Sigh, I remember a time when Trace Cyrus was seen as “the weird one” of the Cyrus bunch. Miley has since surpassed Trace’s tattooed, rock ‘n’ roll image several times. Trace does love his tattoos though, to the point where he sports a full-on tattoo shirt. According to the youngest Cyrus of the bunch (Noah), Trace ran into some trouble in the family’s native Kentucky a few days ago. He tried to enter a restaurant but was rejected because of his tattoos. Noah wrote about it on Instagram, but I’ll spare you the actual photo of a shirtless Trace. Go here to see the dude in all his tatted-up glory. Here’s Noah’s caption:
A restaurant in Kentucky wouldn’t let my brother in because he has tattoos. That is so messed up and it really pisses me off that it’s even legal to do such a thing. The way I see it is he is completely made of art and if they knew him on the inside then they would know thats the truth. I love my brother and it brings me to tears to know someone would do that to him or anyone for that matter. So sad. I love you tracey and you’ve got a team supporting you. @tracecyrus
[From Noah Cyrus on Instagram]
We don’t know the details of the situation. Perhaps Trace was trying to enter a restaurant while shirtless. Or maybe the situation is exactly how it sounds, and he was rejected for one reason — because he has tattoos. There’s no way for Trace to hide his body ink. He even has tattoos on his face. My guess is that he tried to go somewhere with a strict dress code, but it’s also likely that the restaurant’s owners simply don’t enjoy heavily-inked patrons. Ohhh, here’s an clue! Trace posted an expletive-filled video explaining that he was denied entry into a specific bar and grill. He wants people to call the bar and call the manager a “scumbag.” So Trace is looking for attention, but the situation still sucks for him.
Here are Trace and Noah together on Christmas 2012 (they were taking dinner to Grandma Cyrus).
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
Maybe it wasn’t the tats and my first thought after seeing the first picture is that he tried to go shirtless.
Didn’t he see Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
No shirt
No shoes
NO SERVICE!
P.S. I believe he was auditioning for Rattleshirt in that top picture.
except that it’s “NO DICE!” 🙂
Aloha, Mr. Hand!
Yeah that’s BS if he was denied entry due to his tattoos. He does have an unusual look to him though.
I think he was probably shirtless. If not, unless the tattoos were obscene, I can’t believe that anyone would care!
Having grown up in the Midwest/Southeast, I regretfully have to inform you that they would care. There’s a strong chance. It’s stupid, imo, but in some places tattoos are still viewed as taboo and indicative of one’s lack of moral character. Sigh.
I’m sure people with tattoos eat there, there is just something, extra about this guy. Combined with the hair and the clothes and something else I can’t quite figure out he just seems off and I wouldn’t want him in my place of business either if I had one. I usually don’t care about tattoos or body mods or a punk look or whatever. Mohawks piercings partially shaven head who cares? But something about this guy seems off in a twisted attention gathering way and I wouldn’t want him around either. I really don’t think we can blame all this on tattoo discrimination
Fascinating hoodie onesie that the chitlin is wearing. I sort of want one.
Big negative on dude’s breastplate tho.
I don’t even know you anymore.
Even if it’s a One Direction sweatshirt onesie?
Damnit, I missed that part. Good eye, Agent Bridget.
I kind of want one too. For a friend. *Goes off to Google hoodie onesie*
For a friend. LOL!
It is oddly fascinating, isn’t it? Looks comfy……. I may want one too.
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0228/8535/products/Bacon_Cat_Onesie_Mockup_1024x1024.jpg?v=1398113645
Bacon.
Cats.
That is all.
is she wearing a sweatshirt onesie?!
You know you want one.
only with footies.
As long as the hoodie doesn’t have plushie ears, I approve.
Tattoos are so mainstream now it surprises – and disappoints – me that they are still an issue. I have a tattoo on my arm and when I was a student working service industry jobs I always had to wear long sleeves, which was no fun running in and out of hot kitchens in the summer. I guess it’s pretty low on the discrimination hierarchy, but still, it’s not right.
