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Pete Davidson is getting rid of most of the ink that once covered his body, but he says one portrait will stay: the Hillary Clinton tattoo on his leg. The comic told radio hosts on The Breakfast Club he’s having the bulk of his tattoos lasered off, yet he repeated plainly, “Hillary is staying.” That small line tells you exactly where his priorities — and his sense of celebrity devotion — still lie.
Pete Davidson tattoo removal: what he revealed
On the air, Davidson described the tattoo-removal process as brutal, saying it’s “pretty horrible” and likening it to “putting your arm on a grill and burning off a layer.” He’s spending serious money on the project — he’s quoted as having put roughly $200,000 into removals so far and saying he’s only partway through, about 30 percent done. The headline here is simple: hundreds of tattoos going, one Clinton portrait staying. That’s the new development entertainment outlets have been repeating from his interviews.
Why he’s erasing the past
Davidson frames the mass removals as a reset. He says many tattoos came from a painful, chaotic period of his life — some ink covered self-harm scars, others were impulsive or “drug-fueled.” Removing them, he says, is part of recovery and a way to stop playing a role he no longer is. For anyone debating whether tattoo removal is cosmetic vanity or a real step in healing, his explanation makes the choice clear: it’s both a practical and personal reboot.
The Hillary tattoo: politics, celebrity worship, and comedy gold
Here’s the punchline conservatives will enjoy: Davidson says he got the Hillary Clinton portrait as a kind of tribute and then refuses to let it go. He calls her a friend and a hero and tells interviewers he won’t remove her face. Keep your cheap tattoos and impulse ink — his one political keepsake is staying. It’s a perfect snapshot of modern celebrity: public confessions about pain and recovery, then an unchanged public symbol of political fandom. If you want irony, this is it.
At the end of the day, it’s his body and his choice. But this story also shows how celebrity branding works: big gestures, bigger bills, and the odd stubborn souvenir that says more about identity than you might expect. Whether you read the tattoo as a heartfelt homage or a permanent political billboard, Pete Davidson’s removal project is a reminder that some parts of one’s past are painfully easy to wipe away — and some, apparently, are worth keeping forever.
