Blake Shelton Says His ‘Worst Mistake’ Was Getting His Arm Tattoo

Blake Shelton is just like Us — he has a tattoo he now regrets.

Shelton, 48, laughed about how much he hates his arm ink while chatting with CMT on Thursday, January 23. “You know, they say that tattoos are addictive,” Shelton said, pointing at the design that wraps around his forearm. “I got this tattoo about 20 years ago and decided — in the moment — one of the worst mistakes of my life.”
“I’m never doing that again,” the country singer quipped. “And I stuck to that.”

Fans questioned the abstract art in the comments section, wondering what the design even was.

“What is it though,” one social media user pondered, as another admitted, “It is a pretty terrible tattoo 😂😂😂.” More laughed with Shelton and gushed that they love him or without the ink.

Back in 2013, Shelton opened up about what the tattoo was, sharing that his original vision was to get deer tracks walking around his arm, per NBC.

When he got to the tattoo parlor, neither he nor the artist knew exactly what deer tracks looked like so they teamed up and created an artistic interpretation of what they imagined.

Shelton later added barbed wire surrounding the tracks in hopes that it would help conceal the blobs.

The “God’s Country” singer isn’t the only artist in Hollywood who has second thoughts about their tattoos. Fellow country star Jelly Roll, who is covered in ink, told GQ in March 2024 that he regrets “98 percent” of his body art.

At the time, he explained that his extensive collection started when he was just 17 years old and decided to sketch a set of his “core philosophies” into his skin.

“Now I’m 40, I’m like, ‘What the f— was I thinking?’” he joked in the YouTube video. Thankfully, if either country singer wants to get rid of their tattoos, removal is always an option.