Lanky, loudmouthed and covered head-to-toe in ink – with designs including Winnie the Pooh, Hillary Clinton and a Harry Potter reference – Davidson was once a walking sketchbook, his ubiquitous tattoos a visual expression of his personality.
He was an unlikely heartthrob, but a heartthrob none the less, his cavalier attitude typifying the phrase “Big Dick Energy”. While macho men scratched their heads at his appeal, Davidson began a dating rampage, rotating around the A-list’s most glamorous leading ladies, including (deep breath) 2000s pin-up Kate Beckinsale, up-and-comer Margaret Qualley, budding supermodel Kaia Gerber, Kim Kardashian, who attended the Met Gala with a beaming suited and booted Pete, Instagram it-girl Emily Ratajkowski and Hollywood newcomers Chase Sui Wonders and Madelyn Cline.
Celeb-land hasn’t always been so clean-cut. The 90s are synonymous with the badly behaved Brit Pop set – Noel and Liam Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn – as infamous for their big mouths as they were for their music.
In past decades, celebrities could express themselves candidly without too much backlash. Sure, sometimes an offhand remark could sometimes be blown into a media storm (case in point, Brian Harvey being axed from East 17 for his throwaway comments about ecstasy), and you landed yourself on the cover of a gossip magazine if you were photographed falling out of nightclubs too often. But celebrities didn’t have to walk a tightrope at all times.
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Read MoreThe celebrity sphere is becoming safer, more predictable, and ultimately, less interesting. Davidson’s tattoo removal, while a personal decision, is indicative of this greater trend – the slow erasure of individualism in favor of marketability.
But his bland rebrand in 2025 comes as Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump’s second presidency marks more than just a political shift; a broader cultural change is underway too. Trump’s first term has seen a push toward traditionalism, whether through economic policies, social attitudes, or aesthetics. Influential Maga figures endorse the aesthetic of a self-made, clean-cut businessman, one who exudes power through conventional success rather than artistic self-expression.
We can only speculate as to which ways the cultural landscape will shift under a second Trump presidency, but a shift of some sort is inevitable.
Davidson’s vanishing tattoos might be a sign of personal growth, but his shift from chaotic ladies’ man to polished wannabe leading man reflects a new reality: modern celebrity is no longer about standing out, but playing it safe.
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