My Tattoos and The Stories Behind Them

hope to see you there. I got my first tattoo at eighteen, and I got a lot of crap for it from my family. I was the first one in my family I think, to get a tattoo. I try to hide it from them, and then eventually they found out. I used to have nine tattoos. You guys, can you believe that? And honestly, now I feel like I don't know if tattoos really go with me. I don't believe in getting people's names or their portraits unless it's like a grandmother or like a mother or something like that.

But the way I kind of feel like I want to get like an e for a media Happy Monday, everyone. I can't believe this is the last day in July. What the heck? This has been such a busy month for me. And I'm not complaining because I'm very grateful we have work, but I'm a little tired and we only have a few months left this year, so make them count. So today's episode is going to be a fun one because we're going to be talking about tattoos,

specifically my tattoos. I thought this would be a fun episode to tape and one that'll make you all get to know me a little better. Episd whe No, this is Cheeky's in Chill Okay. So I think tattoos are still a little taboo in society and especially in our culture, but they are way more acceptable, which I love. When I was growing up, things were very different and tattoos weren't really embraced at all. I mean when I got my first tattoo, I got a lot of crap for

it from my family. I was the first one in my family, I think, to get a tattoo. My grandpa had a tattoo. Actually, they'll tell you guys the story. He had a tattoo on his forearm for years. It was like a little tree. It looked like a little short, stubby tree with like red apples on it, and I would always look at it and try to scratch it off when I would sit on his lap. And then all of a sudden, it was not there, like just

the very top of the tree was there. I didn't understand, because of course I got older and I was like, well, what happened. He doesn't like tattoos. My family, my grandma, they don't like tattoos. So we grew up like no, tattoos are bad, like that's not cute, the whole thing. I still hadn't had my first tattoo. But when my grandpa got it removed, they actually cut it. You guys, now there's laser, you can get it laser off. They

caught my grandpa's tattoo off. Literally his skin brought it together, and that's why you can only see the very top of the tattoo. Now, I don't know what it looks like, but it was something that he had to get done in order to cross the border. So however, he crossed the border way back when. But this is just a story that I was told by my grandpa. And anyways, I guess the guy the idea that he was using the birth certificate. The guy had that tattoo, So that's

why he got it done. Isn't that crazy? But not because he wanted to. So I just thought that I would tell you guys that story because I thought that was pretty interesting. So it was all because he had to, not because he wanted to. Now, I got my first tattoo at eighteen, and it was because I wanted to. Okay. So my mom was going through divorce with Juan Lopez Johnny and Janica's dad, and I was graduating from high school and my mom was in her flirty era, you know,

she was recently divorced. She was like being the coolest mother, you know, because she wanted to do she was young, she wanted to have fun. She was separated. So I remember I told her. I was like, Mom, let's go get her belly button pierced. And she's like okay. So we went to her belly butt piers together and then I was like, I really want a tattoo and she's like, ah, I mean no. I was like, Mom, please, I just want a tattoo. She's like, oh, whatever, fine, do whatever

you want. Because my stepdad would have never ever ever let me. He was very strict, which was why I was kind of taking advantage. I'm not gonna lie. They had separated, and I was taking advantage because my mom was like, you know, having fun and being like this cool, free, crazy mom. And it was fun in the beginning, and then after it got a little crazy. But anyways, back to my point is that my stepdad was very strict.

It was like, no, you can't get anything pierced. No you can't, Like he was just like no, no, no, no no, a very very like macho Mexican type of like stepdad. So I really respected him, and of course, like I didn't want to upset him. But when he moved out, that was my chance. I got my nose piers I got a second hole in my ear, and I got my belly button pierced. And then the next thing was a tattoo. So when my mom said yes, I literally went down the street. I didn't even do

my research. I just went down the street to like the nearest freaking tattoo shop was probably like a mile away from my house. I walked in there and I picked my first tattoo out of a book, not like at all creative or meaningful or anything. The only reason I picked this specific tattoo was because it was a hibiscus flower and I love Hawaii and that's why I got it. But it was one that I'm sure, like probably like ten girls or more out in Riverside had already.

