Cruz Beckham shows off massive new tattoo to match dad David’s – as he celebrates turning 19
CRUZ Beckham celebrated his 19th birthday by getting a tattoo to match his dad’s.
David, 48, is well known for his huge tattoo collection and his sons are certainly following in his footsteps.
Cruz, who had his first tattoo at 16, headed to tattooist of the stars – Certified Letter Boy – to get the same portrait of Jesus that David has.
He even had the inking – known as the The Man of Sorrows – on his torso, just like his dad.
The artist, who works at The London Social, shared a picture of the new piece and wrote: “@cruzbeckham matching tatt with @davidbeckham. Honoured to recreate this Jesus piece for you bro.”
The Beckham boys – Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz – previously visited to the studio to get the word Brotherhood tattooed on themselves.
Dad David paid tribute to Cruz to mark his birthday this week and wrote: “Happy birthday to my little man. The cheekiest with the kindest heart. Keep being you and keep believing in your dream and working as hard as you do. We love you so much Cruzie and are so proud of you.”
Mum Victoria shared her own post, commenting: “Happy birthday Cruzie. We all love you so much and are so proud of the incredible young man you have become. Sweet, kind and incredibly talented.
“The world is your oyster, go get it!”
David previously revealed he had tried to get his kids not to have tattoos.
He said: “They’ve already said they’re having tattoos done. And I said, ‘Well, be different, don’t have any tattoos.’
“And they said, ‘No, we’re going to have one. We’re going to have: Mum and Dad.’ So I can’t really say no to that.”
But his son Brooklyn was the first to follow in his footsteps and since turning 18, he already has over 100 tattoos.
David revealed his only rule was that Brooklyn had to wait for him to be there for his first inking.
He said on The Late Late Show: “I’ve always said to him ‘Your first tattoo, if you’re going to have one, I want to be there’.”
Brooklyn tried to break the rules though, with David recalling: “My friend called me and said ‘Brooklyn’s in the tattoo shop you should probably call him.’ So I called him.
“I said ‘What you doing, mate?’ And he said, ‘I’m just going for dinner’ and I was like ‘Are you sure you’re going for dinner?’.”
He finally admitted what he was doing and his dad reminded him: “But you remember, you promised me and I’m your dad. And I would feel really upset if you actually went through with it.’ So he didn’t. So, thankfully he waited.”