Pete Davidson Names The 'Humiliating' Tattoo He Totally Regrets

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 22: Pete Davidson attends "The Home" New York Premiere at Metrograph on July 22, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/WireImage)Pete Davidson is sharing the candid story behind a tattoo he now looks back on as “humiliating”.During an appearance on Hot Ones, the Saturday Night Live alum told host Sean Evans that the ink in question was inspired by a conversation with fellow comic Dave Chappelle, after he came to watch Pete perform stand-up in Brooklyn.“Seeing him was like crazy, like ‘what the fuck,’” Pete said of his comedy hero, who at the time was still on hiatus from performing himself.“I got off stage, and he was like, ‘I watched your whole set. It was really good’.”Pete thanked Dave before asking him how he keeps “coming up with new stuff” as a comedian, referring to it as a “difficult” task at the time.He continued: “And he goes, ‘Jokes come and go, but swag is forever.’ And guess who got that tattooed on his chest?’.”Pete noted that while Dave Chappelle was – and still is – his idol, he later covered the quote with a tattoo of the shark from Jaws, claiming he “needed something huge to black it out.”Pete Davidson on a New York City film set in June 2019.“I could have just told people he said that to me,” Pete said of the tat, which was not attributed to Dave Chappelle. “When you see that [quote], you think I thought of it. I didn’t put, ‘dash Chappelle’ ... horrible.”Pete brought up the ink when asked about his experience with his costly, yearslong process of removing hundreds of tattoos from his body.The former SNL cast member told Variety back in April that he started the process — which is at least 30% complete and has cost him $200,000 — back in 2020, and it’ll take him another 10 years before he removes the rest.Pete, who has noted that he looks to keep two or three tattoos among the bunch, said he sees the process of removing most of his ink as part of his healing journey.“I used to be a drug addict and I was a sad person, and I felt ugly and that I needed to be covered up,” he told Variety.“So I’m just removing them and starting fresh, because that’s what I think works best for me and for my brain.”MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:Liam Neeson Shares Why He Found Pamela Anderson Naked Gun Sex Scenes 'A Little Strange'Brian Cox Accuses 'Idiot' Donald Trump Of 'Talking B*****ks' Over Scottish IndependenceJustin Timberlake Reveals Diagnosis After Concerning Concert Videos Go Viral

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