And of course, you guys, I got a tram stamp. And it wasn't even really a tram stamp because the guy put it up higher on my back, not as low like the so and so you know whatever. The so called tram stamps are lower by like your butt crack, but mine was not there. And anyways, that was one thing. And it wasn't the best tattoo, of course, because I again didn't do my research and I just went down the street. So I was very unhappy with it. So then I had to go and like get it done again,

and it was just it was the worst. Honestly, I thought at first it was real cute. I was real cute. I want to wear like my crop tops and show my like tattoo, because back then it was just so in like, oh my god, a tram stap. And then when I heard it was a tram stamp, I was like what I'm not a tramp. I don't know who we even named that first of all, Like, who calls it a tram stamp? That's so weird. Anyways, so I lived with it. My family went crazy. They were very disappointed.

I tried to hide it from them, and then eventually they found out. One of my uncles specifically, was so like, had this freaking whole conversation with me. It was just like, how can you do this? No one in your family has tattoos. We didn't teach you this. And I was like, well, my mom let me. And Mom's like, well yeah, and she wanted to get a tattoo, but she was scared. Okay, she had freaking five kids already, and the woman was

scared of her parents. I think it was more like respect, which she's like, no, I don't want to disappoint my family. I don't want to disappoint my parents, which is is very cute, and I respect that. But my whole thing was like, well my mom let me, so what is it your business? But I respected this uncle very much. I saw him like a father figure. So I remember he made me cry and I was just like I'm sorry, Like I felt really bad because I didn't want to

disappoint them, but something I wanted to do. Now, I'm not gonna lie. Now I can tell you guys, if there's anything I regret is that because now I know like the true meaning of tattoos. Anyways, that was my first tattoo. My stepdad, by the way, was so upset. He didn't talk to me for a while. Just FYI after I got my first tattoo, and I was so hurt. I was just like, he was very upset. He was disappointed. He's like, you're going crazy. You and your mom are

going crazy together. You're getting all this stuff. He's like, you wanted me to leave. He was very hurt, but then he got over it. I have Oh my god, let me count them with you, guys. I have one, two, three, four five. Hold on, let me have him again. One, two, three, four five. I have five, five tattoos. Six. I have six tattoos, you guys, six? Now I have six. I used to have six, seventy eight nine nine tattoos. You guys, can you believe that I had him pretty well? Right?

I have very small chats and honestly, now I feel like I don't know if tattoos really go with me. I feel like they either go with you or they don't. They look really cute and sexy, or just they don't, and I feel like I should have thought mine out a little more. So. Anyways, let's go back to my favorite tattoo, which is behind my right ear. I'm sure you guys have seen it, their little music notes, okay,

and people have asked me what do they say. I'm like, la la la la, but they don't, just got random music notes. That was way back when, oh my god, I don't know. It was like my early twenties, I think. And that was my second tattoo, and I got it because I love music and it's music is my therapy and the whole thing. And I knew I wanted to be in music, so I got that way back when.

And then my third tattoo, which is no longer there, I got it removed, and that hurts like a bitch, you guys, Getting them hurts, but like getting them removed hurts ten times worse. So anyways, my third tattoo was a cute little butterfly next to like you know, my flower down there, if you know what I mean. And I got it with my friends in Vegas, okay, And I was like, I don't know, twenty five and I remember calling my mom and I'm like, Mom, in Vegas

and my friends really want to get a tattoo. And I would still ask my mom every tattoo I got, besides the ones after she passed, which were like I think two, I asked my mom even like if I was older, like I just wanted her to know, Like even though she had already let me, I still felt like I needed to ask her even to pierce my nose for the third time, Like I was like, Mom, is it okay? So anyways, I called her. She's like, oh my god, you're so crazy. Whatever, do whatever you want.

So my friends and I, four of us, we got this same butterfly in different places. So I decided to put mine by my flower. And that was very weird because well, obviously someone has to get very close. And it was a guy that gave me that tattoo in Vegas, and I'm sorry, but it was not cute. It did not look like the butterfly we chose, because again we chose it out of a damn book. So anyways, that

was that I got that removed. I got that removed, what four years ago something like that, got it removed, and then I went on with the rest of them. So one of the ones I have on my wrist on my left wrist is a logo. It's like a butterfly. Some of Eugene riveda fans out there, the Jay units will remember that My mom and I started a skincare and cosmetic line called Divina Cosmetics and Skincare, and that was our first logo that we did that we worked

