Strange storyline Producer Neighbors used to hide Alan Fletcher's alopecia diagnosis
Weird storyline that Neighbors producers used on soap to hide veteran star Alan Fletcher’s diagnosis of alopecia after he started going bald By Mary Mrad For The Australian Daily Mail Published: 10:52 p.m. EDT, 14 July 2022 | Updated: 04:17 p.m. EDT, 15 July 2022 Veteran Neighbors star Alan Fletcher has revealed how producers tried to hide his alopecia diagnosis while filming the Channel Ten show. The 65-year-old actor said he tried to hide his diagnosis – an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss – by claiming his character Dr Karl Kennedy had dodgy hair products failed. ‘It’s starting to get a little weird. Karl wears a hat all the time, so I go to the producers and literally say, “I need to have a little bit of a scene, just something wedged that explains what’s going on”,’ Alan explained. Alan Fletcher, 65, his neighbour, revealed that he tried to hide his alopecia diagnosis on the show with a storyline a