Pete Davidson shares which tattoos he intends to keep as he undergoes the process of removing most of his body art.
At the very least, Pete Davidson is eager to get rid of the majority of his tattoos. Even though the former Saturday Night Live star is working for years to get rid of his massive body art which includes over 200 different designs one piece in particular, which is devoted to his mother Amy Waters Davidson, is not going anywhere.
“I got all these tattoos, so my mom was like, ‘How come you’ve never gotten a “Mom” tattoo?’” Pete, 31, revealed in an interview that was released on October 31. “Now I have a tattoo that just says ‘MOMTATTOO.’ That one has to stay.”
In addition to keeping his many Sopranos-inspired tattoos, the King of Staten Island star, who is expecting his first child with girlfriend Elsie Hewitt, said he also intends to keep one that honors his late father, Scott Davidson, a firefighter who lost his life in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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“I have my dad’s ID [number],” he revealed, “and that’s pretty much it.”
It is not funny, though, because the comedian began the ten-year process in 2020 and has a long way to go before getting rid of the remaining tattoos. The process is not only incredibly time-consuming but also uncomfortable.
“It’s awful,” Pete admitted. “I’ve been filming it and showing all the younger people in my family to be like, ‘If you don’t like it, this is what you have to do.’
“But I’m excited ‘cause I’m making changes,” he went on. “So, I’m excited, but it sucks.”
After being sober for almost a year, Pete is accepting yet another significant life transition, which he attributes to his mother.
“My mom’s the most supportive person in the world,” when he spoke on the This Past Weekend program in September, he informed Theo Von. “And it got to a point where she called me when I was in rehab and she was like, ‘My biggest fear is that I will turn on the news, and I’ll see that my son has died.’”
Pete also emphasized how his mother's direct communication had a significant influence on him.
“She’s so supportive and wants to always have positivity around,” he continued. “That killed me. So, I was like, ‘Alright, can’t die until she’s dead.’”
