Dennis Rodman Gets a Huge Tattoo of His Girlfriend Yella Yella on His Face! Does She Approve?
- Dennis Rodman got a new ink of his girlfriend Yella Yella on his cheek this week.
- The former NBA star revealed the bold tattoo on his right cheek and said he is happy with it.
- His girlfriend initially tried to warn him about the tattoo.
Dennis Rodman tattooed his girlfriend Yella Yella on his cheek
Dennis Rodman has a unique way of expressing his love for his girlfriend Yella Yella.
The former NBA star, 62, showed off a permanent tattoo of her on his face this week.
Rodman who already has an extensive tattoo collection opted for a black-and-white realistic portrait of the model and singer on his face.
The athlete got his new ink from Van Johnson, a star of the tattoo reality show Black Ink Crew: Chicago.
Johnson shared a video of his new tattoo on Instagram where his girlfriend reacts to it, smiling and squealing with happiness as she grabs his face.
The Chicago tattoo artist captioned the post,
“So I ain’t do too much today, cooled out at my townhome tattooed a living legends face of his woman on his face, that’s about it,”
“What y’all do?”
After the tattoo went viral, Yella Yella said in an interview with TMZ Sports that the tattoo was not her idea and she actually thought her man was unreal for wanting something like that.
She told the outlet,
“I actually told him not to do it,”
“I’m like, ‘What’re you doing?’ ”
The model revealed that she even called the five-time NBA champion wild while he was happily getting inked.
Rodman, for his part, stuck by his decision and insists he is content with his bold decision.
He admitted,
‘This is my last dance with a woman,’
‘She’s very lovely. And I thank her for loving me the way I am — and that’s why I did it for her.’
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Dennis’s controversial act before the tattoo
Rodman initially wanted the tattoo to be even bigger than the original one.
Johnson also did an interview with TMZ where he assured that the player’s ink is very real.
The tattoo artist said of Rodman, “He was a champ, he sat through it,”
Many fans expressed shock and confusion at the sight, with one internet user writing,
‘You should have tried to talk him outta that my G.’
Another wrote,
”Great tattoo; concerned about Dennis, though.”
The shocking ink comes after Dennis slammed the trolls who bullied him for wearing a skirt to a Pride event in Houston last month.
The athlete who is famous for his Great rule-breaking, gender-fluid style and for being an LGBTQ+ ally, shocked everyone by wearing a tiny green skirt and a shirt with a graphic print of his face on rainbow colors.
With Live and Love written on the back of his T-shirt, he proudly greeted fans at the event.
The star who once wore a wedding dress to marry himself in 1986, faced extreme criticism from social media users as he shared a post from the event that he captioned, ‘Love Will Always Win, Happy Pride #gaypride #loveislove #pridemonth.’