{"id":68995,"date":"2025-10-10T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/68995\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:30:09","slug":"teddy-swims-gives-the-hits-host-matty-mclean-his-first-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/68995\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Swims gives The Hits host Matty McLean his first tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a series of photos posted to Instagram, the ink has been revealed: a small image of a teddy bear on his right wrist.<\/p>\n

McLean commented \u201cPLEASE ONLY SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT THE TATTOO \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\u201d, as Swims wrote \u201c\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0dhow sweet\u201d.<\/p>\n

An interview with the performer, along with details of the stunt, are set to be discussed at 3pm on today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\"MattyMatty and co-host PJ Harding interviewed Swims last night. Photo \/ NZME.<\/p>\n

Swims, whose real name is Jaten Collin Dimsdale, got his first tattoo when he was 16, NBC reports, a simple lettering of his last name.<\/p>\n

His extensive ink now includes a pair of tattoos on his eyelids: \u201ctough\u201d and \u201clove\u201d.<\/p>\n

Last year, Swims told The Jennifer Hudson Show he collects tattoos from local artists when he tours.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I do this now where I say design whatever you want to design, and then just put a signature on it. My whole body now has become an art gallery with their signatures that I carry wherever I go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The American singer was in Aotearoa for his I\u2019ve Tried Everything But Therapy tour, playing one show in Christchurch<\/a> on Tuesday and another in Auckland last night.<\/p>\n

He performed for 400 Christchurch high schoolers<\/a> earlier this week in a surprise special concert at Marian College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a series of photos posted to Instagram, the ink has been revealed: a small image of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3017,28440,156,1888,6637,20733,293,4508,12022,685,440,55136,9611,23739,3180,111,139,2551,69,4965,1305,33757,9643,51795,50604,51794,223,303],"class_list":["post-68995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ahead","tag-arena","tag-entertainment","tag-first","tag-gave","tag-gives","tag-his","tag-hits","tag-host","tag-last","tag-local","tag-matty","tag-mclean","tag-memorable","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-night","tag-nz","tag-radio","tag-show","tag-soldout","tag-spark","tag-swims","tag-tattoo","tag-teddy","tag-the","tag-very"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}