On a completely other note people have to stop wearing headdresses and breastplates…when are people going to get to grips cultural appropriation? The issue is finally getting the exposure it deserves and those who continue to do it look increasingly stupid and insensitive.
Tattoos are like a part of dress code. There’s an expectation that you still manage to look professional in the workplace; in the same way that people should take at least a little bit of care with their attire in most professional surroundings, I’d consider tattoos in that same category. They’re voluntary.
But the whole idea that tattoos can’t look professional is a social construct and very dependent on where you are living/working. There is nothing inherent in tattoos that make the wearer unable to do their job properly. Dress codes for work and social occasions have changed over the decades and centuries, I don’t see why they can’t change for tattoos if people would just open their minds a bit and challenge their preconceptions.
To boil it down: people should change to suit you and your wants. You want a different dress code, open your own business.
Wow.
No, I think people should be more accepting of different types of looks and not judge others based their appearance. I guess if you had it your way women would still be locked in corsets and shunned if they wore trousers? God forbid society evolves and allows people more freedom to play with their aesthetic.
So, to boil it down: people shouldn’t change to suit your needs and wants? Okey dokey then, it was nice chatting.
They are changing, but as with everything else, they are changing slowly. Think about who sets the rules at the company, or sets the “example”, or creates the dress code pretty much anywhere. Middle aged or older people, right? It wasn’t very long ago that tattoos were the provenance of criminals and sailors and many people still hold onto that belief.
I’m not dissing older people to saying all of them hate tattoos, but it definitely is a generational thing. Tattoo acceptance (or not giving an eff) will come when the younger generation comes to be the ones setting the rules. The majority of the people who openly don’t like my tattoos and feel they need to say something about them are quite a bit older than me. People around my age usually could not care less about an exposed tattoo, even if they don’t personally like them.
Sounds like Gretchen is mad about her face tattoos.
Not to be harsh about your personal choices, but it’s a competitive job market out there. Every year another million and a half people graduate with a bachelor’s degree and start looking for work, all of them hoping for that first step up on the career ladder. You can’t necessarily expect hiring managers to expand their personal horizons and make an effort to hire you when they have a list of 50 other qualified people to choose from.
I’m in my forties and can remember back in the early nineties when pantyhose was still considered a requirement for office work, so things do change. And if you want to start your own business or be an artist, decorate away because you’ll have that economic freedom.
But to have ink on your face and neck (arm tattoos can be covered so that is different) is distracting. It says something important about your personal history, etc., there’s a story to it, and that’s great for you – but it means that customers could be be staring at and wondering about your tattoos rather than thinking about the product. A business is going to want the attention to be on their product, whether that’s selling ice cream or legal services.
Also – in the Deep South, teardrop tattoos on your face are the way that gang members advertise the number of people they’ve shot. So there’s that.
I should probably clarify at this point that the time I was working in food service as student was over a decade ago, and my tats haven’t been a problem since. I do understand the beef many employers have with ink, I don’t however understand a dogmatic reverence for The Dress Code and find that attitude disappointing and narrow minded. The rules are changeable, and with an increasing number of people getting tats (not to mention bolder placement) these days employers are going to have to catch up eventually.
If he was going to a bar at night or something like that, I bet he dressed to show off his tats. I understand it is body art and all that, but some people like to show them off every opportunity they get. You can claim your tattoo is personal, and your choice, and get them in visible places, etc. but then a few people want to flaunt them so much that it becomes inappropriate.
I like them when they do not represent gangster stuff. But I understand that if your business has a certain vibe, the owner can chose who to give service to, like clubs do, or if they have a dress code, etc . It is uhf air, but it is legal as long as they do not act against human rights.
He seems weird like in a Marilyn Manson way, I think people would find him scary, but he is most probably an OK kid. HE chose to decorate himself so much on top of looking a lot like his mom… Unfortunate, but it suits his music.
He is one unattractive and scary fella. And I normally don’t mind the tatted the guys.
That was the first thing I thought when I saw the header pic. “What a singularly unattractive human being.”
I kind of like him when he’s all dressed up. He seems like a very sweet and kind person. Those photos with his sister, those two were the only ones who showed up to meet their grandmother for Easter. She’s in some facility for old people.