on together, so I got it tattooed. Then from there it turned in I kind of made it because I felt like a lot of people don't know this. I don't think I've ever talked about this, but that butterfly we created together my mom and I because she was into butterflies. And then one of my very first logos for boss By Nation was created and inspired from that butterfly, and we just added like a little stinger and made

it a little different. But I felt like it just made sense, you know, to make the butterfly into a be. Because I come from my mother. I no longer use that specific be anymore. But just so you guys know, those ogbossbes. If you guys remember that logo. It came from that specific logo which is on my left wrist, and I haven't removed that. That's still there. I have also on my other wrist. I had a key before. If you guys watched Cheeks in Control, I believe it

was in Cheeky's in Control or I Love Jenny. I got a tattoo on camera and it was a key. It was the key that I was like, Oh, I'm gonna have the key, the master key to all the doors in the world, even if the doors like close in my face. I have the key. It was like that whole thing, but I didn't like it. I've had really like bad luck when it comes to getting tattoos because a lot of them I have removed them because I removed that key. You guys, by the way it

was on my right wrist. I removed that key because it just wasn't done the way I wanted it. And that one's completely gone. Actually, the one down there, you know, the flower one is gone as well. Let me check real quick. Hold on, there's like a tiny little piece that you see like two little dots, but it's like gone, gone,

and so it's the key. So I got that one and I got that on camera, and you know, of course your producers you're like, you want to get a tattooed on cameras, Like, okay, whatever, I'll get, you know, I'll get the key. And I had a whole meaning because you know, I was like, I need a meaning for every tattoo now, I'm not just gonna like freaking just get them for nothing. So that was that. And then I also where that one was, I placed a little puzzle piece, so I have a little puzzle piece

that is still there. I got that with my siblings, all my siblings, and I got the puzzle piece for Luna, my niece, Mikey's daughter, who has autism. So that was our way of supporting my brother and Luna and all us saying that we're proud to have a beautiful Luna that has autism and she's so smart and beautiful. So that's what we got the puzzle piece. And then another

one that I got with my siblings. This one is in like the outer part of my left wrist, and I have o no this single and Jackie has two of five. So it's basically the order in which we were born, and we all have it in different places. You know, Jenica has you know, full five, Johnny has five of five. You know, Johnny's El Singo. So that's what we got. And then I have my famous Gondia tattoo, which is also on my left arm, like on the outer part of my forearm. It's very thin, it's dainty.

I have to say, by far, that is my favorite tattoo. I love all of them because I love the autism one, the puzzle piece, I love the the butterfly. I don't think I'll ever remove those, to be honest, I'm just gonna keep them already where they're at. But my favorite is gon and some of you guys have sent me pictures some of my boss bees. You guys got the same tattoo in the same place, and it's cursive and

it's just so dainty and pretty. I wish my other ones were a little bit more daintier, like a little daintier, to be honest, but I love them. I feel like I'm missing one. So I told you guys about the ones I removed. Okay, so my tram stamp I removed, you guys, by the way, that one's almost gone. I think like one more session and it'll be completely gone. So I have removed three. Oh I'm missing the one on my foot, the one on my right foot, that one I want to say I got after my mom passed.

Oh no, actually she was here. I got that one my mom was here. It's her butterfly, a butterfly that her and I again created, and it was her new and improved butterfly for her logo, like her jr. E logo, And I got it on my foot. That one hurt the most, Oh my gosh. The one that hurt the least is the one by my ear. You would think that's gonna hurt because it's like by your neck, but for some reason, it didn't hurt that much, like almost at all. The one that hurt the most is the

one on the foot. Oh my goodness, you guys. I don't know how I got through it. And it's a smaller tattoo, but it hurts so bad. There are so many nerves there that it was just so painful. And then the second more painful one would be the ones on my wrist, because again there was a bunch of nerves going there, like veins and stuff. So those are the ones that hurt for sure the most. But anyways, I like tattoos that aren't colored. I like the like black and white ones. That's all I have. All of

them are the same ink color. Oh except the little butterfly. Actually here in my wrist, the first logo with my mom has a little bit of red in it, the one that I had, And that's what I'm telling you. After that, I didn't want to get any color because my tramp stamp had like red and green, and green is the hardest color to remove, so I had, of course, got the hardest color to remove. So that's why I

was like, I'm staying away from color tattoos. They look really cool on certain people, but for me, I'm like, I just like the like black and white. The very dainty look, especially now is just so cute to me. If you ask me now, do I regret them? Do I regret starting this process? I'm gonna be very honest, and I kind of do. For me. Kim One said this famous phrase is she got a lot of crap for but like you guys, hear me out when she said, you don't put a bumper sticker on a Bentley. You know,

