Alysa Liu’s lower-back tattoo has gotten people talking.
American Olympic star Alysa Liu has supposedly taken some heat over her curious lower-back tattoo.
The skater completed a redemption story at the Winter Olympic Games in Milano, Cortina, this month, winning two gold medals. She returned home a hero, but one tweet about her ink set off a social media storm.
One fan accused Liu of being a “satanist,” claiming her tatt depicts a “baphomet.”
Popular X account @kirawontmiss reshared the tweet and a photo of said tattoo.
“Alysa Liu is receiving backlash after people noticed she has a back tattoo🤔,” the account captioned the post.
We’re not so sure there was backlash. Some accounts claim things are viral or controversial when they’re really the ones kicking off the drama.
In any case, the comments were pretty kind to the Olympian.
“It looks more like those weird uterus tattoos some women get,” someone suggested.
“Isn’t that a tattoo of a fancy vagina diagram?” another asked.
“It’s wild how people jump to such extreme conclusions over a blurry photo. Let her live her life; a tattoo doesn’t define someone’s entire belief system,” one comment read.
“I get why some people are surprised, it’s not something you expect to notice right away. But at the same time, it feels like a small thing to turn into backlash. End of the day, what really matters is how she performs,” someone else wrote.
Alysa Liu Unretired Ahead Of Olympic Triumph
Liu instantly became a fan favorite after her performances at the Olympics, gaining over five million followers on social media.
The 20-year-old captured gold in both the women’s figure skating singles and the team event. The former marked the first women’s gold for the U.S. since Sarah Hughes won in 2002.
Alysa Liu had retired at just 16 after the 2022 Beijing Olympics, but announced her return in 2024.
Her remarkable comeback story is hardly something to be ruined by a tattoo.
