Gossip: Chris Brown

When Chris Brown appeared in public last week with a smudged tattoo of a woman’s face on his neck, speculation was rife that it showed the battered face of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, said EOnline.com. Not so, said Brown’s tattoo artist Peter Koskela. The tattoo is actually a mashup of a Mexican “sugar skull” and a cosmetics design. “It is not Rihanna or an abused woman as erroneously reported,” said Brown’s rep. “It is peeling right now.”

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