I don't think she has tattoos. I don't know if she this was years ago that she said this. I think it was one of her sisters. I got a tattoo. I want to say it was Chloe, and she's like, I would never get a tattoo. It's not like you put a bumper sticker on a Bentley. When she said that, I was like, well, shit, that's true. I mean I wouldn't. You know. There are certain cars that you could put bumper stickers on and they look cool, and then there are other cars that you're just like, it just does

not look cool, you know. So it's not like I'm saying I'm a Bentley. I'm not necessarily a Belly. I'm more like a more like a sports car I think, I don't know, maybe like a Lamborghini or something. I don't know, but anyways, I get what she's saying. And I just feel like, once you start getting tattoos, is really hard for you to stop getting them. And some way, somehow, my siblings always they're the ones that like get me to get tattoos, because they're like, let's get a tattooed together.

Like all my siblings love tattoos, all of them, and I feel like they look so cool on them. Mikey's tattoos, all of them are super meaningful, freaking dope ass tattoos. Jenicatoo or her art is very dainty. It's a little bit more like sticker tattoos, which Mikey would just talk crap about and be like, oh my god, like you know, you have to get a sleep because Jackie has a sleeve. But Jackie's like a cool ass mom, Like she looks awesome with her hair and her tattoos, and it looks

so cool. I just feel like my tattoo who don't look as cool on me. I don't know why, maybe because they're so spread out, they're so small, Like I feel like sometimes want to go on a red carpet, like it doesn't look sexy, But then I see it on other people like Carol g and they look sexy, like they look cute, and I'm always trying to like hide them. I don't know if it's just in my mind or what the hell, But all my siblings, Johnny has amazing tattoos. What I'm so proud of my siblings

is that all of their tattoos are super meaningful. They have a reason behind them, And now mine do but like my first couple ones, like especially my first one, I was just, like I said, I was just young and dumb and like I was taking advantage of the fact that my mom was just living her best life. But anyways, that's one thing that I'm going to tell you guys if you're going to get a tattoo, because tattoos stay forever, and if you want to get them removed,

it hurts so bad. You guys, I can't even explain. And I have a high pain tolerance, but getting your tattoos removed, no ma is. And even though I went to this doctor, especially for the one on my back, is that almost like the bigger one. It was pretty big. I spent a lot. It's expensive, and they injected me with lytocane, which is like something that numbs you right,

and even then it hurt. Okay, it was something where I was just like I, oh my god, every part of my body would hurt because I was so tense. And again it's pretty quick and then after like it gets all like bubbly and like just it hurts so bad. So that's what I'm saying. If you're gonna get a tattoo,

really think about it. Make sure, it's something that is super meaningful to you and that you're going to be proud of wearing for the rest of your life, even if you like start wrinkling up, like you're gonna be like, hell yeah, this is my tattoo and it means this. That's all I would suggest, just because for me, I have thought about removing a lot of them, but like the ones with my siblings are super meaningful, lunas is super meaningful, the ones with my mom. Like for me,

I'm like, just like you know what the music notes. Now, the ones that I have, I'm like, Okay, I'm good with them. I don't think I want any more. I thought about covering up the one on my back because again I just need one more session for it to go completely invisible. But again, the removal is so intense that it kind of scarred my skin, so it doesn't look smooth back there. So that's one thing that I'm like, Okay, should I just like cover it? Should I make something bigger?

Emedio is like, no, don't, don't cover it, just leave it alone, get another session, go through it. So I might do that, but it's just something that I'm telling you. I don't look forward to at all. So I'm just kind of like putting it off and talking about Emilio. Emilio has tattoos, and I love his tattoos. That's one thing. I love guys with tattoos. Okay, especially Mike I obviously, because thank goodness, they just look so good on him,

and I want him to get more. And he got a J. He surprised me one day with the J. I don't know if I've ever told you guys that, but he has a little J like in his inner or the outer part should I say, of his wrist, And he surprised me one day with the J. So in a way, I kind of feel like I want to get like an E. I don't believe in getting people's names or their portraits unless it's like a grandmother or like a mother or something like that. But significant others.