He is totally creepy looking. As described in the story, a doubt very much a bar /grill discriminated against him based on his tattoos. He was probably shirtless. Attention seeking creepster whom I had never heard of before today, so I guess it worked.
I’ve lived in small town my whole life and I just love creative unique types. I’m so starved for it I’d practically start a restaurant just to people watch & I’d love if a tatted up guy was a customer.
He’s disgusting. Fully clothed I wouldn’t want him around.
He was probably wearing a tank top or sandals or something.
Hopefully he doesn’t think a breast plate passes for a shirt. LOL.
I can’t help it, I know we’re not suppose to put people down for their looks, but this is intentional, so is it just me, or is he screaming to be ostracized? It reminds of my neice when she went through an emo phase. She’s all blacked out, face made up like a clown, dyed hair hanging in her face, tats and piercings everywhere possible, and at every outing or even walking downtown saying “they’re staring at me”. I thought that was the whole point.
Not necessarily. I live in a very conservative community and I’m VERY shy. When I died my hair platinum people literally stopped their cars to yell things at me. Eventually I had to decide if I wanted to be left alone or have the hairstyle I wanted.
It was very hard, but I decided to keep it. You only live once, and I didn’t want to give others’ that level of control or power over how I look.
Sure, anything different in a small community might get noticed, but I’m talking about all out goth and emo which is not the same as Nice-N-Easy Blonde #33. We can’t control how people react to things, but we can control how we put ourselves out there knowing what draws attention. I suppose the answer for those who do put themselves out there in attention-grabbing ways, is to learn not to care when people stare because people are going to stare.
Right @ JenniferJustice. My son sports some very long dirty looking dreads. And this is no commentary on dreads. I like neat looking dreads but these are dreads to be dreaded, LOL. I love my son and he is a good looking man, but he likes his hair, and while I like it long, I wish these were more neat and less scary looking. He has people commenting all the time. But he doesn’t react like an a$$ because he knows this is part of the trade off for sporting his own look. So bottom line, if you want to have a look that is way out of the norm, be prepared for those who don’t like your look to make comments.
While I find it revolting that anyone would do that to their body, it’s his body. I think the restaurant owner made a judgement about what kind of person he was based on his outward appearance, and deemed him “undesirable.” Very narrow-minded and provincial.
I think the restaurant owner made a judgment that at the sight of a diner covered with what looks like a ghastly communicable flesh-eating disease, his other diners would lose their appetites and leave.
Presumably his clientele does not jet in from the four corners of the globe; they’re local folks. “Narrow-minded and provincial” is exactly what he should be if he wants to stay in business.
Maybe you could go into business with him.
GNAT that is a pretty big assumption on your part as we know nothing of the particulars of the actual situation.
Could be you are correct. I guess I was taking him at his word.
I followed that link to Trace’s complaint and someone just posted saying that they too are totally covered in tattoos and that they just had a quiet, uneventful meal at that place the other day.
So it looks like there’s something else going on here – we definitely don’t have the full story!
I have a coworker whose mommy taught him tattoos are “low class” and he still spews that nonsense around the office. You can’t see mine at work but I don’t deny having them. I think he’d make hiring decisions on that basis if anyone gave him the authority.Bald middle aged dude.
It’s hard to overcome. I’m 58, and for most of my life, the only people who got tats were drunken sailors who tried to hide them once they were back in the civilian world. It was a mark of a very seedy lifestyle and tacky, unsophisticated, uneducated person. It was somewhat disgraceful, something everyone was embarrassed by – both the person who had one, who tried to hide it, and the person who didn’t, who tried to pretend they didn’t see it. When my neices got tattoos, I was sickened. I’m not excusing the prejudice, and I consider it a flaw and old-fashioned, and I’m working on it, but it isn’t easy to switch gears. It wasn’t just this guy’s mother who taught him that, it was society as a whole. I have come far enough that I don’t judge a person or assume anything about them just because they have tattoos, but I will never like them or find them attractive. I don’t think your coworker should say such things, because almost everyone under 30 has a tatto, and he’s probably offending people, but I understand where his prejudice comes from. Again, not excusing it, but just trying to explain.
