Julian Edelman's playoff beards have taken on a life of their own. Every Patriots playoff run means Julian's face slowly disappears under a mass amount of facial hair, and it's honestly impressive how full it gets in a few short months. As quickly as the playoff beard grows, it is taken from us, and Julian's epic beard got the sendoff it deserves this week. Julian appeared on "Ellen," and Ellen DeGeneres had the honor of shaving Julian's beard in exchange for $10,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Club of Boston. The bushy beard, Julian admitted, has made daily life a little more difficult. "Eating is a nightmare," he said. "I have to shower after I eat, but sometimes, you have something good, you get a little flavor savor." That, uh, "savory" confession is no longer an issue for Julian, though. He showed up to the "Ellen" set with a behemoth of a beard and left a clean shaven man ready for the offseason. "This is like nine months of hard work," Julian said before Ellen broke out the razor. "I love you, beard." Though it was a rough shave and will need to be cleaned up, Ellen did a good job of shaving the bulk of the beard. "I look like a different person," Julian said. "You're very handsome under all that stuff," Ellen said.<doc-sep>See it and weep -- Julian Edelman’s beard is no more, and it’s all thanks to Ellen DeGeneres. The New England Patriots wide receiver visited DeGeneres to allow her to shave his beard for charity, according to CBS Boston. Sorry, #Patriots fans. Julian Edelman got rid of the beard. pic.twitter.com/9Dralxfzoj — Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) February 8, 2019 DeGeneres offered a $10,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Boston in exchange for the shaving, which Edelman said he would match. Edelman wasn’t the only one who shaved for charity. Tom Brady had his beard shaved at a fundraiser at Gillette headquarters in Boston Thursday. Gillette donated $35,000 each to the Boys and Girls Club of South Boston, Best Buddies and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for Brady’s participation in the fundraiser. The clip of Edelman’s shaving is set to air during “Ellen” Friday.<doc-sep>Scott Cunningham/Getty Images New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is a man of his word. In the days leading up to Super Bowl LIII, Edelman promised NFL Network's Deion Sanders he would shave his beard if the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3. Well, a 13-3 victory and a Super Bowl MVP award later, Edelman made good on his promise on The Ellen DeGeneres Show: While New England fans may be sad to see the beard go, it was done for a good cause. Both Edelman and DeGeneres (courtesy of Shutterfly) are donating $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Boston. Edelman was not the only Patriot to be groomed after the Super Bowl. Quarterback Tom Brady got cleaned up Thursday for charity as well, although his playoff beard was not quite as full as Edelman's.<doc-sep>New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman let his beard grow full and gnarly during the football season, but with the year done the Super Bowl LIII MVP was persuaded into taking it off — for a good cause. ‘Ellen’ appearance New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman let Ellen Degeneres shave his beard for charity. (AP) Edelman taped an interview with Ellen Degeneres on “The Ellen Show” that aired on Friday. She of course brought up his beard and how long he planned to keep it. Edelman said he wasn’t sure — the king of T-shirts, Edelman has been selling ones with “MVP” carved into into his beard on his website — and that he was “feeling it out.” “It’s grown on me,” he joked. Degeneres made Edelman an offer: I’ll donate $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston if you let me shave the beard right now. Edelman took her up on the offer, and said he’d match the $10,000. Through the miracle of television, there was already a barber’s chair, cape with the Patriots’ logo and clippers waiting to be rolled out in front of the audience. ‘I love you, beard’ As Degeneres raises the clippers toward his face (after comically making her hand shake), Edelman said, “Wait, wait.” She asked if he wanted to say goodbye to his facial hair, and Edelman said, “I love you, beard. It’s been a hell of a year.” Once Degeneres was done, Edelman looked quite different, and the crowd screamed its appreciation. ‘This was for my other team, my family’ Before the big shave, Edelman said that winning the Super Bowl — he brought the gleaming Lombardi Trophy with him — is what’s most important, but the MVP recognition gave him something personally as well. “Getting the MVP is kind of a win for me and my other team, and that’s my family. Getting to experience this with them, because they’ve been in my corner, they’ve kind of made me who I am,” he said, mentioning his parents, Frank and Angela. “My father was a tough, hard-nosed guy and pushed me to limits I never thought I could get to. And my mother, being the loving little lady that she is, I was never late to a practice, she was always there. … I mean, I had a bag lunch until junior college. She took care of me for a long time. So this is like a full-family kind of win.” Story continues Subscribe to The Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast Apple Podcasts• Stitcher • Google Podcasts<doc-sep>
Add Julian Edelman to the list of athletes who once had famously long beards and look like totally different people without them. The Super Bowl LIII MVP showed up to The Ellen Show this week with the Lombardi Trophy and his beard still intact. He talked with Ellen DeGeneres about the Super Bowl victory, his family and what winning the MVP award means to them. Then he let Ellen shave his famous beard off to raise money for the Boys & Girls Club of Boston. And like just about ever other athlete who sheds his facial hair — like Bryce Harper, Joe Thornton and Jimmie Johnson – he’s practically unrecognizable without what Ellen called a “bushy” beard. However, it kind of sounded like Edelman was ready to ditch his beard because he told Ellen: “Eating is a nightmare. I have to shower after I eat. But you know, sometimes you have something good (grabs his beard), flavor saver.” But when she had the razor in hand and asked him for any last words before she started shaving it off, he said: “I love you, beard. It’s been a hell of a year.” Here’s a look at Edelman’s transformation in three parts. Although Ellen said the shaving process was taking a while, considering how long and scraggly Edelman’s beard was, it took almost no time at all. Probably feeling a bit liberated, even Edelman admitted after: “I look like a different person.” And Ellen responded: “You’re very handsome under all that stuff.” And then he sat there for a second with a large, gross ball of beard hair in his lap.