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Kat Von D Apologies To Everyone, Sorta

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December 18, 2007 |

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Now the owner of a world record for most tattoo’s given in a 24 hour period, Kat Von D has no time to relish in her victory. That’s because some drama was going down on the record setting night last week in L.A. apparently. If you keep up with Kat on her myspace page, this will not be fresh news, but since most of us try and stay away from that leper colony, here is what went down.

I guess what we had was a failure to communicate, as tons of people showed up and waited in line, but there was a certain “wristband” controversy. Have a peek at this video that LAist shot.

So, people were pissed already. Lots of people got the ink, but lots had to wait some 24 hours to get it. In this video, check out a customer who was only minutes away from being a part of the record setting night! And try to ignore the stoned interviewer…..

But, what will certainly piss off more than a few people, here is someone who claims to have “sweet talked” the right people and had to wait about 5 minutes, instead of 24 hours, for her ink. She is also pictured above.

As for the apology, well Kat done went and wrote another MySpace novel…..

I will try and hit the high points…..

When I posted the bulletin/blog about the record i was gonna attempt, I felt like it would be so cool to have people come down that ive either already met at one point or another, as well as some that I’ve never met. BUT, i definately did not plan on having as many people show up. The night before the event, i could not sleep worth a shit. I was so stressed thinking, “dude, what if no one shows up?” I mean, most people work 9 to 5 weekdays, and this thing starts friday at noon.

Yeah, why would people show up for a 20$ tattoo from a Reality Television star? Um…..

so now, the firemarshall says we are only allowed 10 people at a time inside the shop. Noon comes around and i start tattooing my ass off. NON STOP. During the entire 24 hours to come i did not look up once, as to try and concentrate and focus on each tattoo. The only things i knew about what was goin on outside was what i would hear from the people i am tattooing as each comes in. Everyone tells me how long it is that theyve been standing out there and how far they drove or even flew. and i apologized to each and every one of them sitting in front of me.

Kat enjoys the martyr role, don’t cha think?

The cops told my sis that we had to give some kind of wirst band to 400 people, and everyone else had to go home. we didnt even have any fucking wristbands. a freind of mine who happened to be a promoter went and got left over wristbands from some other event, and we passed them out to the first people standing in line. The cops said that everyone else was allowed to return after 6am the following day. these were not my rules. and i dont understand what the problem was, i mean ive seen longer lines to see the new star wars movie and those people who camp out for months on the sidewalks dont get sent home.

C’mon, thats hilarious. Way to compare it to a movie opening Kat!

During the entire 24 hour period, i never ate, and kept my consumptions of liquid to a bare minimum, to make sure i wouldnt have to stop tattooing to go to the bathroom at any point. i put on nicotine patches, so i wouldnt take any cigerette breaks. And during the entire 24 hours i took a maximum 3 breaks of no more than about 3 minutes, to drink an energy drink closer to the end, and to change into sweats at another point and stretch my hands which were starting to ache pretty fuckin bad.
All of these conditions i put myself in, in order to not waste any time and try and get as many people through that door as possible. all while, never looking up since i was constantly tattooing.
There was never a moment to stop and check my emails, or log onto myspace. as well as eveyrone around me. EVERYONE AT ALL TIMES, WAS WORKIN THERE ASSES OFF TO TRY AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR.

Martyrdom hits an all time high. Dear Kat, what did you think would happen? You had to work! I love how she drops the “didnt log into myspace line” there as well.

“i am sincerely and completely sorry for those of you who traveled from afar, waited in line, put up with the cops/firemarshall, the cold conditions, and didnt end up getting tattooed.
I swear to you from the bottom of my heart, i tried my hardest to do whatever it took to get you in. and i understand how much all of you sacrificed your time and energy to come down.
if it were up to me, i would have loved to tattoo all of you, but unfortunately, i am human. “

Kat is human everyone, maybe we can get Chris Crocker on the case to defend her…..

To read the full MySpace entry, and possibly pass out from your own exhaustion, go here.


Comments

3 Comments so far

  1. Asia on December 18, 2007 3:51 pm

    Kat,

    First off you rock man!

    Anyway I was thinking … since you tatted LA …and being that I’m an OC girl .. whatdaya say coming down to the OC and doin some OC tats next time around ….just a suggestion, whatdaya think???

    ~Asia V. Salazar

  2. Michelle on December 19, 2007 2:15 am

    Pluh, Kat von D annoys me to no end- her tattoo work is good, but I’ve seen MUCH better- she seems to represent the tattoo world in a VERY negative light. Whether it’s how she goes about acting towards customers or how she herself acts when she’s the one being tattoo’ed. I definitely think she’s overrated. Damn you TLC for giving this person attention, geez- couldn’t they have picked someone better?

  3. kayla on January 19, 2008 8:51 pm

    you cant expect the chick (no matter how fucking badass she is..) to be able to tattoo 1,000 kids or however many people were there. she did what she could, shes not God.

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