Julian Edelman's beard is gone. While appearing on Ellen in an interview that aired on Friday, the Super Bowl MVP was asked by Ellen if she could shave his beard if she donated $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Boston. Edelman not only agreed, but offered to match DeGeneres' donation by putting in $10,000 of his own money towards the Boys & Girls Club. Ellen then got out a chair, buzzer and a barbershop background and began trimming down that mangy beard that was a staple for the receiver throughout the 2018 season. “Coach Belichick has this thing that he says, ‘Put everything in the drawer and (don’t) worry about it until the season’s done.’ So I put my razor in the drawer,” Edelman told Ellen when she asked what led him to keep the beard growing all year. “He said everything. He’s a crazy, intimidating man.” When asked if he had a final message to his beard before Ellen took a buzzer to it, Edelman said, "I love you, beard. It's been a hell of a year." And away we go. The New England Patriots are once again Super Bowl LIII CHAMPIONS! Take a second to sign up for our FREE Patriots newsletter! Along with getting his beard trimmed off, Edelman sat down with Ellen to talk about the Patriots' latest Super Bowl championship along with him winning Super Bowl MVP, an award that was given to him in the midst of this interview. While Patriots players typically don't bask in individual awards, Edelman scoped his MVP honor as a win for his other team - his family. "Honestly, just winning the game is what you want," Edelman said, who caught ten passes for 141 yards in Super Bowl LIII. "The heart failure that I almost have every time we go into these games is out the roof. 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 ... they've been in my corner, they've kind of made me who I am. My father was a tough, hard-nosed guy, didn't have a father. [He] pushed me to limits that I didn't think I could get to. My mother being the loving little lady that she is. I was never late to a practice, she was always there. I mean, this, that and the other - I had a bagged lunch until I was in junior college, so she took care of me for a long time. "This is kind of a full family win." This is just the latest in the Super Bowl celebration for the Patriots. Along with making the talkshow rounds, New England celebrated their sixth title with 1.5 million fans during a parade in Boston on Tuesday and were just honored at TD Garden by the Celtics on Thursday night.<doc-sep>Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman is clean shaven again after letting Ellen DeGeneres de-beard him live on her show. Edelman, the New England Patriots' wide receiver, was the guest on Friday's episode of the Ellen DeGeneres Show, talking about his NFL team's recent sixth Super Bowl championship. Midway through the segment, DeGeneres said that she had heard that the bushy beard-sporting Edelman was a big supporting of the Boys and Girls Club of America. Ellen DeGeneres offered to donate $10,000 to charity if Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman let her shave of his beard live on her show Edelman agreed and said that he would match her donation with an equal amount of his cash Then she made him an offer he couldn't refuse. 'I though it would probably mean a lot if I donated $10,000 to them,' DeGeneres said, adding the caveat: 'But you need to let me shave that beard first.' As the audience cheered, Edelman stroked his beard, clearly contemplating the offer. 'I have a chair. I have a razor,' DeGeneres said. 'At some point you'll trim it anyway, why not let me do it?' DeGeneres was going to leave Edelman with a mustache, but he told her to finish the job When she was done, Edelman looked down at the giant fluff of hair in his lap that was his beard Edelman seemed to be happy with his newly clean-shaven appearance DeGeneres gave Edelman a check for $10,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Boston 'It's like a child, it grows on you,' Edelman said, before exclaiming, 'Let's do it!' He went on to say that he could match DeGeneres' $10,000 donation with $10,000 of his own money, bringing the pot up to $20,000 for the charity. A barbershop set and chair was then unveiled. Edelman sat down in it and then began to question Ellen on her shaving skills. 'You know what you're doing right?' he said, while wearing a specially-made Ellen Show apron bearing the Patriots logo. Edelman said that he had been working on growing out his beard for the past nine months. He's seen here during the Super Bowl on February 3 Edelman (on February 4) said he would shave off his beard if the Patriots won the Super Bowl, which they did, 13-3, against the Los Angeles Rams 'I've used these on my dog,' DeGeneres replied. As she brandished the clippers, she asked, 'Are you nervous?' 'Not really,' Edelman said, before admitting, 'Kind of' and stating the beard 'is like nine months of hard work.' Right before DeGeneres applied blade to face, Edelman said, 'I love you beard. It's been a hell of a year.' DeGeneres then went to work shaving off the lengthy beard hair while Edelman made faces to help her along the way and encouraged her by saying, 'You got this!' The segment ended with Edelman, looking like an entirely different person without his beard, beaming at the camera. Edelman had previously promised the NFL Network's Deion Sanders that he would shave off the scruff if the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams during the February 3 Super Bowl, according to Bleacher Report. The Patriots won the game, 13-3.<doc-sep>THE PLAYOFF BEARD IS GONE!! ! Julian Edelman parted with his legendary playoff face warmer this week -- and the person wielding the shears was none other than Ellen DeGeneres! The New England Patriots superstar grabbed the Vince Lombardi Trophy and dropped by Ellen's show to talk about being named the MVP of the Super Bowl ... when things got a little hairy. Ellen revealed a pop-up barbershop on her set, sat Jules in the chair and got her trim on ... and she actually did a pretty good job! Edelman had been growing out the face fuzz as a thing pro athletes do in the playoffs -- and if you know anything about pro athletes, they're VERY into superstition. In Edelman's case ... it worked (it also helped that his QB is Tom Brady).<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