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Matt Kemp has a tattoo of his grandparents on his chest…

Yesterday, lost in all the Manti Te'o fake dead girlfriend hubbub, was this other report from DeadSpin. Former Midwest City High School standout turned L.A. Dodger All-Star turned Rihanna boyfriend Matt Kemp got a tattoo of his deceased grandparents sunk into his chest. And when I write "a tattoo of his deceased grandparents sunk into his chest," I mean it.

Check it out:

Yikes, let's all hope his dead grandparents actually existed!

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I'm still obsessed with that Te'o story. I just can't get over it. Manti Te'o is either an amazingly creative liar or just ridiculously stupid. It's probably a bit of both. Since I don't feel sorry for a) stupid people or b) liars, I think the whole thing's kind of funny.

Here are some tweets I sent out after I heard the news. They were probably mildly amusing in the moment. I'm not sure if they aged well or not:

Okay, so I included a tweet about Chip Kelly. And one from our new Fake KFOR Twitter account. I'm not a big fan of parody Twitter accounts. They generally lose steam and fun after a few weeks, but what the Hell, if anything deserves to be parodied it's KFOR's Twitter account.

Here are some others:

Anyway, back to Matt Kemp. I love my grandparents just like anyone, but I think a fitting tribute to them whenever they pass away will be a photograph in my living room and/or occasional flowers on a grave. The life-size chest tattoo? Well, that's just creepy. I don't want to look at them every time I get out of the shower and I don't want to have sex with the lights off for the rest of my life either. Also, what happens when hair grows over his Grandma's face? That's just gross.

Update: Apparently his grandmother is still leaving. My bad. I just assumed they were both dead. Honestly, that makes the tattoo even more bizarre. You don't get tattoos of living people, do you?

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