He wears his heart on his (tattoo) sleeve.
Pete Davidson has had several tattoos inked across his body in honor of girlfriend Kim Kardashian despite the fact theyve only been dating for four months but shes not the first lover he boldly etched on his skin.
With references to exes, his late father and his favorite film, the SNL stars tattoos tell his life story with some chapters being written before the publics eyes.
Kardashian, 41, revealed the news of multiple tats during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, saying her favorite of Davidsons inkings is an inscription that reads: My girl is a lawyer.
She also confirmed her comedian beau, 28, has had the word KIM branded across his chest with a hot iron.
He wanted to do something that was really different [for me], Kardashian cooed, claiming Davidson told her: I dont want to be able to get rid of it or to cover it up, and I just wanted it there as a scar on me.
Indeed, the funnyman has been getting some of his tattoos removed in recent years including odes to his former fiance Ariana Grande.
According to Insider, Davidson had more than 70 tattoos in total before he began getting them burned off by laser in late 2020.
Last July, the Saturday Night Live star spoke about removing the body art, saying he hopes to have most of his tattoos removed by the time he turns 30.
But while dozens of Davidsons inkings appear completely random, including images of a white unicorn and Winnie the Pooh, many others are extremely sentimental.
Getting inked is an entirely emotional process for the candid comedian, who has struggled with mental health issues.
The Staten Island native told Inked magazine back in 2019 that he gets tattoos because its just a release and a way of stopping self-harm.
When [Im] so manic and upset, sometimes thats the only thing that will work for me, he declared.
Here are some of Davidsons most prominent and outlandish inkings that reflect his turbulent and colorful past.
Davidsons whirlwind romance with Grande began in May 2018, with the pair getting engaged the following month.
Almost immediately, the funnyman headed to the tattoo parlor to have his affection for the pop queen emblazoned on his body.
Grande famously wore distinctive bunny ears on her Dangerous Woman album cover, prompting Davidson to have the design tattooed below his left ear.
He also decided to have the French phrase Mille tendresse meaning a thousand tendernesses inked across the back of his neck.
Grande herself had the exact same tattoo in the exact same location, with Davidson believing his matching design was a cute way to show his love for the God Is A Woman crooner.
But tattoo artists warned Davidson against getting the impulsive ink.
Manhattan-based Jon Mesa who has tattooed the comedian multiple times allegedly told Davidson: Hey, dude, lets just stop with the girlfriend tats until after [Grandes] your wife.
Mesa later spilled to Page Six: Relationships come and go, and Pete is a really young man. [But] I think that went in one ear and out the other.
Indeed, the relationship between Davidson and Grande ended after just three months, with the funnyman forced to cover up the tattoo tributes he had done.
He turned the bunny ears into a love heart, while he poignantly had the word CURSED scrawled across the back of his neck to obscure the matching Mille tendresse inking he got for Grande.
While romantic relationships come and go, Davidsons admiration for his late fireman father has been unending so it seems unlikely hell laser off a tattoo he had done in his dads memory.
On his left bicep, Davidson has a drawing of a firefighter crouched on his knees with his head in his hand a tribute to his father Scott, who died on 9/11.
Davidson was just seven years old at the time of his dads untimely death, and the openly-emotional actor has admitted that his grief spiraled into a depression that affected him for close to two decades.
It was really so hard for him [Peter] to recover, and I would even say that its just been recently that hes finding his way and being okay, Davidsons own mom, Amy, said of her son in an interview in 2020.
In addition to the drawing of a firefighter, Davidson also has his fathers badge number 8418 tattooed on his left forearm.
Given Davidsons battle with anxiety and depression, its no surprise he finds solace in inspirational quotes.
Like many Millennials, the comedian grew up reading Harry Potter and has a quote from Albus Dumbledore inked on just below his dads firefighting badge number.
The quote, which comes from Harry Potter and the Prison of Azkaban reads: Happiness can be found, even in thedarkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Meanwhile, on his back, Davidson has a quote inked in cursive from one of his favorite films Rocky.
Its not about how hard you hit, the tattoo states. Its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.
On his left bicep, Davidson has another motivational phase which also doubles as a tribute to his dad.
The quote, Enable me to be alert and hear the weakest shout, comes from The Firemans Prayer a manifesto for those who work in the profession.
But while Davidson may have literary quotes across his frame, he memorably had far more random phrases tattooed near his left nipple.
In a 2018 shirtless GQ photoshoot, the actor could be seen sporting the inking, which stated: Jokes come and go, but swag is forever.
The inking didnt last long, and he soon had an image of a shark tattooed over the top.
Meanwhile, the shark isnt the only animal seen on Davidsons frame. The actor appears to house an entire zoo on his pale skin, with a leopard, a crab, a pig named Piggie Smalls and a drawing of Winnie the Pooh all etched onto his flesh.
Davidson stunned fans back in 2017 when he debuted a leg tattoo of failed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The image which appeared to have been copied from a 90s-era photograph of the former First Lady even prompted a reaction from Clinton herself.
After Davidson uploaded a photo of the body art to his now-defunct Instagram page, Clinton responded: Thanks, @petedavidson. This makes it significantly less awkward that Ive had a Pete Davidson tattoo for years.
However, Clinton isnt the only female icon that the funnyman has on his frame.
Eager to flaunt his feminist credentials, Davidson also has an inking of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on his right shoulder.
The legal eagle is seen sporting a crown atop her head in the tattoo, with the image seemingly inspired by the Notorious RBG drawing originally created by Shana Knizhnik.
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Pete Davidson's life in ink: From odes to his exes to tattoos of Winnie the Pooh and Hillary Clinton - New York Post