Did you know? Samuel Etienne has several (large) tattoos on his body! However, the presenter of “Questions for a Champion” made a mistake of which he is “not proud” before getting a tattoo…
You might not have suspected it, but Samuel Etienne is very keen on tattoos! The presenter of Questions for a champion confided in the show Toast of lifepresented by Ben Névert on YouTube, and revealed what mistake he made before getting the tattoo.
Samuel Etienne: this mistake made before a tattoo… “Don’t do that!”
Who would have believed it? The 53-year-old host has several tattoos, and not the least! These are large drawings of dragons on the stomach and sides. “I made large pieces on the body, in places that were a little itchy“, he explained. Just before getting the tattoo, he used a method, which is not recommended, to somewhat alleviate the pain.
“I admit, I acted out and put on creams (…) I’m not proud, we shouldn’t normally do that,” he detailed, while Ben Névert specified that it was not advisable to apply certain creams before a tattoo, for fear of “change skin texture“.
It must be said that for Samuel Etienne, the pain was particularly strong, particularly because the sessions with his tattoo artist, located in Perpignan, were long. “I did sessions of 6-7 hours each time, to make the journey profitable since my tattoo artist lives in Perpignan”, he detailed, specifying that a session usually lasts 2 to 3 hours. The host of France 3, however, put things into perspective: “I was lucky, I’m still here and the tattoo is good, but don’t do that“. And added: “It’s my punk side“.
Samuel Etienne: the “mysterious” explanation of his tattoos
Samuel Etienne knows that his audience does not necessarily suspect his taste for tattoos! He himself does not understand this fascination. “Tattooing is mysterious. What I like is that we don’t really know why, but it’s an irrepressible desire. I love this idea that it imposes itself on us, that there is a talisman, amulet side, like a need for protection, a way of completing oneself or of taking ownership of one’s body.“, he detailed. So, the journalist still does not know why he appreciates tattoos”huge dragons“, besides the fact that he loved”play with fire“As a child…
