If Tom Fletcher’s terrible foot tattoo teaches us anything, it’s that you should never gamble a tattoo on a game of Rock/Paper/Scissors, and also, that you should never go with Rock. According to recent reports, the McFly front man and dad-to-be allowed himself to be branded with a bright red “McBusted” tattoo on his left foot last week after losing a bet with his bandmates in the new McFly/Busted supergroup, and we have some serious qualms not only about the awful ink, but about the combination band name as well. McFly and Busted joined together to form one band called…McBusted?? They couldn’t do any better than that?? And then they allowed their buddy to permanently emblazon the unimaginative band name on his foot?? Some friends.
After owning his loss and going under the needle, Tom Fletcher tweeted the following message on December 13, 2013: “…I lost tattoo roulette…I’ve got the world’s worst band name on my foot…forever.” According to the 28-year-old, “It all came down to a tense game of rock/paper/scissors between me and @dougiemcfly. Best of 3. Rock let me down.” His heart-breaking loss earned him a huge tattoo on his foot with the band name “McBusted” inked in red block letters and surrounded by a red rectangular box. Tom Fletcher’s “McBusted” tattoo joins a number of other questionable tats on the singer’s foot, including a large capital letter “Y,” a smiley face with sunglasses and the word “Big.” (We’re guessing that’s a reference to big foot.)
Being that his “McBusted” ink is his fourth foot tattoo, you’d think Tom would know by now that having a needle jab you in the foot a whole bunch of times isn’t exactly comfortable. However, the singer felt the need to issue a warning to his Twitter followers after getting inked, writing: “For anyone wondering, feet tattoos hurt like hell. Don’t do it unless it’s mildly amusing for 10 minutes.” We have to admit, we feel kind of bad that Tom Fletcher is going to be stuck with this awful foot tattoo for the rest of his life. Then again, if the singer’s tattoo inspiration comes from his McBusted bandmates, who sport foot tattoos reading “ahlete’s,” “bare” and “good ef,” and each have a letter from “YMCA” inked on their feet, we pretty sure he had this “McBusted” tattoo coming.