One Man's Viral Haircut Takes Him from 'Hippie Jesus' to '“Fight Club” Brad Pitt' and the Comments Are Hilarious (Exclusive)

A man is going viral for his “buzz trim summer” glow-up aft his woman filmed him chopping his locks. 

“Buzz trim summer, from hippie Jesus to Fight Club Brad Pitt,” Amy Gong Maxwell, 34, captioned a June TikTok of her husband, 41-year-old Dan Maxwell’s transformation. The video has since gained much than 100,000 likes connected nan societal media platform. 

Amy tells PEOPLE exclusively that Dan started increasing his hairsbreadth retired successful his 30s, and it was her first clip seeing him pinch hairsbreadth that short since they matched connected Hinge 3 summers ago.

“He had short hairsbreadth successful his making love floor plan and I thought he was tiny truthful I reached retired to him. I realized his pictures were aged erstwhile I met him connected our first date,” Amy tells PEOPLE of their early days.

“I retrieve waiting successful line, reasoning he catfished me! He was wholly different than what I thought he would be. I had ne'er dated a feline pinch really agelong hairsbreadth before, but he was bully and, to beryllium honest, a small excessively cute. It took maine a fewer dates to get utilized to his hair,” she says.

The viral video originates pinch Dan opinionated successful nan doorway of their Los Angeles location pinch heavy blonde, shoulder-length hair. 

He plays successful it a spot arsenic Amy films his past moments pinch that length. 

Next he’s seen sitting successful “the coolest barbershop” chair arsenic a barber uses clippers to springiness him that Brad Pitt-Fight Club typical playfully referenced successful her caption. 

“Where is my husband?” she wrote complete nan video of nan vanished result, adding, “I don’t admit him!”

As evident successful her remark section, Amy tells PEOPLE nan reviews for his results person been mixed. 

“With agelong hair, Dan gets a batch of compliments and attention. When we spell retired for dinner, Dan gets catcalled by people! With short hair, he doesn't get arsenic overmuch overt attention,” she says.

“Idc what anyone other says that’s a glow up,” 1 personification wrote. Another added, “So sorry but he’s our hubby now.”

Others weren’t truthful sold, for illustration 1 personification who commented, “Not nan authorities trooper makeover.”

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Instead of Brad Pitt, different likened Dan to “Charlie Swan,” Billy Burke’s fictional characteristic who played nan begetter of Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan successful nan Twilight franchise.

“It was astonishing to spot thousands of women commenting and debating Dan's looks. Who knew short vs. agelong hairsbreadth was truthful controversial?” Amy tells PEOPLE of nan reactions. 

“Some group hated nan trim and said he looked for illustration a bull aliases subject man. Others obsessed complete nan caller trim and shared that nan agelong hairsbreadth made him look for illustration a boy who didn't person a job. It seemed for illustration nan comments were divided successful an almost governmental way, blimpish vs. liberal, clean-cut vs. free spirited. Dan is genuinely a chameleon because everyone sees a different personification successful him,” she adds.