By adding a new book to her tattooing gig and TV show, Kat Von D extends her inky empire yet again. In that way, she’s like Napoléon—but hotter.
-By Rebecca Swanner
Tattooists suffer for their art.
“As a tattoo artist and someone who has been tattooed since I was 14 years old, I know what it’s like to be an outcast. With musicians it’s the same thing. There is a stigma behind the rock-star mentality.”
She hates going under the needle.
“I can’t wait until I’m done. Then I won’t have to get tattooed anymore. This shit hurts! I love having them but I hate getting them.”
She plays a vampire alongside Penthouse Pet Krista Ayne in the upcoming horror film The Bleeding, but she’s not quitting her day job anytime soon.
“I would never call myself an actress, but I think I can act a little bit. I had prosthetic teeth and a stunt double who had better abs than I do. I had to kill a girl: She was all chained up and I had to bite her neck. I kept going, ‘Oh my God! I’m so sorry!’ ”
With a metal streak as wide as a Marshall stack, she’s a wicked, wicked deejay—with a heart of gold.
“If I put my playlist on and made everyone listen to it, it would probably drive the majority of people crazy. You can’t have all Slayer and Dimmu Borgir. [Though she might like to.] You have to find a good balance … but you can’t fuck with Motörhead.”
Sadly, she’s no dominatrix.
“I’m a hopeless romantic and pretty conservative when it comes to certain things. I’ve always picked guys because we have some sort of intellectual connection. I’ve never dated dudes who wanted to be with me because I’ll get crazy. I’m pretty sure I give a mean blowjob, but I’m not going to be tying him up or anything.”
