Machine Gun Kelly is pleased to be sober. The 34-year-old rapper appeared on Bunnie XO‘s Dumb Blonde podcast, and revealed that he’s completely sober after going to rehab final yr.
MGK began off my revealing that he first did ecstasy at age 11, however did not go “the f**okay off” when it comes to medication till his 20s.
“It began with weed and alcohol after which I actually liked snorting Vyvanse. The work ethic that got here, having the ability to lock in on one thing and be like, ‘Oh my God. I simply wrote six songs in two hours,'” he mentioned. “… Cherished hydrocodone. Cherished Percocet.”
MGK mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic helped him cease doing cocaine.
“Cocaine was the s**t to me… I am so socially awkward, however I’d do this earlier than I went someplace and I would go away and be like, ‘I simply f**king killed that s**t in there. Everybody loves me, dude,'” he mentioned. “… [It gave me] this false sense of superman syndrome. COVID actually helped that as a result of… not one of the sellers would go away their home.”
What additionally helped was assembly his now-fiancée, Megan Fox, in 2020.
“That girl struck a bullseye. Once I felt that sense mild up, every thing else went away and I discovered what it was to simply accept residing. It gave objective to every thing I used to be confused as to why I used to be right here for,” MGK gushed. “I am perpetually grateful to God and indebted to the future strains that wove me and her collectively… Once I noticed her eyes for the primary time, it was like I had a telescope to each secret within the universe. I believe what adopted that actually proved what shifting with love does.”
Then, in August 2023, MGK received “fully sober” from every thing, together with alcohol.
“I went to rehab proper after we received off the European tour final yr. That was my first time ever going to rehab. Man, it simply gave me so some ways to function the physique and present the place this anger is coming from and strategies to quell it,” he mentioned. “… I ended up falling into an consciousness of what my situation is and have made peace with it. It is a fixed tightrope stroll.”
By way of all of it, MGK mentioned Megan “has for positive been extraordinarily useful in coping with the form of psychological withdrawals that include [getting off drugs].”
“I’ve simply been actually pleased seeing all people. I like that I am clear after I take a look at the particular person I like. I am actually pleased that I am clear when my daughter and I are having conversations and I am coming from a spot of being centered and holding house for what a toddler wants from a dad or mum,” he mentioned of his 15-year-old daughter, Casie. “… That is been an enormous reward for me. I give numerous props to everybody round me for by no means quitting earlier than I received so far, as a result of I actually hope I am much more of a pleasure to be round.”
As for the place his sometimes tumultuous relationship with Megan stands immediately, a source told ET in July that “issues have been significantly better” between the pair recently.
“They have been drawback fixing, engaged on efficient communication, reestablishing their dedication to one another, and realigning the route of their relationship and the place they need it to go,” the supply mentioned. “Communication and remedy are what’s working finest for them presently. They’re each nonetheless dedicated to engaged on themselves and collectively. Their engagement and marriage ceremony are nonetheless on standby, however they’re very pleased on this second collectively.”
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