Beard Liberation Front
25th August
Media Release
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Michael Sheen to keep Beard of the Year Award despite shaving beard
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that it has no plans to strip Michael Sheen of the Beard of the Year Award (joint with Michael Rosen) despite the actor tweeting that he had shaved his beard off.
The campaigners say that the Beard of the Year 2020 was subject to a public vote last December after a difficult year when both beard wearers had had positive images in the public eye.
Michael Sheen may not be eligible for Beard of the Year 2021 later this year if his beard does not make a return however.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, there have been some calls for Michael Sheen to be stripped of his Beard of the Year honour and for it to go solely to Michael Rosen. We see no reason to do this. Both men remain honoured holders of the Beard of the Year title
Michael Rosen has now tweeted his support of the BLF decision
On no account should Michael Sheen be stripped of this prestigious award. He has carried his beard through difficult times, proved to be a superb comic foil to David Tennant and channelled Dylan Thomas perfectly at the National Theatre where @Underthecranes and I saw him.
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