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Miley Cyrus admits she regrets 80% of her tattoos—here's why

Published Jun 03, 2025 6:51 pm

Pop star Miley Cyrus has opened up about one decision she's come to rethink: her tattoos.

Speaking with the New York Times, the 31-year-old Flowers singer revealed that she regrets about 80% of the tattoos she has collected over the years—but not enough to get them removed.

"I don't regret them enough to laser them, but some of them, like, I mean, I love my cat, but like, I didn't need that. I love my dog, but, like I don't know, just having a pitbull in every picture for the rest of my life is kind of intense," she said. 

"[There are] just a few I could do without," Miley continued with a laugh.

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She also shared that a lot of people have tried to license her tattoo of the word "BAD."

"It's like the Michael Jackson font, so I just cover it [because] there's no way the estate is allowing this," she said.

The late pop singer released an album titled BAD in 1987. 

According to Allure, Cyrus has more than 50 tattoos on her body, including Matisse illustrations, Visconti of Milan coat of arms, a classic rose, portraits of her pets and a growing collection of words and phrases, like a handwritten note from Yoko Ono, and "freedom."

Recently, she visited the artist Michelle Santana at Bang Bang in New York City to get her latest tattoo, the word "Muse" written in script behind her shoulder.

To know more about tattoos, here's what you need to know before getting inked, according to tattoo artists