During a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live in November 2024, fans were quick to notice that the 30-year-old comedian was showcasing significantly less ink than usual. Known for his extensive collection of tattoo designs, Pete has previously shared matching tattoos with friends and family, including one with ex-fiancée Ariana Grande, which featured her initials behind his ear. He covered it up shortly after their breakup in 2018.

Now, rather than merely concealing his old ink, Pete is taking the step to remove it entirely! He revealed years ago that he intended to erase his tattoos, explaining his reasoning in an earlier interview.

"I didn't think that they would put me in stuff -- like the movie business. I thought after SNL, it's a wrap," Pete said during a May 2021 appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

The King of Staten Island actor explained that whenever he appears in movies, he has to undergo the process of getting all of his ink covered.

"It takes like three hours -- you have to get there three hours earlier to cover all your tattoos, because for some reason, people in movies, they don't have them that much," Pete said. "Burning them off is worse than getting them. Because not only are they, like, burning off your skin, but you're wearing these big goggles, right? So you can't see anything and the doctor's in there with you."

He continued, "Before [the doctor] goes to laser each tattoo, you have to hear him announce what the tattoo is to make sure if you want to keep it or not. I'll just be sitting there all high off of the Pro-Nox -- which is actually quite fun, I enjoy it -- and then all of a sudden I'll just hear, 'Are we keeping the Stewie Griffin smoking a blunt?' And then I have to sit there and be like, 'No, Dr. G.' It's really embarrassing. Are we keeping the owl that licks the Tootsie Pop?"

"If you're going to get tattoos, just make sure you really, really want it -- and aren't on mushrooms," he said.