You get that tattoos are a part of some cultures? The Rock is half samoan and he has tattoos that reflect his culture.
That has very little to do with what I said. Prejudices do not rely on logic.
GNAT pardon me but prejudices against tattoos seem silly.
well, if everyone like ’em they wouldn’t be nearly as cool!
GNAT I totally understand what you are saying and find myself feeling the exact same way. Really felt disappointed when my son got one but trying not to jump on the prejudice train based on seeing people with them.
FingerBinger,
Yes, you’re right. They ARE silly. All prejudices based on looks are silly. I’m not saying they are fair, or good or anything. I’m only trying to explain that it’s understandable to me how Bettyrose’s coworker came by his attitude, because it sounds like he grew up in an environment similar to mine where there was a huge, general prejudice against people with tattoos. That doesn’t make it right. I just think maybe you are younger, and you’re used to nice, intelligent, normal (whatever that means) people having tattoos, but it didn’t use to be that way. Or it was thought of as awful. I was trying to explain it, but I did such a poor job that now I am confused myself. Just know that I’m not saying it’s ok to be prejudiced.
I’ve had a few idiots spout that crap off at me. They did shut up when I asked them sweetly if they think I’m low class (no, of course not!), then tell them I have tattoos. I don’t flaunt my (small) ink, but I also don’t sit politely and listen while they tell me what a terrible person I must be.
Again, mostly middle aged and older people. One younger guy did that, but he tended to rant about stuff he knew little about and tattoos were just one of his many subjects.
I think that, unfortunately, this negative mindset in the West towards tattoos is a hold over from past puritanical beliefs. Particularly that only the “brown” people of the world, plus criminals, had them. We seem to forget that tattooing was a part of European culture for a very long time.
Scar tattoos are also a growing art form for reclaiming your body after a trauma. Or just decorating your body in a positive way.
Hi, Wren. Don’t know if you know this, but Jennie Jerome (Winston Churchill’s mother) had a tattoo of a snake and the Prince of Wales (the son of Queen Victoria) at that time also had a tattoo. I don’t know why some people feel the way they do about tattoos or link them with class, they have been around for a long time and it shouldn’t be anything that fazes anyone at this point.
I don’t see why we all have to embrace tattoos if we don’t want to, if you want to get tattoos, fine, but I don’t see why everyone has to like them to make it okay for you. Tattoos are such a fad and so many people regret them, the tattoo removal business is booming.
Or maybe he was being a total dickhead and he’s saying it was the tattoos when it was actually his personality. Don’t believe everything people tell you.
Yes. That is the point I was trying to make upthread. I’m doubting -big time- that tattoos had anything to do with what happened.
Irrelevant attention whore said what?
What? 🙂
I love tattoos and I have eight, but I still think that anyone who tattoos their face probably doesn’t care if they’re denied entry to a place and maybe he’s just looking for attention.
That being said, to the gal a few comments above who implied that tattoos are unprofessional, I really think it depends on the nature of the tattoo. A flower tattoo isn’t unprofessional, but a naked lady one is. Just as I could reasonably expect to be allowed to wear a flower necklace in the workplace, but not a naked lady necklace. Tattoos can be very tasteful and people need to get over their aversion to other people’s tattoos.
I don’t think all tattoos are un-professional at all. But I do think that employers are allowed to determine their standards of professional conduct themselves, and that includes whether or not someone’s tattoos need to be covered during work hours. That is the consequence of getting a face or neck tattoo. Because again: tattoos are voluntary. It’s someone’s choice to get one, not something that they were born with and can’t help.
I think even many tattooed people think a person who tattoos their face probably has pretty poor judgment and would have trouble getting hired.
And I wouldn’t serve a shirtless person at a kabob stand, let alone a proper restaurant.
I wouldn’t serve someone shirtless, and nor would I want to be served by someone shirtless (nor with their boobs hanging out into my food, or wearing a sweaty, pit-stained shirt). My point is just that employers get to decide their own dress code, and some employers don’t like tattoos and that’s the consequence of getting a giant, visible tattoo.
