Matthew Whelan - who changed his name to King Of Inkland King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite – has mixed feelings about his extreme appearance always drawing attention.
The UK's most tattooed man says he is frequently pointed and stared at by unnerved children who call him 'scary' for his outlandish look.
Matthew Whelan - who changed his name to King Of Inkland King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite – says he has mixed feelings about his extreme appearance always drawing attention.
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But the 42-yer-old admits it is understandable and to be expected, as a face covered in inkings is admittedly a rare sight to most people.
“As a species humans are quite judgemental anyway, not everyone will be but it’s just in our DNA and the nature of the beast.
“It depends where I am in the world but it can even happen on my own doorstep if there’s someone I don’t know or if it's a child."
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“But generally the feeling of being scared is you would run away and hide - but instead the kids are just staring and ogling so I’m not really a scary man to them.”
Body Art, from Birmingham, said: “Do I like it? Yes and no. It is a strange thing because I would like to be a colourful shadow just blending in but when you are a big colourful comedian like me it is hard.
“On a night out for example you want to give people the courtesy if they ask a question but when you’re out with your friends and they have heard the questions a thousand times it gets a bit much.”
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The tattoo fan, who was stabbed in 2009 over his body art, added: “People stop and ask me questions for five minutes but when you have those conversations 100 times a night it adds up.
And as for online trolling, he said: "People will post a load of crap on my pictures sometimes just because my appearance is different – but I'm a bouncy character and it doesn't really affect me."
Body Art wanted to get tattoos ever since he was nine-years-old - but he said he never intended to become Britain’s most tattooed man.
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He got his first one aged 16 and said he was influenced after travelling overseas to New Zealand and Australia as a child to visit family.
“I’ve never been good at drawing but I just love the fact that art can go on the body, ” Body Art, who grew up to be Britain’s most tattooed man, concluded.
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