Comedian and Saturday Night Live alumn Pete Davidson has opened up about the ongoing painful process of removing all of his 200 tattoos, which he first started doing five years ago.
Speaking to Page Six at a New York screening of Riff Raff, Davidson says that he’s “still going strong” with removing all of his ink.
“It’s still going strong, arms are almost all gone, working on the torso,” Davidson said.
“It’s a lot.”
When asked about how painful the process is, Davidson didn’t mince his words.
“It’s terrible. They burn off your skin and then you’ve got to do it 10 more times,” he said.
“I think if you can invest in any business, I think you should invest in the tattoo removal business.”
Davidson made the decision to remove all of his tattoos back in 2020, revealing to film critic Mike McGranagan that “it would be easier” than having them constantly covered up by makeup.
“He said it takes three to four hours in the makeup chair to cover them, so he figured it would be easier to get them burned off,” McGranagan said.
Davidson previously made an appearance at SNL’s 50th anniversary special and rubbed shoulders with a healthy heaping of celebs also at the event – even managing to sit next to Hollywood legend Meryl Streep.
“I was just so nervous because I didn’t want to bother her,” Davidson told Page Six.
“She was so nice – not that that’s so surprising. She was so nice to me. We had a really good conversation and we were both just in awe of what was happening.”
Davidson’s newest flick, Riff Raff, sees him play a hitman alongside Bill Murrary, as well as an ensemble cast including Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, and Lewis Pullman.
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