(Click Here to Watch a Preview of Agassi's Interview on Tonight's LATE SHOW)

Tennis great Andre Agassi bids a fond farewell to his old hairpiece when he visits the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Agassi, who, in his recently released autobiography, Open, revealed that he wore a hairpiece, or what he called "a weave system," during his tennis playing career, said that "the night before the French Open final, I used the wrong conditioner and it started to come off."  "So now, you've got to play on clay - the French Open is clay - and you're worried you can lose your hair," Letterman said.  "Big time," Agassi said, "I mean, I've never prayed for results in my life, but I prayed that day for that wig to stay on.  I mean, I had about 50 bobby pins holding it down, and I said to my brother, ‘Is this going to stay?  You know, I mean, it's my first Grand Slam finals,' and he says, ‘I think it will.  Just don't move around so much.'"  "That's right, it's tennis.  Try not to move around," Letterman joked, "See if they'll just hit it right to you."

Referring to Agassi's mullet-style wig, Letterman asked, "But why that number there?"  "Well, you know, it's a good question," Agassi replied, "You know, I was at a time in my life, too, where I was kind of, in a bit, hiding myself.  You know, I think any form of rebellion is really somebody trying to, you know, hide who they really are, their inner self, and I think what better way to hide yourself than to wear a mullet."  Letterman had the hairpiece lowered on stage from the rafters of the Ed Sullivan Theater and, before Agassi held it one final time, then gave it to a woman in the audience who was celebrating her birthday.  Agassi's entire interview can be seen on the LATE SHOW tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 11 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN is a production of Worldwide Pants Incorporated.  Barbara Gaines, Matt Roberts, Jude Brennan, Maria Pope and Rob Burnett are the executive producers.

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