I found this guy through Tumblr, at first was sort of terrified, and then sort of attracted to him, and once I found out that he has the cutest French-Canadian accent of all time, I was sold. Rick Genest is a model and circus performer from Montreal, Canada. Yes, the tattoos are real, and according to Lady Gaga, who modeled and performed with Rick in her Born This Way video, he's been into tattoos since he was young, sticking those temporary ones from gum packets all over his face.