I like tattoos, have one and want more, but I’m pretty realistic about them. I want to be a social worker and know any more tattoos I get will be ones easily hidden. I ge that it doesn’t look good to most to be loaded with noticeable tattoos. Just the way the world works.
This, my husband has tons of tattoos, but when he’s at work they are all 100% covered. We went to a company event last year at a Waterpark and no one had any idea he had tattoos, let alone that amount.
It’s not a race, physical illness or anything like that. It’s not discrimination. You made the choice to put it on your body and you chose where on your body.
If it makes a private business owner uncomfortable then eat elsewhere. It’s a personal choice.
I agree. I’ve seen some vulgar and even downright explicit tattoos on display and I think that it’s in very poor taste. But to me it’s the same as wearing a t-shirt with something vulgar and explicit on it. Just a permanent one. You don’t wear it to work because ain’t nobody want to see that shit.
Good point Beth.
Generally I dislike tattoos. I don’t find them attractive at all. I don’t conflate my dislike of tattoos with dislike of the person specifically. All people make judgements about people within the first few seconds of seeing a person based on how they look, clothes, posture, facial expression, smell, etc. it’s a human response so my dislike might cause me subconsciously to attribute something to a tattooed person. Doesn’t stop me from thinking David Beckham is attractive though. In this case I think he may have tried to enter shirtless. Lots of places won’t serve you shirtless and frankly I don’t want to eat around shirtless sweaty guys with manboobs. Or shirtless any things. I think he is just looking for controversy to get his name in the news.
And before anyone bashes me for my views, one of my dearest friends is completely tattooed over her entire body, arms, chest, back and both legs. I don’t understand her choices but I love her.
I have a tattoo. I at times love it, hate it, and forget I have it. I don’t really think it adds or detracts from a person being attractive or not. Beckham though? Sweet lord that man is gorgeous!
Yes Florc, I agree. Gorgeous. Tattoos, no tattoos, beard, no beard, clothes, no clothes… Just gorgeous!
Right, and just as Beckham is gorgeous, tattoos or no, Trace has a creepster look that would send off alarms whether he had tatoos or not, IMO.
Just a few totally valid reasons for establishments that serve food and alcohol to refuse patrons.
Not following a basic dresscode like a shirt. It’s a health and comfort factor that can drift into laws.
Offensive body art (graphic images). Yes, it’s self expression. It can also make some uncomfortable and you have to be aware of that. It’s not about censorship.
Rude demeanor. I have a feeling from the sources on other sites covering this Trace had a huge attitude from the start. He was acting foolishly and the management made a decision quickly to avoid any further disruption to their patrons there.
Be happy with yourself. Be happy with your body art. Be happy and comfortable with who you are. Don’t get massively upset because you didn’t get your way and approached with an undeserved sense of entitlement and got shut down.
I work as a teacher and in IT. I’m covered along my back, 3/4 sleeves and thighs. But those are places that are hidden by my everyday wardrobe. I have students that say, “Mrs. Q, you don’t even have tattoos!” when I caution them to think about the choice of one long and hard and to not rush into it. Coverups are expensive.
So I’m able to be a professional, nay teach children and develop code no less, while being tattooed. The principal at my school has a full yakuza style back piece, the volleyball coach a phoenix along her entire side, my thighs are a collection of Lovecraft and video games, my arms Star Trek and Norse Mythology–point is, we’re not all deviants and unprofessional and people with a poor moral compass. Sometimes something just means that much to us that we want to carry it or we just like the design.
That’s so awesome! Your tattoos sound really cool.
I have commitment problems, otherwise I would get them in the exact same places you have yours.
Really Monica? When I’m coding I find my tattoo gets in the way all the time!
I’m actually super thankful that I’m in the IT industry – in a position that isn’t client facing in that they can see me. They can’t see any tattoos over the phone. Mind you, mines tiny and written along my forearm. I am however, planning on going to the thigh next. I’m with you – I like to have my expression, but still have the option to hide them. Before IT, I had planned to go into elementary education, haha. One of my best friends is a teacher as well, though she has her tattoo on her side. She’s gotten the same “you don’t even have a tattoo madame (french school)” and she just laughs.
