- On Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Reside,” Simone Ashley recounted giving herself a tattoo throughout lockdown.
- She purchased a rotary pen and located on-line directions, later discovering they got here from an inmate.
- “I regarded on the username, and it was known as ‘PrisonTattoo.com,'” Ashley mentioned.
Simone Ashley tattooed herself throughout lockdown with the assistance of an inmate’s on-line tutorial, she recalled on Monday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!“
After rising uninterested in quarantine hobbies like baking banana bread and tie-dying through the early days of the pandemic, the 26-year-old “Bridgerton” star determined she needed a tattoo.
As a result of all of Los Angeles’ tattoo parlors had been closed on the time, she opted to attract a design on herself utilizing a rotary pen that she bought on-line.
“It is surprisingly simple. I did not want an ID, did not want something,” Ashley advised the host.
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As soon as the British actress secured the pen, she mentioned she Google searched, “The right way to do a tattoo at residence,” and found a video that supplied in-depth directions on give oneself a tattoo.
“I used to be like, ‘Oh, this man is utilizing some actually attention-grabbing stuff. Then I regarded on the username, and it was known as ‘PrisonTattoo.com,'” Ashley mentioned.
She continued, “I checked out his movies and I used to be like, ‘Wow, there’s an inmate making movies in jail.'”
After making the revelation, Ashley continued to observe the tutorial and efficiently tattooed a sphynx on the within of her left ankle.
The “Intercourse Schooling” star pulled up her pant leg on the late-night stage to mannequin the completed design, which Kimmel mistook for a canine.
“Nicely, hold practising, I suppose,” he jokingly advised his visitor.
She responded: “I believe it is fairly good!”
Ashley’s go to to “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” got here on the heels of the “Bridgerton” season two launch on Friday. The actress made her debut on the hit Regency romance collection as Kate Sharma, the love interest of Anthony Bridgerton (performed by British actor Jonathan Bailey).
When Kimmel requested Ashley if she’s skilled heightened fame because of her function on the record-breaking Shondaland collection, the actress mentioned she has a “large ‘Bridgerton’ billboard” together with her face on it outdoors of her Los Angeles resort room.
“I am doing my work calls or no matter or having my breakfast, and it is simply there,” she mentioned.
