Adam Levine 'done' with tattoos
The Maroon 5 singer has extensive body art but admitted his last session, a refresh on his left arm sleeve, was likely to be his last because he has "softened" more as he's got older.
Describing the process of getting inked as "fun" but "painful", he told Today.com: 'I covered up my sleeve with another sleeve. Who does that? What is wrong with me? Psychotic.
"It really hurt. I'm kind of done with the pain, I've decided … now, I've softened.
"Now, when I get a tattoo, I'm like, 'This hurts so badly.' Like, 'What's wrong?' We're done."
The 46-year-old star also admitted he is "running out of room" on his body for more tattoos and he always "promised" he wouldn't get his face inked.
The Moves Like Jagger hitmaker - who has three children with wife Behati Prinsloo - finds it hard to pick out a favourite inking.
He said: "No, there's too many. It's too overwhelming...
"I like them all."
But he ultimately concluded he likes his hand tattoos, which feature the words 'true love' spelled out across eight of his fingers.
However, back in 2013, Adam insisted he wouldn't get any body art on his hands because they are "sacred".
He told People magazine: "I don't do below the waist. You can't do the hands, that's sacred too, that's what you make things with, I'm tied to my hands. I just can't do hands."
And the Sugar singer's first ever tattoo was a dove on his left bicep.
He said: "I was 21. It was five days after 9/11. I felt this need to say something with this peaceful thing on my body."
Adam recently spoke of why he agreed to return for season 27 of The Voice after departing his role as a coach during season 16.
He told reporters: "I honestly feel like the stars aligned.
'It was one of those moments where we started talking about it and it felt right... and it hadn't felt right until now.'
Adam, who had spent nearly nine years on the show, admitted he needed a break from the relentless schedule that came with the job.
He said: 'Doing it for so long, so consistently... you can definitely start to get burnt.
'I started to feel like I was kind of getting away from things that matter to me the most, like making music and playing music.'
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