As Man Fieri explains within the Facebook clip, “I’ve had loads of tattoos.”Amongst them is a Botticieli-inspired design honoring his late sister Morgan, who died in 2011 from metastatic melanoma (through Legacy.com). Her son, Fieri’s nephew Jules, was simply 11 years outdated on the time of her dying. As Fieri, Jules, and Hunter sit with tattoo artist Sulu’ape Pili Mo’o so he can, in Fieri’s phrases, “look inside our spirits to give you probably the most significant symbols” for his or her Polynesian tattoos, Fieri remembers the lack of his expensive sibling: “I actually liked her a lot. The very last thing I mentioned to my sister – Morgan, I acquired Jules. I’ll maintain him like I maintain my children. He’s my son, I’ve acquired this.”
Overwhelmed with emotion, Fieri begins to cry. The tattoo artist provides, “As a result of she’s right here, we speak about her. She’s coming, magic is on.” Mo’o went on to say, “We gonna create a tattoo to affix 3 particular person. About household, connection, collectively, we have been speaking about magic.” Man will get one on the again of the leg (above), as does Hunter, whereas Jules receives an arm tattoo. The designs are distinct however interconnected, symbolizing how the daddy, son, and nephew are associated and relating the story of the Hawaiian journey they share. Including to the specialness of the expertise, it marks the first-ever tattoo for Jules, who touchingly says, “Us three are linked now.”
