Machine Gun Kelly credits Megan Fox for helping him get clean. When the rapper appeared on a recent episode of Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast, he revealed that he has made major steps to sobriety, after previously abusing substances such as alcohol, Percocet, and Vyvanse. "I don't drink anymore.
I haven't drank since last August. That was my first time I ever went to rehab,” he told Bunnie Xo. Megan Fox debuts drastic but 'iconic' look after admitting to plastic surgery Megan Fox 'got biggest boobs she could' as she makes plastic surgery confession The Ohio native also disclosed a major motivator that pushed him to getting help: his longtime on-again/off-again girlfriend , Megan Fox.
"Megan has for sure been extremely helpful in dealing with the kind of psychological withdrawals that come with getting off drugs," he added, saying that he remained persistent after multiple mental health professionals “gave up” on him. He also talked about how the decision to quit drinking changed him as a person. "I continue to embrace that this journey is gonna be hard for me, but I accept it and forgive.
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." On the episode, Bunnie Xo, who is country star Jelly Roll’s wife, said that she once challenged MGK to a drinking contest against Jelly Roll, without knowing about the Emo Girl singer’s addiction struggles.
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. [Jelly Roll] rented out the bowling alley and the drinks kept coming. That was probably the second night in this process that I've had where I've ever just been looking [at the drinks].
And it was probably just from that place of ego where I was just like, 'Jelly, I just wanna drink you under the table,’" MGK continued, referring to his and Jelly Roll’s recent collaboration. "Then we showed up to set the same time the next day. I saw his condition and I saw mine and I was like, 'Eh, I made the right choice,'" he added with a chuckle.
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