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Celebrity Tattoos: What Were They Thinking?

Barbara Estrada |
March 12, 2014 | 7:47 p.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

Celebrities are sometimes an example of how irrational people can be. Although nobody is perfect, tattoos need to be given some time to think about because once they're inked, it's there permanently. A tattoo can say a lot about a person and these celebrities are the perfect fit for a "What were you thinking?" mistake.

Chris Brown (Tumblr @imaginarium-s)
Chris Brown (Tumblr @imaginarium-s)

 

Chris Brown

Ever since the Rihanna incident, Chris Brown has not been America’s favorite. He has been constantly scrutinized for committing such domestic violence and his behavior has changed throughout the scandal. Chris changed from a clean-cut, hip-hop musician to a heavily tattooed, bleach blonde troublemaker. One of his controversial tattoos is seen on his neck of a “robotic” image of a woman. Some circulated rumors say that it is of Rihanna’s beaten face the night of the incident between the two. However, according to the image next to Chris, it is an image of the makeup company, MAC. Knowing Chris Brown’s unstable behavior, this seems too uncanny to believe otherwise.

 

Ke$ha (Twitter @HannahMicheelle)
Ke$ha (Twitter @HannahMicheelle)

Ke$ha

The "Timber" singer has had a couple hit songs and memorable red carpet ensembles that have been talked about. A not-so-secret spot where Ke$ha decided to tattoo the words, “Suck It,” is an interesting message to all her “haters.” Ke$ha specially dedicated such tattoo to the people who are always opinionating her every decision from her clothes to her makeup to her songs. The lip tattoo is rather appropriate in the location she tattooed it. It would suck if she were the joke amongst all her friends.

 


Zac Efron (Tumblr @lovingzacefron)
Zac Efron (Tumblr @lovingzacefron)

Zac Efron

Why do the stunning and gorgeous men have to get the dumbest tattoos? Zac Efron got a "YOLO" tattoo on the side of his right hand in 2011. "YOLO" is the abbreviation for “You Only Live Once.” Drake, the rap-artist, has one of his hit songs called "YOLO" and people thought Efron got the tattoo for the love of rap music. According to Zac, the tattoo is a personal mantra, which he lives by on a daily basis. What we know to be certain is that tattoos are forever inked to your skin so "YOLO!”

 


Miley Cyrus (Tumblr @hoping-withafragileheart)
Miley Cyrus (Tumblr @hoping-withafragileheart)

Miley Cyrus

A reminder to all girls who have a boyfriend: Do not get a matching tattoo with a boyfriend or someone who isn’t your family member. Miley Cyrus made that mistake when she got matching tattoos with her ex-fiancé, Liam Hemsworth. The tattoo is an excerpt from one of Theodore Roosevelt’s speeches. We admire anything that has to do with history and making a connection to it. Nonetheless, if it has to do with love, just remember it can be a horrible reminder of the past.  Miley has then drastically changed from her breakup with Liam and this tattoo is just a reminder of what she once had. Remember girls: don’t make a permanent decision based off temporary feelings.

 


Harry Styles (Tumblr @bestblogeverr)
Harry Styles (Tumblr @bestblogeverr)

Harry Styles

The boys from One Direction are known to have ridiculous tattoos that seem pointless to ink. Our culprit from the famous British boy band is Harry Styles. Before the countless tattoos inked on his chest, he was not so distracting to look at. However, Harry resembles a newspaper with tons of black inked tattoos that make no sense regardless of a meaning he may add to it. The tattoo that takes the cake is the enormous sized butterfly in the middle of his chest, which doesn’t make his torso look proportionate to his body. If he is trying to copy Rihanna’s torso tattoo, we know who the winner is for worst tattoo impersonator.

 

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