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"Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman has admitted that it was traumatising to shave off his character Ron Swanson&amp;#039;s trademark moustache in season four. Offerman told Entertainment Weekly that everyone in the Parks and Recreation crew was unsettled during the episodes where Ron&amp;#039;s ex-wife Tammy 1 (Patricia Clarkson) forced him to go clean-shaven. &amp;quot;Everyone was really freaked out. There was a real sense of having shorn Samson of his locks,&amp;quot; the actor joked. &amp;quot;it really felt sacrilegious. That was by far the hardest, strangest thing I&amp;#039;ve had to do as Ron Swanson.&amp;quot; He further explained: &amp;quot;Maybe it was predicated by the scene in [the season 3 episode] &amp;#039;Ron and Tammy II&amp;#039; when Ron lost half his moustache and had to get cornrows. To have him be clean-shaven, wearing an Easter shirt and turned into a little boy was so bizarre and foreign. And it was so hard to speak dialogue as Ron Swanson without a big moustache.  &amp;quot;Certain consonants didn&amp;#039;t feel right without a huge bristle brush impeding their exit from my mouth. Just the things Ron had to say - the cute way that he talks to his co-workers as well as Tammy 1 on the phone when he calls her - it was really hard to speak that dialogue without getting nauseous. The writing is like a big old aunt throwing her blousy arms around you and embracing you.&amp;quot; Offerman previously said that he doesn&amp;#039;t support Parks and Recreation fans growing their own versions of Ron&amp;#039;s facial hair. Parks and Recreation returns for a fifth season this fall. Watch a clip from Parks and Recreation below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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