Justin Bieber debuts Jesus tattoo in Hawaii with Selena Gomez

Justin Bieber is making it clear that he isn’t just that little tween boy who sang “Baby” anymore. And he has another tattoo and six Billboard Music Awards to prove it.

The Canadian-born pop star showed off his new ink while vacationing with lady love Selena Gomez in Hawaii. (He happened to be flaunting her shortly after a nationally televised kiss at the Billboard Music Awards.) The tat is a vertical Hebrew inscription reading “Yeshua,” which means Jesus. The 17-year-old inconspicuously displayed the word down his left side, according to The Daily.
The proud Christian stopped in Israel on his My World tour in April, where he was photographed at biblical sites — rumor has it that’s where he got his new ink.
Interestingly, traditional Jews forgo tattooing because it goes against a Leviticus teaching that orders followers not to gash their flesh. So why the Hebrew? We’re not sure, but we’re guessing he might be following a trend: Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears all have similar indelible insignias in the ancient language too.
But the inscription is just the freshest of his inks: His first tattoo is that of a seagull from the Richard Bach novella “Jonathan Livingston Seagull.” The avian outline is perched near his lower left pelvic bone and made its way there on his 16th birthday.
What do you think of the Biebs’ tattoo — too cool or too inappropriate?