When Brad Pitt’s facial hair first appeared in the fall of 2008, we thought it was just a temporary thing. Maybe the guy got exhausted caring for his 48 kids and just didn’t have the energy to shave. It happens.

But now here we are, two years later, and the beard is not only still there, it’s gotten longer, grayer, scragglier and even more knotted.

(Originally published in the New York Post)