Beard Liberation Front
Media Release 24th August
Contact: BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Campaigners ‘relaxed’ as Beard of the Year Michael Sheen shaves beard
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that it is relaxed as Joint Beard of the Year 2020 Michael Sheen posted a picture of himself on twitter clean shaven.
Sheen shared the annual accolade with award winning author Michael Rosen after a public vote.
Sheen has told the South Wales Argus that he shaved the beard in stages and may use the chopped follicles to stuff something and auction it for charity.
The campaigners say that one of the Beard Liberation Front’s founding principles in the mid-1990s was that people should be able to dress and appear as they want. However Sheen will not be eligible for Beard of the Year 2021 unless the beard makes a re-appearance.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, if Michael Sheen wants to be clean shaven for the moment he has our support. People should be free to appear as they want, and that does of course include wearing a beard.
The other joint Beard of the Year 2020 winner Michael Rosen remains firmly hirsute as he has done for many years.
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