Pete Davidson vs. Tattoo Removal: The Battle He Never Wanted

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Pete Davidson is officially breaking up with his tattoos—because apparently, 200+ inked mistakes were enough.

The 31-year-old comedian, who once treated his body like a doodle pad during a boring Zoom meeting, has decided to zap almost all of them away. And it turns out tattoo removal is about as fun as stepping on a LEGO… repeatedly… for months.

While chatting on Today (January 31), Pete rolled up his sleeves like a magician about to pull a rabbit out of a hat, only to reveal a sad, faded collection of what used to be his tattoos. “It’s pretty terrible,” he admitted, probably flashing back to the 500th time a laser fried his skin.

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“If anyone’s thinking about getting a tattoo—just, like, really think about it,” he warned. “Like, maybe sleep on it. Or take a decade to decide. That’d be cool.”

The Mirror Showed No Mercy
So, what made Pete declare war on his ink? Sobriety.

“I got sober, looked in the mirror, and was like, ‘Who is *that*?’” Pete shared. “And then I was like, ‘Nah. Nope. Gotta fix this.’” Because nothing says “fresh start” like voluntarily burning off layers of your skin, right?

On The Tonight Show(January 30), Pete went into the gory details.

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“I’ve been burning them off,” he said, with all the enthusiasm of someone describing a root canal. “They’re almost gone.”

And just in case anyone was wondering how painful tattoo removal is, Pete cleared that up real quick: “It’s horrible. It’s worse than getting them. They burn off a layer of your skin, then you have to heal for six to eight weeks, and then—SURPRISE!—you get to do it, like, 12 more times.”

At this point, we assume Pete is questioning every life choice that led him here.

RIP to the Sad Boy Era
At one point, Pete had around 200 tattoos. Why? “I was a sad boy,” he confessed. “It was a weird time. Everybody was getting tattoos, remember that? Post Malone had ‘Always Tired,’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, me too, dude. I’m exhausted.’”

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Pete is keeping a whopping “maybe, like, two or three” of his tattoos, presumably the ones that don’t make him cringe. “I’m trying to clean slate it,” he said. “Trying to be an adult.”

We wish Pete the best of luck on his tattoo-free journey—may his skin be smooth, and his laser sessions be merciful.

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