Rapper-turned-rockstar Machine Gun Kelly has finally shared why he was left with blood gushing down his face during an after-party event held at a New York steakhouse on Wednesday. As most will recall, the “Emo Girl” artist stunned fans after self-inflicting a hefty wound above his eyebrow as he celebrated having performed at Madison Square Garden hours prior.
MGK, who is currently on his Mainstream Sellout Tour, appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to clarify the situation, saying he was trying to get people’s attention by clinking a fork against the glass to make a speech. But after noticing that people were still acting rowdy, he decided to smash a champagne glass on his head, which, as bizarre as it sounds, appeared to have done the trick.
The 32-year-old, who admitted to feeling “like s***” after the incident, said, “You know when you clink a champagne glass with a fork to kind of [get people’s attention]? Yeah, well, I didn’t have a fork, so I just clinked it on my head.” Seth chimed in, quipping that, in medicine, they would call that “asking for it…,” a remark which appeared to have amused his guest.
Despite the injury, which was still noticeable on MGK’s face during the interview, MGK still appeared to be in good spirits after engaging in a busy week to promote his Hulu documentary, Machine Gun Kelly’s Life in Pink.
The project gives fans a behind-the-scenes look into MGK’s life, far away from the rockstar persona he’s so used to showing the world. For example, in one segment of the doc, he openly discusses his past mental health issues, admitting that just months after getting with Megan Fox in 2020, he had contemplated suicide, which was brought on by his struggle with substance abuse at the time.
On top of that, his father passed away in June that very same year, prompting the father-of-one’s mental health to spiral out of control. In one scene, MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, recalled entering a “really, really, really, dark” place in his life after flying to his dad’s apartment to empty out his belongings following his death.
“I had this really weird interaction with this neighbor who told me all these things I didn’t want to hear. That f**ked me up even more because I couldn’t get closure on it,” he remembered. He was on the phone with his fiancée Megan Fox — who was filming a movie in Bulgaria at the time — when he reached his breaking point of ending his life. “I kept getting paranoid that someone was gonna come and kill me […] and like, one of the days, I just f**king snapped,” MGK continued.
“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.” MGK soon realized he needed professional help, which later led him to quit his substance abuse and start a new life — not just for the sake of his relationship with Megan, but also for his daughter, Casie.