Why Pete Davidson Is Removing His Tattoos
Fans who watched Saturday Night Live this weekend got to see a cameo from alum Pete Davidson!
During his cameo in one of the sketches, the 30-year-old comedian wore a short sleeve t-shirt and showed off his arms, which have noticeably less tattoos. Well, Pete actually revealed years ago that he planned to remove his tattoos, and explained why.
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While being interviewed on Late Night with Seth Meyers in May 2021, Pete explained why he’s getting them removed.
“I didn’t think that they would put me in stuff — like the movie business. I thought after SNL, it’s a wrap,” Pete joked while talking about his roles in King of Staten Island and The Suicide Squad.
Whenever he appears in movies, Pete has to get his ink covered.
“It takes like three hours — you have to get there three hours earlier to cover all your tattoos, because for some reason, people in movies, they don’t have them that much,” Pete said. “Burning them off is worse than getting them. Because not only are they, like, burning off your skin, but you’re wearing these big goggles, right? So you can’t see anything and the doctor’s in there with you.”
He continued, “Before [the doctor] goes to laser each tattoo, you have to hear him announce what the tattoo is to make sure if you want to keep it or not. I’ll just be sitting there all high off of the Pro-Nox — which is actually quite fun, I enjoy it — and then all of a sudden I’ll just hear, ‘Are we keeping the Stewie Griffin smoking a blunt?’ And then I have to sit there and be like, ‘No, Dr. G.’ It’s really embarrassing. Are we keeping the owl that licks the Tootsie Pop?”
“If you’re going to get tattoos, just make sure you really, really want it — and aren’t on mushrooms,” he said.
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