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Machine Gun Kelly is opening up about his sobriety journey.
Throughout an look on Bunnie Xo‘s podcast Dumb Blonde on Monday, Aug. 5, the ‘Emo Woman’ musician candidly mentioned his struggles with psychological well being and alcohol abuse, revealing that he’s now “fully sober from all the things.”
“I don’t drink anymore. I haven’t drunk since final August,” he stated.
Following his 2023 European tour, the 34-year-old shared that he went to rehab — and never many individuals knew.
“I didn’t inform anyone exterior of these closest to me, however I went to rehab proper after we obtained off the European tour final yr,” MGK, born Colson Baker, defined. “That was my first time ever going to rehab, they usually simply gave me so some ways to function the physique and present the place this anger is coming from and strategies to quell it. I ended up falling into an consciousness of what my situation is, and have made peace with it. It’s a continuing tightrope stroll.”
“You maintain to that,” Bunnie—who starred within the rapper’s ‘Lonely Highway’ music video alongside her husband, Jelly Roll, and Kelly’s fiancée, Megan Fox—stated when praising Kelly’s sobriety. “As a result of I truly needed you to have a consuming contest with my husband and also you have been like, ‘No, I’m sober.’”
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MGK stated he beforehand abused alcohol, marijuana, and tablets reminiscent of hydrocodone, Percocet, and Vyvanse.
Additional discussing his sobriety journey, Kelly admitted that Fox, 38, has been very useful alongside the best way. The couple, who started courting in 2020, have skilled ups and downs of their relationship since their 2022 engagement.
“Megan has for positive been extraordinarily useful in coping with the sort of psychological withdrawals that include [sobriety],” he shared.
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He additionally touched on his relationship along with his 15-year-old daughter, Casie Colson Baker, whom he shares with ex-Emma Cannon, saying it impressed him to get sober.
“You recognize, Casie, one of many largest issues that killed me in that relationship was when she could be like, ‘Dad, I do know you’re excessive,’” MGK recalled. “That’s like the final word signal of disappointment in your self. I proceed to embrace that this journey’s gonna be exhausting for me, however I settle for it and forgive myself.”
Now a yr into his sobriety journey, the ‘I Assume I’m OKAY’ singer can see the optimistic adjustments whereas commending the individuals who caught by him.
“That’s been an enormous reward for me,” MGK famous, “and I give loads of props to everybody round me for by no means quitting earlier than I obtained up to now, as a result of I actually hope that I’m much more of a pleasure to be round.”
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