13 Stars That Got Tattoos, Changed Their Minds and Got Rid of Them
Talking about a bad tattoo, we always remember “NO RAGRETS” on the chest of a We’re the Millers character. And we think, “It’s forever!” If you got a bad tattoo, you should know, you’re not alone. Celebrities also often have tattoos removed and appear in public with faded lines on their skin.
We at CHEERY know that it’s not wrong to fix mistakes, especially if it’s just a picture on the body. And in the bonus, you will see a tattoo of an Oscar-winning star that was supposed to be a reminder, but something went wrong.
1. Megan Fox
The actress got rid of several tattoos of her turbulent adolescence, the most prominent one is the head of Marilyn Monroe on her forearm. At the age of 19, when she got it, she was sure she’d love it forever. The laser removal was extremely painful, but it was worth it because she was feeling some negative energy from the tattoo. This was the reason why she decided to get rid of it.
2. Zoë Kravitz
The actress had more than 50 tattoos, but she doesn’t even count them, “I think tattoos are a beautiful form of adornment, just like makeup or jewelry. It’s funny because I don’t even know how many I have.” In 2017, she wanted to remove the words on her shoulder blade, but then, she had it covered with a dragonfly.
3. Rose McGowan
On her right shoulder blade, she had a pin-up girl tattoo. She decided to get rid of it gradually, and by 2007, she finally managed to do it. She’s never commented on why she did it, but she never hid the fact, because she was wearing dresses with an open back.
4. Heidi Klum
The model celebrated the 4th wedding anniversary with Seal by getting a tattoo of his initials and 3 kids in the stars. After the divorce, the model decided to get rid of the tattoo, but she kept the stars.
5. Marc Anthony
Not only women get rid of tattoos of the names of their exes after breaking up. The most famous story is probably Johnny Depp with “Winona”. But few people know that Jennifer Lopez’s ex, Mark, also had a tattoo on his finger that was covered with a ring. When they broke up, he covered her initials “JLM” with a black square. In May 2022, Mark announced an engagement with a new woman.
6. Angelina Jolie
In 2021, the actress changed her famous tattoo with the coordinates of where her and Brad Pitt’s kids were born. And before, there was a dragon with Billy Bob Thornton. At the premiere of Eternals, the fans noticed the traces of laser: the last line about Brad Pitt (the coordinates of where he was born) was faded.
7. Rumer Willis
Rumer decided to get rid of the eccentric lion head on her shoulder in 2017. The actress said she matured and wanted to remove the traces of rushed decisions. Fortunately, it’s almost impossible to notice it after laser removal.
8. Pamela Anderson
Pamela had a barbed wire tattoo on her shoulder for the role in Barb Wire, where she played the lead role. At the time, the drawing was popular, and the actress even thought it was feminine. She decided to have it removed in 2014.
9. Khloé Kardashian
Khloé doesn’t think that tattoos are forever. In 2017, she had a tattoo in the name of her dad removed: she got the tattoo “Dad” with angel wings and a cross when she was 16. She explained it like this, “On my lower back, I don’t like the location.”
10. Sarah Hyland
The actress had one of her tattoos removed and even shared the removal process on her Instagram. Even though she didn’t comment on which of the tattoos was removed, the fans investigated it and found it was most likely a blue T-Rex on her buttock.
11. Pharrell Williams
In 2008, Pharrell made a difficult decision to remove the tattoos from his shoulders and forearms. He didn’t like the fires anymore. He had to get a very expensive and painful surgery.
12. Pete Davidson
In 2021, Pete said in an interview that he was going to get rid of almost 100 tattoos. The motivation was serious: the actor was tired of spending hours in the makeup chair to have the tattoos hidden for filming. Pete found that removing tattoos is way more painful than getting them, so now he says that you should really want a tattoo to get it.
13. Tallulah Willis
You might not like your tattoo many years later, but the actress needed 6 years. Tallulah followed the example of her older sister Rumer and said that she was too impulsive when she was 20 and didn’t understand the word “permanent”.
Bonus: Jennifer Lawrence
The actress still regrets getting her first tattoo. It turns out that during the filming of the last Hunger Games, Lawrence and her movie colleagues made a pact that they would get some tattoos as a memory. The actress decided to get the formula of water on her wrist as a reminder to drink more water. The idea wasn’t bad, but the execution was wrong, so she had Н20 on her hand: “I have ’I’m stupid’ tattooed on my hand permanently.”
What do you think about removing tattoos?