Max George reveals huge tattoo cover-up of ex Stacey’s name after hooking up with Strictly star Maisie Smith
MAX George has revealed a new tattoo covering up his tribute to ex-girlfriend Stacey Giggs.
The former couple split up in August and The Wanted singer Max is now besotted with Strictly star Maisie Smith.
During a trip to Liverpool yesterday, Max flashed a peace sign for his Instagram story and it revealed a new cross on his wrist where Stacey’s name used to be.
The horizontal line has completely covered her name while the tip of the vertical lines touches the base of his palm.
Shortly after their split, Stacey accused Max of cheating on her with Maisie, something he has denied.
The ex-wife of Manchester United star Ryan Giggs told a friend: “I’m very shocked he could be so cruel and I don’t recognise the person he’s become.
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“I think Max has become obsessed with fame.”
Stacey added: “I confronted him millions of times about his closeness to her. But he always denied it.
“I had a gut instinct they were more than just friends.
“I dumped him because I thought he might be cheating. We split for a few days but Max would always beg to stay.
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“He was using my former marital home like a hotel – he would walk around like he owned the place taking selfies for his Instagram.
“He’s a two-bit pop star and a fame-hungry man-child.”
Meanwhile former EastEnders actress Maisie, who won over millions of fans on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, has proved she has true grit by completing Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
The “brutal” experience left her battered, bruised and ravaged by sunburn, but she said she finished it feeling better about herself than she ever has before.
It was so life-changing that it even gave her the confidence to open up to The Wanted singer Max, 34, about painful insecurities she has suffered in the past.
Maisie, 21, said: “To be honest, I’m still pinching myself that I managed to get through it. It’s been weird watching it back, because I forgot how brutal it was.
“It’s crazy. But I came out of the show feeling so strong and so confident. And being more confident now, I allowed myself to open up and speak to Max about the feelings I did have about myself and how I feel about myself now.
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“So now he really knows me, which is really nice. He knows me entirely. There are no feelings that I’ve kept inside, which is a weight off my shoulders.
“It feels amazing to know that when someone loves you they know every bit about you — the good and the bad. That’s what love is really.”
She went on: “Max is very proud of me. When he saw the show he was like, ‘That’s absolutely brutal’. But he sees my strength, so he said, ‘I knew you could do it’.”
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Maisie — who played EastEnders favourite Tiffany Butcher for 13 years until her departure last year — first met Max when they starred in Strictly two years ago.
After growing close on this year’s Strictly tour, in August they went public with their romance, going on holiday and sharing a series of loved-up photos on social media.
And Maisie said their relationship was transformed when she told Max about her past insecurities — which she has struggled with from childhood.
As she told how finally leaving those insecurities behind has made her happier than ever, it was hard to match the Maisie of now — polite, self-assured and infectious in her enthusiasm — to the shell of a girl she described when she looked back.
She said: “I was always very aware of the fact people looked up to me, that I had fans. I wanted to be someone to look up to but I lacked confidence because I put too much pressure on myself.
“I think a lot of time I kept things to myself. I had a tendency to suffer in silence, to keep things inside and not talk about them. I never wanted to be a burden.
“I was too scared to admit how I felt to people. I also had body insecurities. I spent a lot of time covering up my body, and I was going to the gym since I was 13 — but not for fitness.
“I didn’t like my appearance, which is quite sad, looking back. When I went to parties I would cover my entire body or I wouldn’t go because I felt too ugly.”
Maisie said her insecurities started soon after she joined EastEnders in 2008 aged just six. But when asked if she blamed the spotlight, she answered carefully: “I don’t know, because this is all I’ve known.
“I can’t pin my feelings on that, because I could have still had crippling confidence issues if I hadn’t had a job. Now I think that life is a learning curve, and maybe I had to feel like that then to feel like I feel today.”