A Messy End
“It didn’t end up pretty, and it was time for me to go home,” the tattoo artist said of leaving Miami Ink. In a 2008 interview with Inked Magazine, Von D says that her spinoff had triple the number of viewers of her former show, which she described as “monotonous and repetitive.”
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“The guys weren’t willing to involve their real life in the show, whereas I promised myself, aside from my divorce, I would talk about anything,” Von D explained. “People can relate to you more when you’re real and show your imperfections.”