Tat’s amore?
Another day another bozo doing something ink-redibly harebrained in the name of love.
This time, a UK woman was ripped online for allegedly paying nearly $90 to get her boyfriend’s name tattooed on her forehead, as detailed in a TikTok clip with 3.5 million views.
“I got the tattoo because go big or go home,” Georgia Bridges, 24, told Caters News Agency of her unconventional display of commitment.
Accompanying footage shows the Edenthorpe, Doncaster-based tattoo apprentice getting the name of her beau, Dale, 29, seemingly inked in purple across her forehead.
The artist then appears to use gun to finish the job, which reportedly set Bridges back $85 in total.
The clip concludes with the Brit beaming as she shows off her new beau-honoring forehead graffiti.
“Our love is forever so why shouldn’t my tattoo be,” the bold body artist declared in the caption.
She told Caters that “when Dale saw it, he loved it.”
Needless to see, the TikTok commentariat was not as down with her seemingly long-term commitment.
“Please say psych,” prayed one commenter, while another quipped, “My guess is that the tattoo lasts longer.”
A third told a cautionary tale regarding such permanent proclamations of love, writing: “I had a boyfriend named Dale when I was 21. So in love. Can’t even remember what he looks like now 30 yr later.”
Thankfully, as many TikTok commenters correctly guessed, the ink job was actually temporary. “Of course they were fake,” Bridges declared in a followup clip, which was posted in response to a commenter who wondered why she didn’t exhibit any redness from her “tattoo.”
In other words, she can fortunately get Dale out of her head should the relationship go south.
In a similar saga earlier this week, TikTokker Ana Stanskovsky posted a viral clip in which she claimed to have tattooed her boyfriend Kevin Freshwater’s name on her forehead.
However, she was subsequently ridiculed by skeptical viewers, including celebrity tattoo artist Kevin Paul, who claimed her inkjob was a too-gazi.
“100% fake,” Paul, who’s tatted Rihanna, Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, declared “It’s literally black marker pen.”
The tattoo expert said he spotted several telltale signs of tomfoolery, including the fact that the machine wasn’t running, there was no needle going into the skin, and that she didn’t display any post-ink symptoms.
“Her skin would be raised and welted,” the indignant ink wizard declared. “All the pores would be raised up. You’d also see ink and blood dripping down her face.”
However, unlike Bridges, Stanskovsky is sticking to her story.
“Yes, it’s real,” she stated in a followup to the initial viral clip. “I can’t even believe it myself that I did it.”