It seems no amount of lessons learned will ever keep celebrities from getting tattoos! Heard it was a bad idea to get your current flame’s name or likeness inked? Do it anyway! Wrong translations of different sayings? Why not!

We’ve honestly seen it all!

After all, the heart wants what it wants… and the idea of getting new body art doesn’t seem so permanent when you can always laser it off. Or better yet, cover it up with another piece! At least, that’s what your fave stars have proved time and time again!

Just take a look (below)…

Kylie Jenner

Before welcoming her first child with Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner was very much entangled with rapper Tyga — so much so she had his “t” initial tatted on her ankle in 2016! You can just make it out (above, inset).

While he also paid tribute to his then-girlfriend with his own tattoo (we’ll get to that later), this relationship wasn’t forever, even if the ink was supposed to be. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star transformed the cursive “t” into a cursive “la” to display her love for the city.

Tyga had a bit of a different experience…

Tyga

On a KarJenner family vacation to St. Barts, Tyga unveiled his own feelings for the teen! Shocking Kris Jenner (and less so, her sisters), KUWTK viewers saw the dad of one play coy about the large ink of “Kylie” featured on the inside of his elbow. You can see just a peek of it (above)!

The artist, who is absolutely covered in tattoos, did eventually re-work the art after their split became final, final.

Khloé Kardashian & Lamar Odom

Here’s a throwback for you guys!

Before Kylie and Tyga, Khloé Kardashian had dedicated a valuable piece of real estate to Lamar Odom! In 2009, the star took to her then-blog, telling fans of her and Lamar’s decision to get tattoos of each other’s initials (above). She wrote:

“Hi dolls! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend…I definitely did! Saturday night Lamar and I were eating at Sunset Plaza and I just said, ‘Let’s go to Tattoo Mania! I want a tattoo!’ I think the best tattoo experiences are the spontaneous ones, because that way you are not only left with the tattoo, but an amazing memory to go along with it! I’m definitely a believer in tattoos as long as they are thoughtful and have significant meaning, which all of mine do. On my wrist I have ‘I love you’ in my father’s handwriting and on my lower back I have a cross and angel wings with ‘Daddy’ written above it in honor of my father and now I have my husband’s initials ‘LO.’”

Khloé continued her post, adding:

“Tattoos are something you’ll have for the rest of your life so it’s important to get one that truly means something to you. When we were at dinner, I just knew I wanted a tattoo for Lamar in the web of my hand, and then once we got to the shop we decided on getting each other’s initials. I got ‘LO’ in cursive on my right hand and he got ‘KO’ on both hands. I love how my tattoo flows with the one I already have. It’s special to me, which is why I believe it’s worth it when it symbolizes something or someone that is important to you.”

The pair, who married in 2009, split in 2013 before KoKo’s filing for divorce was finalized in 2016. Odom ended up removing this last trace of his ex-wife in 2019. Though the former NBA pro never talked about having it lasered off, he was photographed in May of that year with laser removal scars where her “KO” used to be.

As for the reality TV star? It’s unclear when she actually started removing his initials, but looking at the same spot now, you’d be hard pressed to even find a remnant of it! Take a look (below):

It wasn’t the only time she’s undergone the procedure, though. Speaking of her “daddy” tattoo earlier, she had the “tramp stamp,” which she got when she was 16, removed in 2017. She even documented it on her social media for followers:

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Ouch!!

Sorry, Tristan Thompson, but we think Lam was the last of her tattoo tributes!

Pete Davidson

Where do we begin?

Before we even get started on the different pieces Pete Davidson has covering his body, let us tell you this first: he’s announced plans to have ALL of them removed — including his past tributes to former fiancée Ariana Grande. During a virtual Q&A with fans in December 2020, the comedian revealed he already started the process of getting them gone! At the point of that chat, Pete displayed his hand, which showed little signs of any remaining ink.

The reasoning? His acting career!

Davidson told viewers he was sick and tired of spending hours in the makeup chair to have them covered up. Can you blame him?? The SNL star is covered in countless tats — we could hardly even keep track of the ones he got during his short-lived engagement to Ariana!

One, for example, was an outlined pair of Playboy bunny ears — like the ones Ari sported for her Dangerous Woman album art — both he and the singer had inked behind their ears.

As you can see (below), he had his changed to a filled-in heart:

Unfortunately, he has plenty of remnants of his Ariana relationship. Matching one of her four-year-old tattoos, Pete had the words “mille tendresse” inked on his neck. The French term means “a thousand tendernesses” and was taken from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The New York native replaced it in February 2019 with — get this, “CURSED”! Damn, tell her how you really feel, Pete!

