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Pete Davidson opened up about one tattoo he’s choosing to keep amid the lengthy, expensive and painful ink removal process he began in 2020
The Saturday Night Live alum admitted on The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 radio show that his “tattoos sucked,” which is why he’s decided to get rid of them
Davidson had upwards of 200 tattoos on his body that he got within a span of two years in his early 20s
Pete Davidson isn’t getting rid of all his ink.
The Saturday Night Live alum, 31, is in the process of removing upwards of 200 tattoos that he had inked all over his body, however, he recently opened up about one in particular that he confirmed he’s keeping.
Davidson shared on The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 that his “feelings changed” about the large amount of tattoos he got done “in a span of two years” in his early 20s, admitting that he’s not a fan of them now like he used to be when he was younger.
“My tattoos sucked. They were all drug-fueled,” he told the hosts of the radio show on Wednesday, Aug. 13, explaining that his time in rehab ultimately gave him second thoughts about his prior ink decisions.
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Pete Davidson
“I just looked at myself in rehab for the first time when I was sober and was just like, ‘Oh no. What did I do’?” recalled Davidson, who’s currently expecting his first baby with his girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, 29.
Don’t get the comedian wrong, though! He said on the radio show that he “thinks tattoos are cool,” however, tattoos that have “meaning” to them. He admitted his did not necessarily have any particular significance when he got them done at the time.
“Mine just weren’t,” the Bupkis actor said of his tattoos’ lack of meaning. “So I just started burning them off. Burning them off sucks,” he added of the lengthy and painful removal process.
There is one tattoo, specifically, that Davidson excitedly spoke about keeping on his body: Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary’s staying, I love Hillary. I got Hilary after she lost,” he told the radio hosts of the 2016 presidential candidate whom he got inked on his right leg in December 2017.
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“One, I know her personally and she’s a lovely lady,” he said of Clinton. “But also … she’s tough, man. She was really at the forefront of some bulls— and as someone who’s been at the forefront of some bulls—, I just wanted to, like, cheer her up a little bit.”
When asked what Clinton said about Davidson’s tattoo, the comic revealed that “she loves it,” and even dialed him to inquire if her inspired ink would be a part of his removal process.
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Pete Davidson before and after his tattoo removal
“What was cute was when I got them removed, she hit me up and was like, ‘You’re not removing me are you’?” he recalled of the politician’s concern. “I was like, ‘Of course not!’,” he recalled, making clear, “Hillary stays.”
Davidson then shared advice for those who are considering permanently inking themselves, suggesting that they put a good amount of thought into the decision prior to getting it done.
“It sucks. If anyone is thinking of getting a tattoo, I would recommend thinking about it for a couple years, ’cause your feelings change.” Davidson previously said he plans to only keep “two or three” of his tats.
Earlier in the interview, the Staten Island native revealed that his “Wu-Tang” tattoo is staying when talking about the hip-hop group — which also hails from the New York City borough — he has inked on his shoulder above his Verrazzano Bridge tattoo.
Of the Wu-Tang tattoo, the comedian previously told Complex, “They are Staten Island. That’s what Staten Island is.” He also added: “Mushrooms is a fun thing to do,” when the interviewer complimented the tattoo.
In January, a source told PEOPLE that the SNL star spent $200,000 to undergo the process of having his multiple inkings removed from his body.
“He just woke up one day and wanted them gone, and it’s been a years-long process,” the source said of the procedure.
A second source added that the tattoo removal is also marking a fresh start for Davidson, who “has been sober since September, and gained 20 pounds.”
“Things are going really well for him,” the insider told PEOPLE at the time. “Things are heading in the right direction.”
Davidson started the long-term journey of removing his tattoos in 2020.
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