van Gerwen’s bought a Rolls Royce or something like that and Michael Smith had bought something else and Gezzy had bought this and that.
“I get my £212 per week and just like playing my darts and trying to win trophies.
“While Jo is the richest manager in darts!”
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