You can see the replacement in this since-deleted snap taken by tattoo artist Jon Mesa, who actually warned him about the foreverness of ink:

Early on into their whirlwind relationship, the 27-year-old also had her “AG” initials tattooed on one of his thumb knuckles. Add that to their matching clouds, and his tat tribute to Piggy Smallz (their pet pig):

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It was also during this Ari romance that Pete had another of his body art removed: his tribute to ex-girlfriend Cazzie David which was an image of her face surrounded by a few stars. His cover-up of choice? A black block obscuring her face… until he went ahead and covered up the entirety of the cute drawling with a large forest.

Take a look at the before-and-after (below):

Well, guess we can say goodbye to all of these, right?

Rob Kardashian

Rob Kardashian truly wears his heart on his sleeve. Or more specifically, permanently inked on his body! The tatted Keeping Up with the Kardashians star first revealed he had now-ex girlfriend Adrienne Bailon‘s name written in ink (above, right inset), which he debuted on an episode of the reality TV show (below)!

Talk about a throwback!

While you’d be hard pressed to find a recent topless of Rob to see how he may have covered up the ink, it seemed he didn’t learn his lesson when he also replaced it with a tattoo of his once-rumored flame Rita Ora‘s face!

Big sis Kim Kardashian harshly joked about his piece amid his weight gain during a 2016 episode of KUWTK, saying:

“He covered it with a life-sized barbie doll of Rita that has now turned into a Cabbage Patch Doll. Have you seen it lately? It was like a Barbie doll and he’s gained weight and it’s like a huge Cabbage Patch Kid. Huge!”

Wow. Not really the kind of support her brother deserved.

Johnny Depp

Once madly in love, Johnny Depp had Amber Heard‘s nickname “SLIM” tatted on his knuckles, but amid their contentious 2016 divorce, the veteran actor had it altered to “SCUM.” Then in 2018, his Hollywood Vampires bandmate Tommy Henriksen revealed Johnny updated the tat showing the letter “A” (in the anarchy sign) covering one of the letters.

So, what does it spell now?? “SCAM.” We can’t tell which is worse…

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie was one of many celebs to cement her marriage with a new piece of body art! While you can see her dragon ink (above), the piece actually featured “Billy Bob” to memorialize her union with Billy Bob Thornton in 2000. You can see where her skin tone looks different right above it. The couple divorced in 2003, with Angie later lasering off the tattoo altogether.

It’s since been replaced with the coordinates of her six children’s birth places.

Demi Lovato

Okay, Demi Lovato had perfectly good reason to cover up one of her arm tattoos. In 2011, the singer had a pair of lips (above) inked on her left wrist, choosing to have it replaced with a pair of roses. Her “vagina tattoo,” as it had been called at the time, was changed in 2015.

The star explained on Twitter in a fiery defense back at the original tattoo artist (who shaded Lovato’s coverup):

“First, I would like to say I’m really sorry I don’t remember you or getting tattooed by you, but as you know I was f**ked up and sometimes people act like ‘#turds’ when they’re loaded. Second, I apologize for my ‘#peepeetoiletseat’… That wasn’t on purpose, I was simply a drunken teenage girl. Lastly, I apologize for making fun of your work.. But… if I were you, I wouldn’t claim that one because it looked more like an open vagina (or even a butt hole as my 8 year old little sister called it at the time.)”

The message continued:

“I also wouldn’t be admitting to the fact that you tattooed a very intoxicated 18 year old on a tour bus without the proper judgement that most legit tattoo artists have of saying ‘Hmm… This underage kid is wasted, maybe I shouldn’t permanently ink a hot pink kiss mark on this girl’s wrist….? Oh well… F**k it, she’s famous.’”

She finished her clapback at the time with:

“I can’t blame you for getting the tattoo, I take full responsibility for that but if the issue here is you wanting credit, maybe next time you should wait for the person to get your tattoo sober so they would actually remember getting the tattoo in the first place, or perhaps you could’ve thought about all of this as a blessing that I forgot everything about you – that was until you outted yourself for the now internationally infamous ‘vagina tattoo.’ But you’re right, I should give credit where credit is due, and you Ashley, surely deserve credit for this one. #justputitonmytab”

Couldn’t agree more!

Megan Fox

Megan Fox has a different story when it comes to her body art! Despite calling the process of tattoo removal “extremely painful,” the Transformers star no longer wanted the “negative energy” surrounding her Marilyn Monroe tattoo featured on her forearm.

In 2011, she shared about her decision to Italian magazine Amica:

“I’m removing it. It is a negative character, as she suffered from personality disorders and was bipolar. I do not want to attract this kind of negative energy in my life.”

Fair enough!!

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande boasts more tattoos than we can even count, and honestly, we wouldn’t be surprised if she lost track of them all, too! The Positions singer has made it clear she’s not afraid of the needle, especially if it means covering up any ink that’s no longer relevant (ahem, sayonara Pete).

For example, while dating the SNL comedian, Ari had “always” done under her rib cage:

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Originally a Harry Potter reference (she and Davidson shared a love of the series), in 2019 she revealed its new look surrounded by seven leaves (below). The star captioned it in part, writing, “not a cover up just evolvin.”