--- title: Drake Shaved His Beard to Host Saturday Night Live description: In preparation for his double-duty stint as host and musical guest on this weekend's Saturday Night Live, Drake shaved off his beard. canonical: https://time.com/4329294/drake-shaved-beard-saturday-night-live-host/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-13T15:45:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:24.553Z og:title: Drake Shaved His Beard and the Internet Is Losing Its Mind og:description: It's a national crisis og:url: https://time.com/4329294/drake-shaved-beard-saturday-night-live-host/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Shaved His Beard and the Internet Is Losing Its Mind twitter:description: It's a national crisis twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Drake Shaved His Beard and the Internet Is Losing Its Mind  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 13, 2016 3:45 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 13, 2016 3:45 PM UTC Sound all the alarms — [Drake](http://time.com/4325484/tiny-drake-ellen-degeneres-dancing/) has done the unthinkable. After making an appearance on Thursday’s episode of [_The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_](http://time.com/4329178/drake-dunk-jimmy-fallon-face-the-tonight-show/?xid=homepage), the [_Views_](http://time.com/4309491/drake-views-from-the-6-album-global-listening-party/?iid=sr-link2)artist went home and shaved his face, erasing all evidence of the beard his fans have come to know and love. > [](https://twitter.com/SRDtv/status/731104988760444929) Drizzy reportedly committed the atrocious act in preparation for his double-duty stint as host and musical guest on this weekend’s [_Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4327832/leslie-jones-drake-saturday-night-live-promo/?xid=homepage), according to his now-deleted Instagram. “Beard making an epic comeback in 2 weeks….only for you \[SNL\],” he captioned the photo. In response to this bold move, people have taken to Twitter to express their distaste for his newly clean-shaven mug. > [](https://twitter.com/sherrylmach/status/731111413863858176) > [](https://twitter.com/NaturalBadAssss/status/731115022936506368) > [](https://twitter.com/badgalrivers/status/731111259400220672) **Read More:** [Drake’s _Views_ Is Making the Internet Feel a Million Feelings](http://time.com/4312177/drake-views-from-the-6-internet-feelings/?iid=sr-link1) > [](https://twitter.com/aubreysoctober/status/731100120775856128) > [](https://twitter.com/bimadew/status/731127865027268610) > [](https://twitter.com/Rih2dope/status/731106197777043457) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4329294/drake-shaved-beard-saturday-night-live-host/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4329294/drake-shaved-beard-saturday-night-live-host/"},"headline":"Drake Shaved His Beard and the Internet Is Losing Its Mind","datePublished":"2016-05-13T15:45:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:24.553Z","description":"It's a national crisis","url":"https://time.com/4329294/drake-shaved-beard-saturday-night-live-host/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Saturday Night Live","Drake"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4329294/drake-shaved-beard-saturday-night-live-host/","name":"Drake Shaved His Beard and the Internet Is Losing Its Mind"}}]}] ```