The Truth About Cher's First Tattoo

In a 2013 interview with David Letterman on his late night talk show (available on YouTube), Cher and Letterman bantered about her tattoos. She corrected the host when he quoted her as having said she had tattoos she'd never seen, noting, "That's not what Isaid; I have tattoos that I hardly ever see. When I

In a 2013 interview with David Letterman on his late night talk show (available on YouTube), Cher and Letterman bantered about her tattoos. She corrected the host when he quoted her as having said she had tattoos she'd never seen, noting, "That's not what I said; I have tattoos that I hardly ever see. When I had a boyfriend, he told me about it," gesturing behind her with her thumb. In an interview with Rosie O'Donnell seemingly from the same time period, available at the same YouTube link, she called her tattoos "passe" and explained "I've got 'em everywhere I don't want 'em. I'd like to look at my butt once before I die and just see ... it." 

In another interview with Letterman, Cher brought up the connection that she and Janis Joplin had as women who'd been early adopters of the tattoo trend. She went on to reminisce, "I think my first one was on my butt." When Letterman prompted "And it said ..." Cher responded, deadpan, "Hi, sailor." As Letterman laughed and the studio audience applauded, she continued, "That was on one cheek The other cheek said 'New in town?'" Cher was 27 years old at the time and noted once again that she wanted to have them removed, as the art was so old-fashioned and had improved in recent times.

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