The thing is – tattoo’s are getting more and more common place. Things are going to hit a dramatic shift, or there’s going to be nobody to fill in all the retirement. Honestly, I can think of way more people within my peer group that are inked than not. Most you wouldn’t notice – but some have gorgeous, large pieces that they show off. There was some issue with the nursing school around here lately, but I think the consensus was that as long as they’re not tasteless it’s not something that should have to be completely covered.
He was probably shirtless and would have made other patrons uncomfortable and grossed out. Honestly, it’s not just a little tattoo. I’m sure a lot of people with tattoos dine there; his look is just very extreme. He wants attention and if I saw someone like that eating at a restaurant I probably wouldn’t go again. I’d think that was their clientele and that isn’t my crowd.
That said, I’m under 30 and I don’t prefer tattoos but I don’t really mind them. It’s just that he looks like a circus act. It’s not just the tattoos it’s the clothes and hair. His whole look is offensive to me which is weird as growing up in Southern California everyone around me had sleeves and whatnot and I normally don’t give that a second glance. There is something seriously off-putting about him and I would have denied him entry to my business as well.
Disgusting looking creature. That whole clan is f**ked up to the nth degree.
He should just have Miley go and buy it.
I live in Virginia, which isn’t far from Kentucky. Typically, the only people down here who have tattoos on their faces are gang members or convicts. He was probably thought to be a gang member or criminal, which they didn’t want as their clientele.
Ever since Indiana has let this whole “religious reasons” as an excuse to deny business to people, I see it happen elsewhere too. I honestly feel a business would in fact say they do not want you as a customer based on your attire, outward appearance (pink hair, tattoos) or even by your religious affliction. It’s a way for them to be bigots while being protected by the law, shameful.
There are more than 20 states with the same law as Indiana. Indiana is following the lead of other states, not the other way around.
Who? And please, he is gross.
No shoes no shirt no service. Tatts and general weirdness should NOT deny you service. After living in the north all my life,then moving to the south..yeah, he may have been denied just for the tatts. Its amazing to me how many people don’t realize just how many other people, are so closed off. Or stuck in their own ways or whatever. There’s someone who doesn’t like a specific type of person, to the point of denying them service, in every corner of this great country.
He wants people to call the manager at the bar and call him a “scumbag”, I’m sorry but I don’t care for that kind of behavior, no matter what the provocation, this little boy needs a time out.
just from the chin up he is gross, i can see not wanting to look at that while you eat
I don’t know. Something tells me that there is a part of the story that is missing, and no, I have no idea how tattoos are viewed in the South, but nothing that I have seen on the kid I find offensive, on the contrary … so, part of story missing, no shirt would be my bet.
Team Cyrus could just buy the restaurant and fire the person responsible if they really wanted to.
I have a small tattoo on my ankle – it is “I love you Mom” in my daughter’s handwriting. She has almost the same in my handwriting on her upper arm. She is military & required to cover her tattoos during work & I am required to cover mine for my job (I’m in the medical field). Neither of us has an issue covering our tattoos for our job as it is our employers choice how we dress. We do however proudly display our tattoos on our personal time. Employers set the dress code & we can choose to respect it or find other jobs just like we chose to ink our bodies.
He’s done this before….
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/25782319.html?page=9
MEMEME I can’t believe you knew that! It was a d*** move the first time but I guess he got the “poor me” attention he wanted and decided to do it again. That article says he reeks in addition to his unsightliness. Lovely family.
I”m sorry but he looks scary like that. If I was an owner, I wouldn’t want to serve him. and yes, if i was the owner of a restaurant, I’d be tempted to refuse him service, too. what a little beyotch too, to post the restaurant’s name and phone number. if you have a beef, settle with the person/owner. but by blasting them all over the internet. tacky and low-class
My response to people who ask (being nice about my ink).
Did I come up to you and ask you why you do not have any?