Karl Stefanovic reveals real meaning behind "controversial" tattoo
Karl Stefanovic has revealed the real meaning behind his own tattoo fail.
The Today show host opened up about his youthful mistake during an appearance on Nova's Jase & Lauren show, as they were discussing unfortunate tattoos.
Stefanovic showed off the Japanese phrase inked on his shoulder to hosts Jason Hawkins, Lauren Phillips and Clint Stanaway, and explained that he found out it was mistranslated 20 years after he got it.
"I got this when I was at uni. Look at that bad boy!" Stefanovic said on the show.
When asked what the tattoo was supposed to mean he answered: "Well, it's controversial, because when I got it done, I wanted to say to be real and to love, right?"
"And then, like, 20 years later, I'm in this pool with this Japanese lady and I said 'what does this mean?' She goes, 'it doesn't mean that'," he continued.
"And I said, well what does it mean? She goes, it means you really love yourself!"
A clearly amused Lauren replied: "Perfect!"
Stefanovic isn't the only star who has a tattoo with an error. Ariana Grande, Christina Aguilera and Hayden Panettiere are some of the other famous names who have made the same mistake.
Back in the 2000s Britney Spears also got a tattoo with the wrong translation.
According to the New York Times, the pop star wanted the word "mysterios" written in Chinese characters on her hip, but ended up with a word that translated to "strange" instead.
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