Jeff Foxworthy Ditched His Mustache for First Time in 40 Years

May 7, 2024 Aldo PuseyJeff Foxworthy Ditched His Mustache for First Time in 40 YearsIf you shave your mustache during quarantine ... you might be a redneck.As the coronavirus pandemic continues to turn the human race into shut-ins, the King of Redneck Jokes, comedian Jeff Foxworthy, started his quarantine life with an all new look: No mustache!"First time I’ve shaved my mustache in 40 years ... clearly I’m bored in quarantine," Foxworthy writes on his Instagram.For those who think it's just a mustache, think again. That push broom of iconic facial hair has been a part of Foxworthy's brand at least since his 1993 triple-Platinum album You Might Be a Redneck If...That was the album that put Foxworthy on the map, and though he considers his comedy more of a storytelling style, the Georgia native has become synonymous with one-liner redneck jokes.

In a past interview with Taste of Country, Foxworthy even shared how how his legacy of a redneck joke teller began — in a Michigan bowling alley.“When I did the first redneck joke, it was just a response to someone calling me a redneck,” Foxworthy tells Taste of Country.“We were at a club in Michigan; the club was attached to a bowling alley that had valet parking and I said, you don’t think you have rednecks in Michigan? Look out the window, people are valet parking at the bowling alley," he says. "So I go back to the hotel and I said, I know I’m a redneck but apparently a lot of people don’t know they’re one and I wrote 10 ways to tell (if you’re a redneck). I went back the next night, not thinking this is going to be a hook or a book, I’m just trying to come up with standup.

But then people not only laughed, they were pointing at each other, so I thought there might be something here.”Foxworthy was right, and he built a 20-plus year career on the foundation of hilarious one-liners and a great mustache. Does he spend the next 13 days in quarantine trying to grow it back? We'll have to see.The Cadillac Three's Live "Hard Out Here for a Country Boy" Is Really Rockin'ncG1vNJzZmiskajBprvFnKaupqSnxm%2BvzqZmo52Wm3qnu9ewpqusmK56tLTAr5ydZZ2qwLWtwqGcaA%3D%3D←How Wynonna Judd Brought Naomi to the Stage at First Tour Stop Morgan Wallen Delivers Devastating Tour News→