'Chrisley Knows Best' Reality Star Chase Chrisley Removing Bible Tattoo in Exchange for Range Rover
Reality star Chase Chrisley of USA Network's "Chrisley Knows Best" has said that he will remove his new Bible-inspired tattoo in exchange for a Range Rover from his father.
The 19-year-old told a TMZ photographer at Los Angeles International Airport this week that he made a deal with his father, Todd Chrisley, to have a Bible verse tattoo removed from his side in exchange for the new expensive SUV.
"[My dad] just doesn't like tattoos. He was raised in a different time and I mean, I respect him, and he offered me a Range Rover to take it off so I was like 'alright,'" the teenager says in the TMZ clip.
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Chrisley then clarifies that the real reason he got the tattoo removed was he "saw how disappointed my parents were."
"I wasn't doing it to spite them by any means […] I had meaning behind why I wanted to get it," the 19-year-old added.
Chase and his father are two of the stars of USA's "Chrisley Knows Best," which follows millionaire Todd Chrisley as he and his wife, Julie, raise their children near Atlanta, Georgia.
Chase has been outspoken about his beliefs before, sharing on Twitter in 2012 that "God is good" as well as other religious messages.
Todd Chrisley has also shared Christian tweets online. When recently asked why he opposes tattoos, Todd told a fan on Twitter: "[...] it's the way I was raised and if God intended for you to mark your body he would have sent you here with a handful of crayons."
Chrisley tells the camera that he has 13 treatments scheduled to have the ink removed, and he is only on his third.
"I'm done with tattoos […] unless [my dad's] offering me a Phantom for the next one," the reality star jokes, referencing the luxury vehicle by Rolls-Royce estimated around $420,000.
In a preview for an upcoming episode of "Chrisley Knows Best," father Todd discovers his 19-year-old son's new tattoo after Chase tries to hide it.
The teenager tells the camera that evidently, one of his friends in his "inner circle" clued his dad in on his new ink.
A preview for the episode shows Todd Chrisley lifting up his son's shirt to find a large tattoo featuring the Bible verse John 3:16, which states "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (NIV)."
Todd, 46, is evidently livid, telling the camera: "We've got one child failing Bible and another one who has gone and branded himself with it. Both of those things are heartbreaking to me."
Chase added to Bravo TV this week that his father has been attending the 13 tattoo removal sessions with him.
"He loves to see that. It's like the ultimate family bonding experience," Chase joked to the media outlet, saying "I'm sitting there with this laser destroying my side and he's just getting a kick out of it."
"That was the worst pain I ever gone through in my entire life," he added.
