Some fans weren’t necessarily in favor of the beard either.
On August 30, he posted a challenge onInstagramabout shaving his beard while also promoting a cryptocurrency exchange.
James revealed in his post, “I’ll make y’all a deal.
I will SHAVE my beard if @blockfi gets to 50,000 followers in the next 24 hours.
Simply follow @BlockFi and comment ‘BeardFi’ on the most recent post.
But, why did he grow out his facial hair in the first place?
It’s not who [he is].”
He went on to explain how he felt about being on “The Bachelor.”
I’m Matt James.
I’m not here to kindly anyone.
I’m here to be the best version of myself.
My appearance has nothing to do with how I treat people."
It seems like growing the beard out gave him a chance to just be himself and live his life.
As he jokingly told People, his girlfriend Rachael Kirkconnell didn’t mind the facial hair either.
As far as shaving the beard went, James toldPopCultureit took three hours.
