11 Celebs Who Removed Or Covered A Bunch Of Tattoos (And Why)
50 Cent said, “When I started working on [my 2010 movie] Twelve, I removed some tattoos. The call time they were giving me for covering tattoos was four hours before everyone else’s call time.”
Hair grows back, and piercings can close, but if you get tired of a tattoo, you have to either cover it up or remove it. Unfortunately, either option can be painful. Alternatively, you might temporarily cover it up with makeup.
Here are 11 celebs who removed or covered up a ton of tattoos (and why):
2. Pete’s close friend Machine Gun Kelly took the opposite approach. He covered his arm, chest, and shoulder tattoos with a giant blackout tattoo — which he debuted in early 2024 — by tattoo artist Roxx.
Here’s MGK before he started his tattoo cover-up process vs. now:
3. In 2008, Pharrell Williams tried a tattoo removal process that differed from the standard laser removal. He told British Vogue, “It’s basically like getting a skin graft, but you’re not taking skin from your ass or your legs. These guys actually grow the skin for you.”
Here’s Pharrell before he started his tattoo removal process vs. now:
Here’s 50 Cent before he started his tattoo removal process vs. more recently:
Here’s Colin before he started removing his tattoos vs. now:
Here’s Kat before she began covering up her tattoos vs. now:
7. In 2024, Jelly Roll told GQ, “Lot of these [tattoos] are cover-ups. The ones that were really bad have been covered up.”
8. In a 2024 YouTube video, Gabbie Hanna said, “When I was finally ready to get [a tattoo], for me, it was a huge test of faith. I was a test of my ability to make a big decision and stick with it. It was my test of just doing something that I’d always wanted to do. I was tired of thinking about it, like, ‘Oh, should I get a tattoo? Should I get a tattoo?’ …And then once I got one, I got 15. And now, I am removing 15.”
Here’s Gabbie when she shared her decision to remove her tattoos vs. more recently:
Here’s Justin in real life vs. in the “Anyone” music video:
10. In an early 2024 Instagram post, singer Christian Nodal shared a series of pictures of himself without his face tattoos. He seemingly covered them with makeup for his “Kbron y Medio” music video, which premiered two months after the pictures went viral.
Here’s Christian in real life vs. in the “Kbron y Medio” music video:
11. And finally, in 2024, Paris Jackson partnered with makeup brand Cover FX to cover her 80+ tattoos for the Grammys red carpet.
