New York, New York - LA-based tattooist Mr. K has posted an apology to Angelina Jolie, speaking out against recent rumors that the tattoos he gave her were a jab at her ex-husband Brad Pitt.

After an ill-thought-through post earlier this week brought worldwide speculation over the meaning of Angelina Jolie's new tattoos, her tattooist has responded with an apology and an explanation.

In a new post to Instagram, Mr. K, who goes by @mr.k_tattoo and works for Bang Bang NYC, showed an unblurred picture of Jolie's new tattoos.

The original photo had been blurred out when he posted it on Tuesday and was captioned, "Guess what she got on her palm?"

Mr. K's decision to pose the question turned out to be a mistake, as speculation quickly started circling that the tattoos - located on her middle fingers - were a jab at her ex-husband, Brad Pitt.

In a follow-up to the post that sparked so much speculation, Mr. K started by apologizing to the Maleficent and Mr. & Mrs. Smith actor.

"First of all, I feel sorry with all the bad speculations and sincerely apologize to @angelinajolie for the stress that I might have caused her," he wrote.

He then went on to explain the meaning behind the tattoos themselves, which he provided an unblurred photo of in the post.

"This tattoo represents two daggers in geometric and abstract way / nothing related to religion or cross."