David Beckham's Tattoo Reveals He's Not Bigger Than Jesus, Just His Equal.
By Ty Duffy
Beckham’s latest tattoo, revealed on his Facebook page, is a Calvary scene, three of God’s cherubs lifting Jesus’ dead body to heaven. It’s an interesting choice, considering Beckham is not religious. He’s not even Christian. He’s instead using God’s son as a metaphor, for himself.
"“Obviously, the cherubs are boys, so my thought of it is, you know, at some point my boys are going to need to look after me, and that’s what they’re doing in the picture.”"
Obviously.
Some will read motives into the blasphemy, but it wasn’t a conscious self-reflection. He’s not Kanye. He had no secondary or tertiary level of thought. Beckham just had an incredibly literal idea and executed it. It wasn’t sinister. It was just stupid, and that’s a good thing.
Beckham, at his core, is a half-brained English footballer. Talent tore him away from a monotonous existence. He’s not a thinker. This tattoo is the exact sort of moronic thing he should be doing. It’s a welcoming sign there’s still a human being crying out beneath the meticulously constructed pitchman.
[Photo via Facebook]