Ryan Gosling is gorgeous and talented (“Drive” was one of the best films of the past decade IMO), but over the last couple of years he’s kinnnnda become more known for being a pretentious hipster making weird for weird’s sake movies than for his talent and amazing looks. Now that he’s a dad, he decided to pay tribute to his baby daughter in the most hipster way possible: a stick and poke tattoo of his daughter’s name on his knuckles.?
I used to think stick and poke’s were fun diy little gems, then the hipsters stole it, and few people in Hollywood right now are more hipster than Ryan Gosling (did you see the preview for that movie he directed?). The only approval I have for this tattoo (if it’s even real) is that it also happens to be my cat’s name, and my cat is an absolute treasure.
Ryan was spotted last week with his still unseen daughter’s nickname on his knuckles. Her name is Esmerelda, but I guess maybe they call her Esme? I’m not a huge fan of the name Esmerelda, but I fucking love the name Esme, which I guess is obvious since I named my cat that (side note: I named my cat Esme after the J.D. Salinger short story “For Esme, With Love and Squalor” so I’m really a total hypocrite for mocking someone for being pretentious).
There has been some speculation as to whether Ryan just wrote the name on his knuckles with a pilot pen like a kid bored in class, or if he actually got a little homemade tattoo. As of right now, I’m going to say homemade tattoo, because Ryan is really riding the hipster train HARD.
For that matter, the tattoo probably isn’t even for his daughter, but my cat, Esme, because my cat is waaaaaay more obscure than Ryan’s daughter. Congrats Esme! Ryan Gosling is going to make you a star!