Overview
- Allen revealed the habit on the Centered on Buffalo podcast on May 20, saying he “barks and snaps” whenever Steinfeld reaches to remove something from his beard or mustache.
- He traced the reaction to a childhood memory of his father playfully growling when children touched his whiskers, which Allen says he has kept doing because it always gets a rise out of his wife.
- When asked about pet peeves, Allen smiled and said he has “absolutely nothing” about Steinfeld, framing the exchange as affectionate and lighthearted.
- Steinfeld announced the couple’s baby girl in her newsletter in early April and posted a May 15 update about her postpartum recovery, marking the pair’s first months as new parents as they approach their first anniversary on May 31.
- The anecdote sits alongside Allen’s public comments about fatherhood and his role as the Buffalo Bills quarterback, which reporters say has shifted his mindset and drawn intense media attention to routine family moments.