20+ Celebrities Who Regretted Getting Their Tattoos & Had Them Removed

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It’s not just us mere mortals who have regrets; many celebrities do too. Hollywood A-listers are still subject to tattoo remorse. Whether it's ink dedicated to an ex-partner, the folly of youth, or spelling errors, some stars covered their tattoos while others have undergone painstaking laser removal. Let's discover celebrities who regretted getting their tattoos. Which singer has a giant spider tattoo on her head, and which actor covered a tattoo of their wife with a dog?

Dave Batista

Guardians of the Galaxy star and ex-wrestler Dave Batista’s gargantuan body is covered in tats, but did you know he got a "cement heart" tattooed on his behind when he was young?

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Big Dave admitted his fellow WWE stars would occasionally catch a glimpse of the ink in the showers, leading to some awkward questions, so he eventually saw sense and had it removed in 2007. The giant of a man says he's happy he no longer has to hide it.

Hayden Panettiere

This has to be our most ironic tattoo. Heroes star Hayden Panettiere had “Vivere senza rimipianti,” meaning “To live without regrets” in Italian, tattooed all the way down her back. However, the tattooist didn’t study Latin at school, misspelled the Italian phrase, and added an extra "I" at the end.

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Poor Panettiere definitely lived with regrets and had the tattooed typo removed in 2013. It could've been worse, she could've asked for an American Eagle, and had the tattooist give her an American Beagle!

Khloé Kardashian

Khloé Kardashian was very close with her father, attorney Robert Kardashian. So after he passed away, she honored his memory with a tattoo. The 16-year-old had the word “Daddy” inscribed above a cross and an angel on her lower back.

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But her sister, Kim, hated the tattoo and described it as putting “a bumper sticker on a Bentley,” so Khloé had it removed. Instead, she had a more tasteful tattoo done on her wrist, which reads “I love you” in her father’s handwriting.

Ryan Reynolds

When he was younger, Ryan Reynolds got numerous tattoos all over his legs but admitted, "I hate them all." He particularly hates the three hours it takes to cover them up with makeup every morning on movie sets and said that "if it wasn't hours and hours of brutal pain," he would get them all lasered off.

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The Deadpool and Green Lantern actor says, "But my wife says I should keep them, keep a record of the choices I’ve made." Which is another way of saying ‘own your mistakes.’