I'm not superstitious. I'm just the little stitious, not superstitious, just a little bit. So I just feel like, from what I have seen, people that get their partner's names tattooed on them end up breaking up. Why, I do not know. I don't know if that's a universe, But like, honestly, you guys, think about it and think about people around

you or people like except for my partner. Actually, they just got their names tattooed not so long ago, but they've been together for like freaking twenty something years, you guys, and my business partner, Judy and Lewis, whom I love. I love them so much. They just got each other's names, and I'm praying that nothing ever happens. And I'm telling you, like I'm not saying that I'm right, but this is just like my belief for just something that makes me

a little scared. But they again, they've been together for so many years. But other than that, everyone else is either separated no longer together. They have to cover it. So I wouldn't get a medio, and I wouldn't want him to get Jane or Cheeky's, especially not Cheeky's on his body, or like a picture of me I have, like I thought, maybe my lips, maybe like a cute symbol.

I want us to create a symbol so that we can both have it to connect us even further, because I feel like with him, no matter what, like I would always want to have that, like he's just so special to me, So I think I might, you know, between us, I might surprise him soon with something. I'll let you guys know, but it'll be very small, and I want it to be somewhere cute, because, oh my god, I love those rib tattoos, you guys. I love a lot of karrol G's tattoos. I think they look so sexy.

I don't know if you guys saw her at the barbie Red carpet and how hot she looked, and you could see like how small her tattoos are and they look so cute, even Becky, so I think they have. Becky has one like on her side of her ribs. I love those tattoos, so I'm thinking maybe there. I don't know. I'll keep you guys updated in regards to that, but that's just my opinion in regards to significant others and stuff like that. You know, I do have I have had, should I say have had people in my

past get tattoos of my lips. I've had boss bees, king Be's asked me to kiss a piece of paper and they get my name tattooed, they get my lips tattooed. I've gotten that an ex girlfriend of mine. I've told you guys about her a long time ago. She got my lips. I think she still has them. I think. I'm not sure she's happily. I think almost married and

engaged in everything that was years ago, you guys. And then I did have someone an ex blast my face a whole ass portrait of me on his chest, and then he got mad and we broke up, obviously, and he covered me with the rose. So that's that. I don't know if you guys ever knew that. I'm sure a lot of you guys didn't know that, but yeah,

he covered it. And I remember we had already been broken up for a while, and he put it on social media, of course, not that it was my face, but that he was covered, and I knew where it was at. So I was just like, what the heck whatever? But he was already like in a whole other relationship, so I get it. But he's still gonna have me there forever. I mean, what can I say? So just be very mindful, you guys. Think about it again in regards to tattoos and significant others and all that stuff.

Just think about it, pray about it, make sure it's something completely meaningful, and if you do want to get someone's name tattooed, then just know I'm gonna have it forever, and no matter what, I'm grateful with this person and I'm okay with it being on me forever, even if we break up. So that's all. Or you can get it removed and go through the pain. But I'm telling you I can endure some pain. Believe me. Again, I have high pain tolerance, but that shit freaking hurts so bad.

I don't know if the lasers are a little better now, but I'm definitely going to go for a session for the one on my back, and I'm not gonna get anything to cover it because a media doesn't think I should. So yeah, guys, that's it. I just wanted to take you on this journey. A lot of people don't know the amount of tattoos that I have. I don't really talk about them. You can't really see them most of the time. And again, yeah, i think I'm done with tattoos.

Only the one that I want to get for Emilio, just because I want to. So, guys, I love doing these Persons episodes with you. Guys. It just is like I feel like it's like one on one. I'm talking to my homie, and I hope that you guys feel the same way. Not only is my podcast a place for me to share my thoughts and interview people about really interesting topics, it's also a place for me to share more about myself with you all, and I hope

you guys enjoy it. And for those of you who listen to the pod regularly, you already know what's coming next. Our quote for the week and the quote is your body is a reflection of your journey, so love and accept it for all that it is. I thought it was a perfect quote for what we're talking about. I hope you all are having a great summer so far, and don't forget to come back on Wednesday, okay for

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