Carolyn Robertson
posted in Celebrities
Oh, Ryan Gosling. Stop making us love you.
The new dad was spotted out and about in Los Angeles last week sporting what looks like some fresh ink.
Dressed down in jeans and a hoodie, Ryan's attempt at going incognito was a bust as he was soon spotted by the paparazzi. Their cameras spotted something else, too: The letters "ESME" spelled out across his fingers. Short, of course, for his daughter Esmerelda, who was born last September.
Could this be Ryan's new tattoo in honor of his baby girl? Take a look at the photo and see what you think!
Some are wondering if this is really a tattoo, or if Ryan, who is engaged to actress Eva Mendes, just scrawled Esme's name on his knuckles with a ballpoint pen. I'll admit it looks a little amateur for a permanent inking, but that doesn't mean much. After all, Ryan's collection of tattoos is rather eclectic.
On his upper left arm the Crazy, Stupid Love star has a depiction of the cover of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree, a book his mom used to read to him when he was growing up. While that seems sentimental, he has called the book "the worst" in interviews, saying, "I mean, at the end the tree is a stump and the old guy just sitting on him, he's just used him to death, and you're supposed to want to be the tree? F*ck you. You be the tree. I don't want to be the tree."
(Sidebar: I have to say he makes an excellent point. I've never liked that story.)
Back to the body art: On the inside of his left arm Ryan has a simple tattoo of Theda Bara, an actress from the silent film era. He also has at least two other DIY tattoos: On his forearm is a drawing that was, in his own words, "supposed to be a monster's hand dropping a bloody heart but I did it myself with a tattoo kit so it looks like a cactus." And on his inner wrist, something that kind of resembles a bar code.
All this considered, I think it's very possible that Ryan's "Esme" inking is the latest addition to his collection of homemade tattoos. It may not be particularly pretty, but the inspiration behind it is very sweet.
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