The Bachelor that aired on March 1 wasn’t the fact that Victoria refused to actually apologize for her behavior on the show. No, it was actually that Matt James showed up to face his exes with some pretty intense facial hair. It was the beard that launched a thousand group chat text messages and some prettyfunnytweets. Not only was this a surprise to Bachelor Nation since Matt’s been clean-shaven all season, but according to my research (aka a deep dive of his Instagram), it looks like he’s had minimal stubble for basically his whole life. Like, why the sudden and drastic change?