By I have never seen this show before and had no idea this guy was even part Korean until I saw this:
Jon Gosselin has a brand new addition to his life — and it isn’t another kid. The reality star debuted a fresh tattoo featuring an enormous Korean dragon that covers most of his back. Jon, who is half-Korean, chose the dragon to represent his maternal heritage.
RadarOnline.com, which first reported the news, says the tattoo took 14 hours to complete, which Jon broke up into two sessions two weeks apart.
“I wanted something that resembled a rebirth or a change in me,” Jon said of the new ink.
The black-and-gray dragon clutches a scroll in each claw that lists the names and birthdates of Gosselin’s eight children. (Perhaps so he can keep them straight?) The names under the date “10-8-00″ are his twins Cara and Madelyn (aka Maddy); the names under “5-10-04″ feature the sextuplets: Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel.
There is a mysterious ninth name listed under “4-8-10″ on the scroll. According to several Korean translators, it reads “Erin.” Since the letters “L” and “R” are similiar in Korean, some have interpreted the ninth name to represent Jon’s recent girlfriend, 23-year-old Ellen Ross.
The mythical fire-breathing creature is not Gosselin’s first tattoo. He has a Korean flag on one shoulder, and the dragon shares real estate on Jon’s back with a yin-yang design. [Yahoo TV Blog]
For a guy willing to put so many tattoos on himself to promote his Korean heritage, I wonder if he has ever been to Korea?
1:07 pm on June 29th, 2010 1
Yeah I noticed the taeguki tatto on his arm when flipping threw channels when jon and kate plus 8 was on. Needless to say, I continued to flip. As popular as the show was in the states, I saw it as basically exploiting 8 children for tv fodder.
3:03 pm on August 15th, 2010 2
John Gosselin is a womanizer of course, Kate deserves a more loyal and honest man',"
1:22 am on October 4th, 2010 3
John Gosselin is not deserving to have the love of Kate',,