15 Celebrities Who Got A Tattoo For Their Partner, Then Removed Or Covered It Up After The Breakup

Jordin Sparks sang, "Just like a tattoo, I'll always have you" — but that's not always true when it comes to celebrity relationships. A lot of Hollywood couples who commemorated their relationship by getting inked find themselves in the laser-removal chair after the breakup.

Here are 15 celebs who removed or covered up a tattoo they got for their ex:

1.Justin Bieber covered up a portrait of his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez.

The Selena tattoo circled and then the same area after the cover-up
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2.During his engagement to Ariana Grande, Pete Davidson got a tattoo of the phrase "mille tendresse" (French for "a thousand tendernesses") to match Ariana's, but after their breakup, he covered it with the word "cursed."

Mille tendresse tattoo on the back of Pete's neck
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3.Similarly, Ariana covered up a foot tattoo she had showing the firefighter badge number of Pete's late father with "Myron," the name of her late ex-boyfriend Mac Miller's dog.

"8418" on her ankle vs "Myron"

4.Amber Rose covered up a portrait of her ex-husband, Wiz Khalifa, with one of Slash.

Wiz on the back of her upper arm
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5.Travis Barker covered up his ex-wife Shanna Moakler's name with two tattoos: a scorpion and his now-wife Kourtney Kardashian Barker's lips.

Travis playing drums and showing tattoos, including
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6.Angelina Jolie covered up her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton's name with the birthplace coordinates of her children and her then-partner, Brad Pitt.

Angie with Billy Bob and showing his name tattooed on her upper arm
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7.However, after separating from Brad, Angelina removed his birth coordinates from her arm, but she left her children's.

The original coordinates and now an empty space
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8.Marc Anthony covered up a tattoo of his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez's name with a design.

Jennifer's name on his wrist
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9.Adrienne Bailon had difficulties getting her tattoo of ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian's name removed from her butt. On her third try, it finally worked.

Original tattoo and the tattoo distorted, with the name illegible

10.Kat Von D lasered off the portrait she had of her ex-fiancé Jesse James's school picture from fifth grade.

11.Denise Richards covered up her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's name with a fairy tattoo.

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12.Melanie Griffith removed a tattoo of her ex-husband Antonio Banderas's name in a heart after their separation.

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13.Eva Longoria had Tony Parker's basketball number (nine) removed from her neck after their divorce.

"Nine" visible on the back of her neck and then gone
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14.Heidi Klum removed an abstract tattoo of her ex-husband Seal's name.

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15.And finally, after her divorce from Ryan Sweeting, Kaley Cuoco covered up their wedding date with a moth tattoo.

The date (12/31/13) in roman numerals on the back of her neck
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