Machine Gun Kelly had revealed that he entered rehab after his tour last year and it came after years of struggling with alcohol and substance abuse via Radar Online.
During an appearance on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast, MGK said: “I don’t drink anymore. I haven’t drunk since last August. That was my first time I ever went to rehab.”
The 34-year-old Home singer, real name Colson Baker revealed that his then partner, Megan Fox, has been “extremely helpful in dealing with the kind of psychological withdrawals” that occur while getting off drugs.
He added: “I continue to embrace that this journey is gonna be hard for me, but I accept it and forgive myself. I’m also really hard on myself, very self-deprecating. I’m just happy that I’m able to start to be comfortable enough to show people who I am because I kind of depended on my art to do that.”
During his appearance on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast in August, MGK said his daughter, Casie Colson Baker, played a significant role in helping him get sober.
The Bloody Valentine hitmaker stated that his daughter saying: “Dad, you know I can tell when you’re high”, before adding that hearing those words “broke” his heart.
He added: “It was like the ultimate let-down.”
In his Hulu documentary Machine Gun Kelly’s Life in Pink, the 34-year-old rapper looked back at the time he slept with a firearm next to his bed and “just f—— snapped” one day.
He recalled: “I called Megan, I was like, ‘You aren’t here for me.’ I’m in my room and I’m, like, freaking out on her.
“Dude, I put the shotgun in my mouth. And I’m yelling on the phone and like the barrel’s in my mouth. And I go to cock the shotgun and the bullet, as it comes back up, the shell just gets jammed. Megan’s like dead silent.
“That was kind of where I started realizing, like, something’s not right.”
Following that moment, MGK said that he realized it was time to quit drugs.
A few weeks after celebrating one year of sobriety, MGK reflected on how changing his life perspective contributed to his progress.
The Roll the Windows Up singer said he needed to be there for his loved ones.
He continued: “I have a daughter who I love with all of my heart and would die for. And I have a beautiful family and a beautiful group of friends and a beautiful life to live for. And I’m not in a haze anymore to not realize that.”
Meanwhile, Fox dumped MGK after discovering text messages from other women on his phone, according to claims.
