The man who grabbed headlines by tattooing a Mitt Romney logo on his face and saying he would never have it removed has had a change of heart.

Eric Hartburg, a 30 year old Indiana man, got the campaign logo supporting Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan after he put a five by two inch space on his face up for sale on eBay and he was paid $5,000 to get the Romney tattoo.

CLICK HERE to check out a picture of Eric Hartburg's face tattoo featuring the Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan campaign logo.

But now Hartburg has accepted an offer to have the tattoo removed, according to a new report from Politico.

Tattoo removal chain DR. TATTOFF originally offered to remove Hartburg's tattoo free of charge after Romney lost the 2012 presidential election to Barack Obama, but Hartburg refused.

"I still love the ink and I am a man of my word and will keep the tattoo for life," he said at the time.

But Romney's post-election comments have caused Hartburg to change his mind. After he heard that Romney said Obama won the election by giving "gifts" to minority groups who sway the outcome, Hartburg decided he couldn't live with the ink because of what it represents to him now.

"It stands not only for a losing campaign but for a sore loser," Hartburg said. "He's pretty shameful as far as I'm concerned, man. There's no dignity in blaming somebody else for buying votes and paying off people. I can't get behind that or stay behind that."

Hartburg did acknowledge one downside to getting rid of Romney's presence: removing the now infamous tattoo from his face will probably put an end to his 15 minutes of fame.

"With the tattoo gone, you can't say, 'Hey look, it's the Romney face tattoo guy from TV,'" Hartburg said. "I'll still be that guy, but the tattoo's gone, so some of the allure might be lost."

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