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Originally Posted by Cherie
if he were embarrassed surely he wouldn't have recreated it  |
That part surely must be a sticking point, yes... also (assuming it's real) he has a massive "Nevermind" tattoo across his chest, and he must have had that done in adulthood. I'm not saying he can't have changed his mind and started to take issue with it as he's gotten older - obviously people's worldviews and thoughts about their childhood can change over time - but at the very least, it indicates that he wasn't embarrassed about it as a teenager and was leaning into it. For example I think it's unlikely that he could claim to have been bullied about it at school? Would be bizarre for him to then go and get a tattoo...
All of that said, it is such an iconic album cover, and... well... it is
him in the picture. I think there's a good argument that he deserves a little payday for it
. Nirvana is worth hundreds of millions of $, and Nevermind is by far their most well known album, so IMO recognising that he deserves a li'l slice of the pie is the right thing to do.