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32 of The Most Ridiculous, Outrageous, and Downright Confusing Celebrity Tattoos

Camo shark! YOLO! Ketchup!

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Even though celebrities have access to the best tattoo artists in the world and, you know, should have assistants whose job is to tell them getting ketchup logo inked on their chest is... an awful idea, they often fall victim to bad body art. Or, you know, body art so bad it's actually good! Click ahead to see 32 of your favorite celebrities' most outrageous and hilarious ink — tattoos that all scream "DGAF." Or in Blac Chyna's case, just "F*CK." Literally.

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Kendall Jenner

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Yes, Kendall Jenner got her "meow" lip tattoo inked while drunk — and admitted it wasn’t a great idea. She told Ellen DeGeneres, "There’s no real meaning behind it, I just wanted to be able to say that I have a tattoo on my face!"

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Kylie Jenner

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When Kylie Jenner visited celebrity tattoo artist Bang Bang's studio, she gave him a King Kylie tattoo and also got another for herself: the phonetic spelling of "sanity." Like her other tattoos, this one is super small and in her signature muted red shade.

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3

Zayn Malik

OK, so Zayn Malik has a lot of tattoos happening, and there's (unfortunate) stories behind many of them. The eyes you see front and center between his pecs there are his ex-girlfriend got Gigi Hadid’s — and everyone knows how that relationship turned out. Hint: not great.

Malik also used to have a cartoonish tattoo of his ex-fiancé Perrie Edwards on his bicep, but covered it up with what looks to be a dark galaxy after he started dating Hadid.

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Rihanna

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Rihanna's camo shark ink is apparently a token of her and Drake's relationship — and the time when he took her to an aquarium in Toronto where he bought her a stuffed shark. Drake also has the same tattoo on the inside of his arm. What a couple of love sharks.

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Drake

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Drake, meanwhile, has a cologne bottle inked on his shoulder — sadly it's not a scratch and sniff piece. It also happens to be a play on his old Twitter handle, @drakkardnoir. Talk about creative branding.

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Pink

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Pink's barcode tattoo on the back of her neck sums up some of the most important numbers in the singer's life. Th identification label is a combination of her birthday, the release date of her Missundaztood album, and lucky number 13.

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Lana Del Rey

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Lana Del Rey got a tattoo that says "die young" on the side of her ring finger, which is, well, a very Lana Del Rey thing to tattoo. (Del Rey once said she wished she were dead already, because some of her favorite musicians died young.)

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Ryan Cabrera

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"On the Way Down" singer Ryan Cabrera’s friends made him get a tattoo of actor Ryan Gosling’s face during a game of "tattoo roulette. ""I'm very proud of it," he said. And, sure, wouldn't you be?!

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Ryan Gosling

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And look, here's the real deal Gosling! Ryan's tattoo is a prime example of why you should leave it to professionals. "One of my tattoos is supposed to be a monster’s hand dropping a bloody heart," he explained, "but I did it myself with a tattoo kit, so it looks like a cactus." Hmm...

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Jenni "JWoww" Farley

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Jersey Shore's JWoww has a Disney sleeve tattoo, which sounds innocent enough. But when you take a closer look, Sleeping Beauty is dead from an overdose, Prince Eric is ignoring Ariel, and Prince Charming is beating Cinderella. JWoww said, "To me, that is the reality of relationships, they are crazy and take hard work — not that happily ever after bullshit."

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Jackson Rathbone

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Remember the guy who played Jasper in Twilight? Well, he has a giant bottle of ketchup tattooed on his calf now. He told talk show host Wendy Williams all about his love for the condiment (and that his family used to make fun of his strange obsession, huh). At least he's embracing it now.

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Ed Sheeran

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After Saoirse Ronan appeared in Ed Sheeran's "Galway Girl" music video, he decided to have her to tattoo the song title on his arm. That sounds like a great idea in theory, only Ronan is the ultimate prankster and spelled it wrong on purpose.

She said she thought it would be "funny and edgy if we misspelled girl and made it grill instead — we’re so clever," she later explained. Grill, haha! At least Sheeran might have a new business idea if this singing thing doesn't work out for him.

Sheeran's entire body is basically a giant tattoo, and he even has a lion tattoo on his chest, the Heinz logo on his arm (yes, another ketchup tat), and John Mayer gave him a "kool guy" tattoo when they went on the Late Late Show.

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Blac Chyna

Blac Chyna's latest tattoo and her first Instagram showing it off are the definition of "DGAF." You could try to find some deeper meaning here, or just... accept it as the ALL CAPS cussword that it is.

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Cara Delevingne

Cara's Insta caption says it all: "my soul wrapped in bacon."

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Gucci Mane

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Now this is body art that speaks to the soul. Gucci Mane's ice cream cone tattoo has three scoops and "brr" etched across the cone. Oh, and it's also a reminder of how "cool as ice" he is. Nice!

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Nicole Richie

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In a stroke of #astroteen genius, Nicole Richie had "virgin" tattooed on her wrist, but to symbolize her star sign thxm — she’s a Virgo. It's also a fitting tattoo since Virgos are known for their attention to detail, but sadly, they're also the butt of many jokes. She got the tattoo when she was 16, but has since called it "embarrassing and desperate."

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Justin Bieber

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Justin Bieber got this sassy-looking owl tattoo in 2012, after getting five other ones that same year (and, as we all know, many many more since). The black and white owl is right next to his "believe" tattoo and is supposed to represent wisdom. Hey, whatever gets the job done!

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Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp's knuckle knucklle attoo used to say "Slim," a nickname for his ex-wife Amber Heard. But then the two divorced after Heard accused him of domestic violence, and Depp changed the tattoo to say "Scum."

He also used to have a tattoo that said "Winona Forever," for his ex- fiancé, Winona Ryder, which he changed to say "Wino Forever" after they broke up.

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Chanel Iman

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Model Chanel Iman got this tattoo to remind herself — and forgetful designers — that she's a model. "You put clothes on a hanger, and you put clothes on a model," Iman said. "It represents being a model.” Clever.

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Chris Brown

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Four years after pleading guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna, Chris Brown added a tattoo that many have said resembles a battered, bruised woman on his neck to his body art collection. Which is, for all sorts of reasons, in very poor taste.

Following much criticism, Brown's publicist denied the tattoo is about Rihanna — instead, Brown was apparently inspired by a M.A.C. Cosmetics makeup design that's supposed to look like a skull from the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration.

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