Dax Shepard uncovers tattoo

The huge tattoo of a tree on Dax Shepard’s right arm is not something he acquired for his role on Parenthood. But then, the producers of Parenthood didn’t ask him to hide it all the time, either.
“I covered up a previous terrible tattoo with this one about three years ago,” said Shepard, who plays Crosby Braverman.
 
“In one of my first talks with (Parenthood creator Jason) Katims before I was a member of the cast, I said, ‘It’s imperative to me that I can have the tattoo so I’m not in makeup two extra hours a day.’ And he said, ‘Let’s see it.’ And then he was like, ‘All right.’ ”
So what was the tattoo before it was a tree?
“I hesitate to use the word ‘tribal,’ but other people would have probably used that word to describe it,” Shepard said. “I have a knack for predicting which tattoos will be ‘douchey’ in 10 years.”