We all know folks who have Spring Break ink regrets, like a tribal armband or literally
anything on one's lower back.
And while most people can easily hide their tattoo mistakes, it's not so easy for the
stars.
These are the celebs who got their embarrassing tattoos removed.
Pamela Anderson’s 90s icon
When Pamela Anderson got the starring role in 1996's Barb Wire, she explained to the
Los Angeles Times that it just seemed to make more sense to get the character's tattoo permanently
needled on.
She called it a, quote, “very feminine” barbed wire, and the resulting bicep tattoo
became a 90s icon all of its own.
Cut to April 2014, and The Daily Mail was reporting that Anderson was undergoing costly
tattoo removal sessions to get rid of the offending piece.
A friend told the paper:
"Pamela is seeing the effects of age and hard living on her body.
Her skin is getting soft.
She feels like her tattoos are going to become eyesores."
In recent appearances, Anderson's tat appears to be completely gone.
“Can I get a hallelujah?”
Kaley Cuoco’s anniversary tat
Star of The Big Bang Theory Kaley Cuoco marked her 2013 wedding date to professional tennis
player Ryan Sweeting by getting a very symbolic tattoo.
“I had the date tattooed on my back and everything to remind me.”
“Maybe you should’ve put it on your front.”
However, by November 2015, she was back at the tattoo parlor having the regrettable piece
covered up in the aftermath of their breakup.
Cuoco posted a photo to her Instagram on Nov. 24, 2015, showing a tattoo artist hard at
work on a massive moth that would cover up the original regrettable ink.
The actress later posted a photo of the finished piece to her Instagram, with the caption,
quote, "the deep, meaningful, larger than life meaning behind this beautiful piece of
ink, is…..
It covered the last one."
Angelina Jolie says goodbye
Everything about actress Angelina Jolie's May 2000 marriage to actor Billy Bob Thornton
seemed impulsive: from the couple tying the knot after just a couple months of dating,
right down to the unfortunate "Billy Bob" tattoo that Jolie had inked on her left bicep
in his honor.
After the relationship ended in 2003, Jolie had the tattoo removed along with the dragon
below it, and has since covered the space on her arm with coordinates marking the birthplaces
of her six children.
Eva Longoria’s team spirit
Actress Eva Longoria filed for divorce from NBA player Tony Parker in 2010 after he reportedly
cheated on her early in their marriage, according to People magazine.
Years after their divorce, she was putting in the hard work to erase the three unfortunate
tattoos that commemorated their relationship, including the word “nine,” which was Parker's
jersey number that she had inked on her neck, their wedding date in Roman numerals on her
wrist, and his initials that she had inked in a super-private location.
Adrienne Bailon’s booty tat
During a 2013 episode of The Real, former Cheetah Girls star Adrienne Bailon admitted
to having probably one of the worst tattoos ever.
Back when she was dating Rob Kardashian in 2008, she got his name planted...
“On my butt, on my bottom.”
A July 2014 episode of Extra chronicled Bailon's final tattoo removal process after two previous
attempts that hadn't worked.
"I think I've waited for a very long time, long enough to have this officially gone.”
Since Bailon had previously expressed regret over the tattoo, we’re glad her Kardashian-inspired
body art is now a distant memory.
"I made a very bad decision.
Don't follow my example."
Nick Lachey's sun cover-up
It's refreshing to see that former 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey has a good sense of humor
about his regrettable tattoo, a late-90s, early-2000s nostalgia piece if ever there
was one.
He eventually had the tribal sun with his band's name in the middle of it filled in,
as he revealed to fans on Instagram with an August 2017 post.
To be honest, the tattoo is still pretty cringe-y, but at least it doesn't rep a boy band anymore.
And it's worth noting Lachey kept his Pamela Anderson-style barb wire tattoo for good luck.
Kelly Osbourne’s painful removals
Former Fashion Police host Kelly Osbourne started getting inked as an act of young rebellion,
as she explained to British talk show This Morning in 2009.
"I was miserable and I just went and got all these tattoos and I don't know why.
One of them is a keyboard and I don't even know how to play a piano!"
"Mmhm.”
“Do you regret your tattoos?”
“Oh hell yeah."
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
In her weekly column for Closer magazine in 2010, Osbourne explained that she'd decided
to have the majority of her 15 tattoos removed.
The process took several years, and Osbourne posted an Instagram video of a removal session
for said keyboard tattoo in November 2013.
She later said in a Facebook post, quote, “In my opinion removal hurts more then getting
the tattoo."
Ouch.