A Lionel Messi fan says he regrets tattooing the footballer’s identify on his brow following Argentina’s victory within the World Cup.
Colombian influencer, Maicol Quinonez, shared the surprising second he received ‘Messi’ tattooed in enormous letters throughout his head in a social media publish.
Now solely two weeks later, the influencer extra extensively often known as Mike Jambs says he hates the tattoo.
The weird inking was a tribute to World Cup champion Lionel Messi and Quinonez captioned his publish “Fulfilling the challenge. I love you @leomessi’.
The digital creator also had three stars tattooed on one of his cheeks representing Argentina’s World Cup wins and D10s on the other – a play on the Spanish word for ‘God’ and the footballers famous shirt number.
Quinonez has racked up over 143,000 followers on Instagram, many of whom mocked the influencer for his latest ink.
Viewers commented their thoughts on the influencers tribute tatts, one wrote: “People for likes do very stupid things, I don’t know why I follow you”.
Another commented: “People are so backwards”.
A 3rd mentioned: “Hopefully one day you won’t have to regret it and it’ll actually be worth it, I doubt it”.
Initially, he defended his choice to get the tattoo, telling his followers: “I’m not harming anyone, I’m not doing anything illegal.”
But now he has admitted in a current social media video that he needs he may flip again the clock, saying: “I regret having done the tattoo because instead of bringing me positive things, it’s led to lots of negative things, both personally and for my family.”
“I didn’t think I would say this so soon. I was very proud [of it] the first few days, but I regret it.”
“They just say that I am not a positive example for society.”
“Be careful with your words. You don’t know the damage you can do to someone because of social media. You don’t know how you can destroy your life,” he added.
Tattooists in Argentina had been flooded with requests for Messi tributes following the triumphant World Cup win.
Many followers had been additionally left in hysterics after one fan received a tattoo of the Paris Saint-Germain striker on his again that was labelled the ‘worst ever’ by some viewers.
This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.
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