Lucky Diamond Rich- Most Tattooed Man on Earth

Who is Lucky Diamond Rich?

Born Gregory Paul McLaren, Lucky Diamond Rich is a New Zealand street performer. Asides being the most tattooed man on earth, McLaren has very unique talents like juggling on a unicycle and swallowing swords.

He holds the Guinness World Record for the most inked man on earth. Diamond Rich garnered his tattoos bit by bit from the age of 16 until every part of his body became covered with tattoos. Now, he is 51 years old.

How Lucky Diamond Rich Became the Most Tattooed Man on Earth

In 1987 at the age of 16, Lucky Diamond Rich had his first tattoo; it was a small juggling club located on his hip region. He made sure the tattoo was easy to hide because of his fear for what his mother would say or do. It’s quite interesting to known that Lucky’s love for tattoos started at such a tender age.

After his first tattoo at the age of sixteen, Lucky waited for two years before he did another and since then, it’s been tattoos upon tattoos for the artist. “Just one tattoo at a time I guess, that’s how everyone does it,” he said.

According to Guinness Book of Record, Lucky’s tattoos were funded by the money he made from the Circus. He traveled the world as an entertainer/street performer. It was probably during these trips that he got tattoos from some renowned tattoo artists. His words were: “I would get tatted by some amazing artists all over the world, so I just basically said to them ‘Here’s this section of my body. Go for it.”

Altogether, Lucky has spent over 1000 hours having his body tattooed and so far, no part of his body is left uncovered. Despite already being fully covered in tattoos, he continued to get more layers on the existing ones. When asked how many tattoos he has in total, he responded saying: “How many tattoos do I have? I have one, and it’s the biggest one on the planet. I’ve had more than one layer of ink and in some areas it’s three or four layers.”

Lucky’s entire body including his eyelids, his gums, the skin between his toes, and the upper part of his ear canals have now been covered with tattoos. Asides being the most tattooed man on earth, the multi-talented artist is now a tattoo artist himself.

Dealing With The Attention

For someone who is “heavily tattooed” like he rightly described himself, Lucky constantly receives attention from both the media and from fans all over the world who recognize him for his title. He disclosed that he gets mixed reactions from people as a result of his looks.

“Everyone’s different in how they react. It’s like the weather; you can’t predict it and you can’t control it; you just sort of deal with it as it comes,” he said. “I don’t really get my self-esteem from what others think of me. I like myself today. It’s just interesting that I had to tattoo my whole body to like myself as much as I do,” he added.

Where is Lucky Diamond Rich Now?

Lucky has since dropped street performance. He now works for a construction company, building a new life for himself. He has a partner, an apartment and two dogs.

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