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Joe Manganiello's Dragon Tattoo
Joe Manganiello reveals 3-foot dragon tattoo symbolizing his health recovery.
In brief
Joe Manganiello reveals 3-foot dragon tattoo symbolizing his health recovery. Joe Manganiello got a 3-foot dragon tattoo to symbolize his recovery from a seven-year autoimmune disease battle. Originally reported by E! Online.
Joe Manganiello's tattoo reveal
Joe Manganiello shared NSFW photos of his first tattoo, a 3-foot dragon stretching from his lower abdomen to his knee.
“The idea to cover my surgery scars with my first tattoo, a three foot dragon down my right side, was my effort to take back what little agency I felt that I had.”
Tattoo as health symbol
The dragon tattoo represents his body's internal conflict after seven years battling an autoimmune disease.
“In chapter four, I related my struggle with the illness to my body sending out knights to fight a (western) dragon that didn’t exist.”
Tattoo meaning
Manganiello said the tattoo symbolizes his body 'stopping attacking the dragon', himself.
“The tattoo would act as a symbol to his body to stop attacking the dragon, in other words, himself.”
Health recovery
Manganiello overcame a seven-year autoimmune disease battle and now feels the world has 'opened back up to me'.
“For seven years I thought I was going to be dead the next week, he told People in an interview published Oct. 7.”
New relationship
Manganiello found new love with Caitlin O’Connor, whom he says 'came into my life at this point'.
“Caitlin came into my life at this point, where it was obvious to me that [she] was the direction to go.”
Mental strength
Manganiello claims his ancestors' suffering chains were broken, leaving him with 'not an ounce of fear' about the future.
“Whatever chains there were to the past suffering of my ancestors, they were completely broken, he said.”
The main idea
Joe Manganiello got a 3-foot dragon tattoo to symbolize his recovery from a seven-year autoimmune disease battle.
