Julian Edelman gets beard shaved by Ellen DeGeneres for charity

DeGeneres offered to donate $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Boston if Edelman allowed her to shave his beard.

Considering the massive amount of facial hair the New England Patriots wide receiver was sporting — “It’s like a child. It grows on you,” Edelman said of his beard — it was quite the process. Edelman also explained why he allowed his beard to get so out of control in the first place.

“Coach Belichick has this thing that he says: ‘Put everything in the drawer and don’t worry about it until the season is done.’ So I put my razor actually in the drawer,” he says on the show, adding, “He’s a very intimidating man.”

After DeGeneres, armed with clippers, completed the shave and it was all said and done, Edelman acknowledged the substantial change that had just occurred.

“I look like a different person,” Edelman said.

Edelman’s entire segment on “Ellen” follows.

Edelman also pledged to chip in $10,000 himself, bringing the total donation the Boys & Girls Club of Boston to $20,000.