During a conversation with Fox 5's interviewer Kevin McCarthy in July 2020, White finally opened up about the truth behind Lip’s tattoo in the show.
He explained that the tattoo was not something added to his character on purpose, as it was his real tattoo the showrunners decided to keep with his character.
I went to shoot the pilot for Shameless, and it was pretty much just a pain to cover. [The makeup artists] were like 'it’s so raised, no matter what you do to it, you pretty much see it.' We ended up asking the tattoo artist if I could have his tattoo on my body, so Lip ended up with the tattoo as well as myself.
The actor also revealed he got his triangle tattoo for some of his friends when he was about 17. According to him, his tattoo was done poorly, which is why it was raised. However, he failed to mention what it symbolized.
