Valerie Bertinelli is embracing a new look!

The actress and celebrity chef, 65, took to Instagram to show off a bold blonde hairstyle. In the selfie, Bertinelli’s golden blonde hue was styled in loose waves and a center part, with darker roots peeking through.

“New hair who dis?” she joked in the caption.

She then revealed it was a wig styled by celebrity pro Chris Appleton, best known for his work with Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopeze.

Bertinelli has been candid in the past about how she deals with gray hair. In an Instagram video shared last year, the Food Network star shared a “PSA about filters and gray roots,” addressing comments she’s received online about her hair and use of filters.

“I’m filming with no filter today because some of y’all get really bent out of shape when I choose to use a filter, which I’ve told you about,” Bertinelli said at the start of the video. “Sometimes I use filter, and sometimes I don’t. Most of the time, I do use filter because this is me with no makeup, and this is no filter.”

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After explaining that one of her followers accused her of wearing a wig, she bent her head down and showed off her gray hair.

“Can you get me a wig without flipping gray roots then, please, because I’m tired of getting my roots done every two weeks,” she said. “Thank goodness 99.9 percent of you are really kind, sweet people and don’t give a flying flip whether I have roots or I put a filter on. But some of y’all need to chill out, ok? I mean seriously.”

Bertinelli also recently opened up about how her style has changed as she ages. Earlier this month, she took to Instagram to give fans look behind the scenes of the development of her forthcoming memoir, Getting Naked. 

In the post, she shared outtakes from the book cover’s photo shoot, in which she’s wearing only a white button-down shirt and tan-colored stiletto heels.  (She poses completely nude on the cover.)

In the caption, the author spoke candidly about “letting it all hang out” despite fear or what critics may say, because, as she believes, “that’s the point.”

“When I feel that fear, I know it’s an opportunity to learn something,” she wrote. “The older I get, and the more I unearth and absorb, the better I get at how to process it. Consequently, the less scary it gets.”

Bertinelli goes on to say that she’s practicing emotional regulation every day, only going with the feelings that are actually hers and worth guarding, and what’s not worth keeping, including other people’s opinions.

“Every experience is an opportunity to learn more and I welcome them all,” she said, adding that she hopes her book can help readers “walk you through a few challenging experiences” of their own and get to the other side of them.