Melanie Griffith used to wear her heart on her sleeve for longtime hubby Antonio Banderas. However, since announcing their impending divorce, she’s been concealing his name … with concealer.
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Angelina Jolie, seen at left in 2001, adored then-husband Billy Bob Thornton so much that she got his name and a dragon inked on her arm … except that relationship ended up not being permanent. Jolie lasered his name off first, then the dragon, and eventually got the geographic coordinates of her brood’s — and fiancé Brad Pitt’s — birthplaces instead.
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In 1990, Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were madly in love. So madly that when they split, Depp didn’t get rid of his entire “Winona Forever” tattoo, and instead made it a declaration of love for booze.
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50 Cent was proud of his sleeves and never disliked them. However, he didn’t love them enough to keep them for long: When he decided to become a serious actor in 2010, he got them lasered off to save time in the makeup chair. What a pro.
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Britney Spears had a toxic tattoo artist: She wanted the Hebrew word for “God” on the back of her neck, but instead got “healing.” The ink is slowly being removed, allowing Spears to heal from her lack of foresight.
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When Iggy Azalea split from rapper A$AP Rocky, she deemed laser removal a little too fancy for her tastes.
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Kelly Osbourne is in the process of removing some of her many tattoos, explaining, “They are representative of my teenage rebellion, self-harm, drug usage.” One that she particularly loathes? “I also have a Moog keyboard tattoo and I cant even play the f—ng piano.” She documented her first laser session on Instagram, and, well, it wasn’t pretty.
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Pharrell regretted his sleeve tattoos after the birth of his son. Though it was reported that he was getting skin grafts over the body art, he confirmed via a Twitter photo that he simply got them lasered off.
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Adrienne Bailon had “Kardashian” inked on her “booty cheek” in honor of then-boyfriend, Rob Kardashian. Their relationship ended and she had to get it lasered off. What a pain in the ass.
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Chris Brown has worse problems than his tattoo collection, but that’s no picnic either: He got a woman’s face etched on his neck that critics claimed looked like a battered Rihanna. To rectify that failure, he made the face look like a zombie. Breezy also had a tattoo of on-again off-again flame Karrueche Tran removed, though the pair are reportedly back together.
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Kathy Griffin married Matt Moline in 2001. The funny lady hated wearing rings, so instead of jewelry, they got wedding ring tattoos. Unfortunately, Moline ended up allegedly stealing a cool $70,000 from Griffin, who then divorced him in 2007, as well as her ink shortly after.
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Mark Wahlberg once had a funky bunch of bad tattoos, including a shamrock that was so crooked he actually got it covered with Tweety Bird. He also had Bob Marley’s mug tattooed on his shoulder. Wahlberg lasered off, but like the singer’s legend, it just won’t die completely.
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Once upon a time, Nas had then-wife Kelis’ topless torso tattooed on her forearm. When they divorced in 2009, he replaced her face with that of a male lion. Maybe the king of the jungle reminds Nas of his dream to rule the world. (Imagine that.)
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Pamela Anderson is as fickle about her tattoos as she is about her husbands. When the bombshell was married to Tommy Lee, she got “Tommy” inked on her ring finger. When they split, she changed it to “Mommy,” only to revert it “Tommy” after they reconciled.
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Eva Longoria got two tattoos in honor of then-husband Tony Parker: “Nine” on the back of her neck and their wedding date, July 7, 2007, in Roman numerals on her wrist. In 2010, they split, and by late 2012, Parker wasn’t only out of her life, but also off of her skin for good.
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Megan Fox had another sex symbol tattooed on her forearm: Marilyn Monroe. Fox later regretted the decision and is in the painful process of having the piece removed, telling press, “I started reading about her and realized that her life was incredibly difficult. It’s like when you visualize something for your future. I didn’t want to visualize something so negative.”
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