'I find myself constantly under scrutiny by people' — Jojo Robinson on people criticising her tattoos

11 October 2023 - 13:00
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Jojo Robinson said it was not her business to care what people thought of her.
Jojo Robinson said it was not her business to care what people thought of her.
Image: Instagram/ Jojo Robinson

Reality TV star Jojo Robinson is on her way to having her body covered in ink and she is unbothered about who is judging her for her choices.

She shared snaps on Instagram of herself at The Cavern Resort in the Drakensberg wearing a bikini, revealing she has received criticism for her tattoos. 

“You're not really free until you are free from trying to please everybody. Judgment from others is not your burden to carry. Being heavily tattooed like this, I find myself constantly under scrutiny of people who know nothing about me. But it's not my business to care.

“It is my business to continue to live a life filled with the magical things I choose to do. As long as I hurt no-one in my journey, what does it matter what I do? Being free of caring is the reason I find rainbows in everything. Because I am happy and happiness is what you perceive it to be.”

In a separate post, the proud housewife shared her new tat on her leg, saying she is more than happy with it.

“Here's the final leg tattoo! I finally got there after months of consistent pain and just ouching through it. It's taken more than a year to complete this leg. This style of tattoo is invasive to the skin and takes double, if not triple, the time my other leg took. The healing is harder and longer, the tattooing is much more painful. But it's exactly what I wanted it to be,” she wrote. 

In March Jojo revealed 70% of her body was covered in ink.

“I will never tattoo my face. But the plan is neck down (give or take a few areas of course).”

“In a few days we connect the new leg tattoo to the back of my existing leg tattoo. The plan is by the end of this year to have the leg completed.

“Then start to rework the arm I don't like, followed up into the other half of the neck and, lastly, the buns, and then we are done. Imagine.”


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