--- title: Khal Drogo Shaved His Beard And A Widespread Freakout Ensued description: Game of Thrones really is ending, huh? canonical: https://time.com/5573097/khal-drogo-shaves-beard/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-18T15:01:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:40.885Z og:title: Khal Drogo Shaved His Beard And A Widespread Freakout Ensued og:description: Game of Thrones really is ending, huh? og:url: https://time.com/5573097/khal-drogo-shaves-beard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde762e85c6ed414f/69894743db29873f952620bf/jason-momoa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4176 og:image:height: 2349 og:image:alt: 91st Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Khal Drogo Shaved His Beard And A Widespread Freakout Ensued twitter:description: Game of Thrones really is ending, huh? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde762e85c6ed414f/69894743db29873f952620bf/jason-momoa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Khal Drogo' Shaving His Beard Has Brought About a Pretty Widespread Freakout > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 18, 2019 3:01 PM UTC As the final season of _Game of Thrones_ gets underway, fans have started to say goodbye to their favorite characters—and so are the actors who play them. After Emilia Clarke [posted a photo](http://time.com/5570527/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-1-instagram/) riding her pre-CGI dragon Drogo before the premiere of the show’s [eighth and final season](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/), the actor who [played her former husband](http://time.com/5537042/emilia-clarke-jason-momoa-oscars-2019/), and Drogo’s namesake, Khal Drogo posted a goodbye of his own. Actor Jason Momoa didn’t just bid farewell to his _Game of Thrones_ character, but to his signature beard, too. For the first time since 2012, Momoa shaved off his famous facial hair, capturing it all in a video and sharing it with the world. As he sheared off the signature look he wore as a Dothraki and as a DC superhero, he said, “[Goodbye Drogo](http://time.com/5569876/stark-family-crypts-history/), goodbye Arthur Curry, goodbye Declan.” In the video, Momoa explains that he is parting ways with his beard in a bid to raise awareness of the destructive impact of plastics on the environment. “I’m shaving this beast off, it’s time to make a change. A change for the better…for my kids, for your kids, the world. Let’s make a positive change for the health of our planet,” he says in the video. “Let’s clean up our oceans and our land. Join me on this journey. Let’s make a switch to infinitely recyclable aluminum. Water in cans, not plastic.” The once and future Khal Drogo succeeded in his mission to raise awareness of the issue as fans of both _Aquaman_ and _Game of Thrones_ are stunned at Momoa’s newly-shorn face. > [](https://twitter.com/NerdAboutTown/status/1118791349262790657) > [](https://twitter.com/GeorgeJFox/status/1118856213972889603) > [](https://twitter.com/hannahxtait/status/1118870615388246018) > [](https://twitter.com/NotAgainBen/status/1118829443081015298) > [](https://twitter.com/BetsyHodges/status/1118849292897144833) > [](https://twitter.com/NeverEver%5FOut/status/1118878966142648321) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5573097/khal-drogo-shaves-beard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5573097/khal-drogo-shaves-beard/"},"headline":"'Khal Drogo' Shaving His Beard Has Brought About a Pretty Widespread Freakout","datePublished":"2019-04-18T15:01:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:40.885Z","description":"Game of Thrones really is ending, huh?","url":"https://time.com/5573097/khal-drogo-shaves-beard/","keywords":["Newsfeed","game of thrones","celebrities","Jason Momoa","Viral News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde762e85c6ed414f/69894743db29873f952620bf/jason-momoa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde762e85c6ed414f/69894743db29873f952620bf/jason-momoa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"91st Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"91st Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5573097/khal-drogo-shaves-beard/","name":"'Khal Drogo' Shaving His Beard Has Brought About a Pretty Widespread Freakout"}}]}] ```