MGK — formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly — is opening up about healing. In an interview on Bunnie XO's Dumb Blonde podcast, the rapper turned rockstar shared a story about his father, who stood alongside his mother after the death of his father when he was only 9 years old.
MGK, 34, shared that his father and grandmother were on trial for murder.
"The story that was told to me was always that their dad dropped the gun and his head essentially blew off," said MGK. "And so that all happened in the room with my dad at 9 years old. Him and my grandmother were tried for the murder. They were both acquitted."
The trial affected MGK's father years after the fact, and MGK recalled how certain noises and sounds would trigger his father. MGK noted that these triggers would often cause rifts between the two of them.
"I just remember that I always used to get so mad at him when I was a kid, because if I scared him or he heard a loud boom or a loud noise, he would freak out, like gnarly freak out," MGK said. "And I would be like, 'You're supposed to be a man, dude, like why are you acting like this?' And it just made me hate him. But then you sit there and you think about a kid who was on trial at nine years old for the murder of his father."
Though he would later come to understand his father, MGK said that he believes he inherited parts of his father's trauma. This would later prompt MGK to take on a tough personality. But for now, he said he is unlearning projected behaviors and mentalities, and embracing his sensitivity.
"I think I've projected myself to be somebody who has the stamina to endure all of these things that come with fame, criticism, and hate. Because I fought back with all those traumas by becoming what I always wanted my dad to be, which was like tough and shake everything off and just fight anyone who comes at you," he said. "I'm just now fixing myself, and I don't have the energy to be the image that I was."
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