Until recently, comedian and actor Pete Davidson was a walking exhibition of body art. It was hard to find a space where he wasn't inked. But in 2020, Davidson revealed that he was embarking on a long-term journey to wipe his slate clean and would be removing over 100 tattoos, a process that was expected to be painful, time-consuming, and expensive.
Davidson’s reason for removing his body art boiled down to his career. He believed he'd land more roles. And much like Wahlberg, he was fed-up with the process of covering his tats with concealer every time he was cast in a movie. "I didn't think that they would put me in stuff — like the movie business. I thought after SNL, it's a wrap," he joked. “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.”
On November 2, Davidson made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL), where he showed off his almost tattoo-less arms. He’d previously revealed that the tattoo removal process was painful and that “burning them off is worse than getting them.” The former SNL host also revealed that it took his skin a month to recover after each laser session.
All we can say is, "Ouch!" We hope that's enough inspiration for all you Pandas to think really hard—and plan—before your next trip to the tattoo parlor.
