Kat Von D and her current husband, Rafael Reyes, have announced that they are going to be the proud parents of a baby boy! Even though her real name is Katherine von Drachenberg, she is better known by her professional name, Kat Von D. She is an American tattoo artist, musician, model, television personality, and entrepreneur.
On February 21, 2018, Von D married artist Rafael Reyes. In November 2018, she gave birth to their son. Von D was referred to in the Eagles of Death Metal song “High Voltage”, which was named after her shop and is featured on their third album, Heart On.
Kat Von D is married! The makeup mogul, 35, surprised us all when she and Prayers vocalist Leafar Seyer, 45, announced they tied the knot by sharing a post on Instagram of themselves wearing their matching wedding bands. Get push notifications with news, features and more.
Beauty mogul Kat Von D spontaneously married Rafael Reyes (better known as Leafar Seyer of the band Prayers) in February, toting matching rings and manicures in an Instagram announcement.
Kat Von D is no doubt one of the most stylish and beautiful tattoo artists in the industry. She was married to Oliver Peck, a fellow tattoo artist. But the relationship didn’t last long, and soon, the couple got divorced. The couple was married for four years.
Being born on 8 March 1982, Kat Von D is 40 years old as of today’s date 10th March 2022. Her height is 1.74 m tall, and her weight is 62 kg. After dropping out of high school at the age of 16, Kat Von D was employed at the local professional tattoo shop.
What did Seyer say to Von D?
On Valentine’s Day, Seyer went all-out and surprised Von D with the most romantic gesture: a plane carrying a banner that read, “I LOVE YOU KAT VON D.”
Based on their photo, the couple also took the unconventional route when it came to their wedding day attire, with Von D opting to wear all-black rather than a traditional white gown.
In addition to their matching, simple silver wedding bands, the couple also coordinated all the way down to their fingertips by wearing identical, long and pointed black manicures, which it appears Von D and Seyer had done a week before their vows, on Valentine’s Day.
Seyer also shared the same photo on his account writing, “Today I married the girl of my dreams [ En Vida Y En Muerte ] ❤ ❤.”
Kat Von D is married! The makeup mogul, 35, surprised us all when she and Prayers vocalist Leafar Seyer, 45, announced they tied the knot by sharing a post on Instagram of themselves wearing their matching wedding bands. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow.
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Where is Kat Von D from?
Katherine Von Drachenberg, popularly known as “Kat Von D” was born in Montemorelos, Mexico. She was born to father Rene and Sylvia Galeano, a Seventh-day Adventist Church missionary parents. She grew up with two siblings, and at the age of four, her family moved to Los Angeles.
Kat was a decent student when she was in High School, she quit school at the age of 16, in order to pursue her dream of becoming a tattoo artist. Kat Von D is no doubt one of the most stylish and beautiful tattoo artists in the industry. She was married to Oliver Peck, a fellow tattoo artist.
Her main source of income has been her earnings from her tattoo shop and her other business ventures like cosmetic and clothing line. Kat Von D is one of the most talented tattoo artists, and her show ‘LA Ink’ has made her famous throughout the world.
Both books did very well and gained a lot of popularity. Kat Von D’s show ‘LA Ink’ ran for four seasons. Kat also has her own cosmetic and clothing line.
Kat was very creative right from childhood and learned classical piano at the age of six. Kat gives credit to her grandmother for being a major inspiration and the reason behind doing so well in music and arts. Kat loved listening to punk rock music, and very much wanted to be a musician at the time.
Who did Kat Von D work with?
From there, she found employment in various shops for years, honing her tattoo art skills. She worked with the likes of Tim Hendricks, Clay Decker, and Chris Garver, the owners of the last tattoo shop where Kat Von D worked; urged her to take part in a trending reality TV show – Miami Ink to showcase her outstanding tattoo art skills.
Highly influenced by the Latin culture in Los Angeles, Kat Von D, at the age of 12, developed an interest in tattoo art and punk rock. She became an ardent fan of rock bands like Ramones, Misfits among others.
The very ambitious Kat Von D, spurred by her termination from the show, she opened her own tattoo shop, High Voltage and acquired her own TLC reality TV series, LA Ink, which was telecast in her shop in 2007. On the show, Kat Von D set a Guinness world record of most tattoos given in 24hours, which totaled 400.
She worked two seasons in the TLC network Miami Ink show before she was fired for having repeated verbal clashes with shop owner Ami James.
At 14, she got her first tattoo and by the time she was 16 years of age, she quit school in 1998 to become a tattoo artist. Kat Von D’s first job as a tattoo artist was with Sin City, a local tattoo shop where she was employed the same year she quit school.
Kat Von D hooked up with Canadian music producer Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 in September 2012 but they broke up a month later. Zimmerman proposed to her on Twitter on 15th of December 2012, she accepted and got engaged to him but announced in June 2013 that the relationship expired on the basis of infidelity on the part of Zimmerman.
She married her first husband Oliver Peck, a tattoo artist, in the year 2003. Sadly, the marriage ended in August 2007 after which she dated Motley Crue, the bass guitarist of Nikki Sixx from 2008 to 2010.
