For those who don’t know, how did the concept for “Tattoo Rescue”
come about?
Truthfully, the concept just came about because I met a producer. He liked
my attitude and he ended up coming to my shop after I met him. He loved
my shop. How it looked, how the people who worked for me were very professional and very friendly. He pretty much told me that I should be on TV.
Was it their idea for what your role would be?
We came up with the idea together. I think after Kitchen Nightmares and
stuff like that, everybody had that idea to do it with every business in the
world. So the role that I “played” or was in, that’s what I do. I’ve done carpentry and designing since I was a kid with my parents having a construction company. So what I did on the show is what I do in real life.
Did the shops on the
show reach out to you
guys?
They have a company
that put out a casting call
just like any other show.
So they put out a casting
call for shops that needed
help. Then I sat down with
the producers and went
through hundreds of people who wanted to be on
the show and picked out
the ones we thought would
make the best TV.
How did it feel being on a
tattoo related show and
not being an artist?
It was pretty weird for me
because first and foremost
I’m a tattoo artist and I
didn’t do that at all on the
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