Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink Documentary Revelations
Machine Gun Kelly Opens Up About His Trauma and Struggles in "Life in Pink" Doc
![The media previously overlooked MGK's music due to his "antics" and "attitude." While MGK's fans loved his 2019 "Hotel Diablo" album, the rock star noticed that the media didn't give him the same praise. "The fans loved it — my first album worth a billion streams — but for some reason, the media chose to write me off," he says in the documentary. "Whether it be my antics or attitude, the actual music would kinda get looked over." As a result of not getting the approval he sought, MGK got "deep into drugs" during his "self-sabotage" phase. "Maybe I sabotage myself on purpose because I just feel not worthy of being loved," he adds.
MGK's childhood trauma had a profound impact on him as an adult. In the documentary, MGK candidly opens up about some of the tragedies he experienced as a child and even now in his adult life — including his grandfather's death in a shooting. "I can see why my dad was so depressed because it kind of passed on through generations to him," Casie remarks of her father's trauma. MGK adds: "The wound's too deep to heal. I kind of just transfer all my focus into drowning out my own pain with noise, music, [and] this new acceptance that I found from people who related to me from the words I would write."
The pandemic helped restore MGK's passion for his music, fueling his newfound rock-star path. While the pandemic and 2020 lockdown put most of the world on pause, MGK went into overdrive with his music and found lots of success while performing from his home. "I was dropping quarantine session after quarantine session. I was just recording and making videos," he explains. "I saw with 'I Think I'm Okay' that it took us back in time to when life was not so difficult."
MGK and Fox found love and grew close during the 2020 lockdown. "Right when I actually got into my relationship, no one could f*cking move, there were no shows," MGK explains of his and Fox's romance. "She met me and never even got to see me do the one thing that I accepted myself for." MGK reveals that he was adamant about showing off his performance skills to Fox to prove that he was "cool," but the actor had already fallen for him as a person — not the musician. "Meanwhile, she's like, 'Dude, I love you,'" MGK adds.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Fk0gGeJE903JDbJ9FhrHrHBv0MM/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2022/06/28/848/n/1922283/e3f2eef5be014d58_MGK_LIP_Set6_0063RT/i/media-previously-overlooked-MGK-music-due-to-his-antics.jpg "The media previously overlooked MGK's music due to his \"antics\" and \"attitude.\" While MGK's fans loved his 2019 \"Hotel Diablo\" album, the rock star noticed that the media didn't give him the same praise. \"The fans loved it — my first album worth a billion streams — but for some reason, the media chose to write me off,\" he says in the documentary. \"Whether it be my antics or attitude, the actual music would kinda get looked over.\" As a result of not getting the approval he sought, MGK got \"deep into drugs\" during his \"self-sabotage\" phase. \"Maybe I sabotage myself on purpose because I just feel not worthy of being loved,\" he adds.
MGK's childhood trauma had a profound impact on him as an adult. In the documentary, MGK candidly opens up about some of the tragedies he experienced as a child and even now in his adult life — including his grandfather's death in a shooting. \"I can see why my dad was so depressed because it kind of passed on through generations to him,\" Casie remarks of her father's trauma. MGK adds: \"The wound's too deep to heal. I kind of just transfer all my focus into drowning out my own pain with noise, music, [and] this new acceptance that I found from people who related to me from the words I would write.\"
The pandemic helped restore MGK's passion for his music, fueling his newfound rock-star path. While the pandemic and 2020 lockdown put most of the world on pause, MGK went into overdrive with his music and found lots of success while performing from his home. \"I was dropping quarantine session after quarantine session. I was just recording and making videos,\" he explains. \"I saw with 'I Think I'm Okay' that it took us back in time to when life was not so difficult.\"
MGK and Fox found love and grew close during the 2020 lockdown. \"Right when I actually got into my relationship, no one could f*cking move, there were no shows,\" MGK explains of his and Fox's romance. \"She met me and never even got to see me do the one thing that I accepted myself for.\" MGK reveals that he was adamant about showing off his performance skills to Fox to prove that he was \"cool,\" but the actor had already fallen for him as a person — not the musician. \"Meanwhile, she's like, 'Dude, I love you,'\" MGK adds.")
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