Celebrities support

* Canoe Slalom World Champion Jennifer Bongardt wore during a photo shoot for the German edition of Playboy men's magazine in each nipple piercing jewelry
* Axl Rose was at an early stage with a nipple piercing in the media.
* Janet Jackson was wearing a nipple shield, as her breast was bared at the Super Bowl in 2004 by Justin Timberlake. The incident was discussed later under the name of controversial Nipplegate scandal. Jackson played a major role in popularizing the use of piercings in the United States.
* The singer Pink made headlines when she was on camera in the presence of her mother pierce nipple piercing.
* The British model Agyness Deyn wearing a nipple piercing.
* The singer, music producer and songwriter Lenny Kravitz with multiple piercings. This includes also two nipple piercings.
* Nicole Richie, actress and daughter of Lionel Richie broke with her nipple piercing at the airport in Reno (Nevada) during a security check of an alarm, which she had to show the security officials in a separate room their piercings
* Britney Spears, himself the bearer of a nipple piercing, persuaded to leave most of their crew as part of a Valentine's Day party stand out a piercing through the nipple.
* Christina Aguilera-known 2005 compared to the press to have removed all of her many piercings other than the nipple piercing.
* Sarah Connor was in a German TV show with a clearly visible nipples piercing.
* Rihanna and Cassie, both well-known singers of the Contemporary R & B genres were, in 2008, just one behind the other Pierce Nipple Piercings
* In its role as Cassidy in the movie The Wrestler with the actress Marisa Tomei a nipple piercing.