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Cape teen with Celtics 2022 champions tattoo finally gets it fixed after 2024 win
Jack Bienvenue was 18 years old at the time he got a tattoo celebrating the potential championship win by the Celtics, who made it to the NBA Finals in 2022. Then they lost.
The night of June 17 was special for the Celtics and their fans far and wide. But for one particular fan in Wellfleet, the championship celebration also meant he could finally fix up a tattoo blunder from 2022.
Two years ago, when the Celtics faced the Golden State Warriors in the NBA finals, fan Jack Bienvenue did something daring, albeit presumptuous, before the finals wrapped: on his left arm, he got tattooed “Boston Celtics: 2022 World Champions.”
Then the Celtics lost in the sixth game.
Bienvenue’s story of his brazen tattoo went viral even before the Celtics lost. When asked by The Athletic how he would feel if the Celtics did lose, he admitted he hadn’t really thought about it.
I don’t think I’d get it lasered off, because it’s part of me,” Bienvenue said. “If they end up losing and then they win like next year, after they win I could get it corrected. Get the two lasered off and get a three. But if it works, I’m a prophet.”
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So maybe he can’t call himself a prophet, but this week, he was able to make an edit after the Celtics defeated the Mavericks in game five. Instead of getting the last two laser-removed, he put a red slash through it and added a four to the right with an asterisk above it.
“I can finally say my tattoo is somewhat accurate,” he told WHDH.
Media outlets reached out to Bienvenue at the beginning of the 2024 finals and asked if he was looking forward to finally correcting the tattoo if the Celtics won.
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Burned before, he said he’d wait “until they actually win it this time.” He reportedly got the tattoo fix Thursday at a Cape Cod tattoo shop.
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