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Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Country music star Riley Green now unrecognizable after shaving off his mustache... and fans are stunned
Country music superstar Riley Green has shocked fans after changing one of his signature physical features. The Different 'Round Here hitmaker, 36, took to Instagram this week to post a selfie without his trademark mustache. Posing with his clean-shaven mug on full display, Green captured the photo, 'Never let em know your next move. #Shegone.' His new look received a strong reaction online and from the country community, with one leading country music radio station taking 'a moment of silence' to 'honor' Green's 'facial glory.' Fans online were mixed over Green's fresh-faced look, but the general reception was supportive. 'I like him without the mustache, it looks more handsome and younger!!!' gushed one. 'Too many guys with the mustache now days we need a few without it,' added another. 'He went from Tombstone to Dawson's Creek,' joked a third, while a fourth commented, 'Wow Looks so much younger! Handsome as heck.' Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Green started out as a football quarterback before swapping the field for the stage. Before his music career took off, he appeared on the now defunct CMT reality series Redneck Island. Green won season four of the competition series, which was hosted by former WWE superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin. His big break in country music came in 2018 with his hit song There Was This Girl. The catchy track became a favorite at country radio and helped launch his first album, Different 'Round Here. Despite only reaching No. 95 on the Billboard 200, the album was a sleeper hit and was eventually certified gold for sales of more than 500,000 copies. His biggest hit came with 2019's I Wish Grandpas Never Died, which went triple platinum. In recent years, Riley has released two more albums, Ain't My Last Rodeo and Don't Mind If I Do, and teamed up with fellow country artists like Luke Combs and Ella Langley. His duet with Langley, You Look Like You Love Me, won a Country Music Association award in 2024. In recent months, Green has been romantically linked to country music darling Megan Moroney. Green insisted that he was still single back in March, but it hasn't stopped the speculation around him and Moroney.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Story behind Ben Sheppard's mustache: Pacers guard says, 'I feel like it's part of me now'
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Ben Sheppard started growing his mustache on a whim after the Indiana Pacers drafted him with the No. 26 pick in 2023. He was clean shaven as a college player at Belmont and stayed that way long enough to take all of the post-draft photos alongside fellow first-round pick Jarace Walker. Then he just started letting his facial hair grow. By the start of NBA Summer League in 2023, he was showing some stubble, but eventually gave up on everything but the hair above his lip. By training camp he had a full-grown mustache. "At first I couldn't grow any other facial hair except for a mustache," Sheppard said, "but I like how it looks on me." MORE: Pacers vs. Knicks highlights: Pascal Siakam's career night gives Indiana 2-0 lead MORE: Pascal Siakam smokes Knicks for playoff-high 39; Josh Hart, interior defense AWOL for NY Sheppard, who scored six points and added an assist during Indiana's Game 2 win over New York in the Eastern Conference finals Friday night, said his parents didn't buy into his new look right away. His parents, David and Susan, were not big fans and suggested he shave it. Ben was about to acquiesce, but then he saw a picture of them at their wedding and noticed that his father had a mustache that was almost exactly the same as his. "I just wanted to keep it after that," Sheppard said. At that point David bought into the idea, Ben said, because what could he say? Susan was still more than skeptical but eventually had to surrender. "It probably took my mom a year to accept the fact that I have a mustache," Sheppard said. "But my dad likes everything that I do." It has since become the defining feature of Sheppard's aesthetic as he's settled into a rotation role as the Pacers' high-energy, low-maintenance wing off the bench ‒ an '80s style 'stache sitting above a seemingly permanent smile. "I feel like it's like a part of me now," Sheppard said, "so I'm keeping it for the time being." The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more. This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Ben Sheppard's 'stache game: Pacers backup guard goes all-in on 1980s
