Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink Documentary Revelations
Machine Gun Kelly Opens Up About His Trauma and Struggles in "Life in Pink" Doc
![MGK's feud with Slipknot's Corey Taylor started over a failed collaboration. The musician breaks down how he and Taylor went from being almost collaborators to enemies — starting with a song they were working on for his "Tickets to My Downfall" album. "I kind of tried to give notes back like, 'Oh, this wasn't exactly what I was looking for, can we try this?'" MGK explains. "Respectfully, he was like, 'No,' and I was like, 'Oh OK, cool. So we didn't use it." Both artists' comments in the media only fueled their feud, which hit a breaking point during MGK's appearance at the 2021 Louder Than Life festival — where he got into a fight with an audience member and encountered an angry crowd due to his remarks about Taylor. "It was like a war zone as soon as we would touch the stage," MGK adds.
MGK felt guilt over his father's death. MGK lost his father on July 5, 2020 — on the one-year anniversary of his "Hotel Diablo" album. In the documentary, MGK opens up about his father's final days in the hospital and the last thing he said to him. "I had this conversation with him, even though he was clearly checking out," he starts. "But I turned around and I was like, 'Dad, I love you so much and I'm so sorry for how we lived this life together, [but] we'll do it better on the next one.' I went to close the door and I saw him, he had the biggest smile on his face 'cause he thought he was in heaven. He thought I was an angel visiting him as his son . . . he just goes, 'What a trip.'"
MGK used to sleep with a shotgun next to his bed because he was scared someone was going to try to kill him. MGK notes that he went to his father's apartment to clear all his things out following his death and had a "really weird interaction" with his neighbor, who "told me all these things I didn't want to hear." The incident left MGK extremely paranoid, to the point where he only felt safe with a gun next to him while he slept. "One of the days I just f*cking snapped," he recalls of a time his fiancée was out of town shooting a movie. "I called Megan and I was like, 'You aren't here for me.' I'm in my room and I'm freaking out on her. Dude, I put the shotgun in my mouth and I'm yelling on the phone . . . I got to cock the shotgun and the bullet, as it comes back up, the shell just gets jammed . . . That was where I started realizing something's not right [with me]."
MGK's relationship with Fox inspired him to be more romantic in his music. MGK has made it known that Fox is the inspiration behind some of his love songs like "Twin Flame" and "Banyan Tree (Interlude)," which is why he prefers to gift her those instead of material things, like flowers, that don't last. "Megan became like the sun to me, the one that I revolve around and gives me life and helps me grow," he says of their sweet romance. "That's what makes me write those songs . . . it's just like the passion between us is otherworldly. I know I've known her so many other lifetimes."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/DDT64jJc2YnLm28y5FWhOhQzCDc/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2022/06/28/848/n/1922283/217654068bb141cc_MGK_LIP_Set3_0046RT/i/MGK-feud-with-Slipknot-Corey-Taylor-started-over-failed.jpg "MGK's feud with Slipknot's Corey Taylor started over a failed collaboration. The musician breaks down how he and Taylor went from being almost collaborators to enemies — starting with a song they were working on for his \"Tickets to My Downfall\" album. \"I kind of tried to give notes back like, 'Oh, this wasn't exactly what I was looking for, can we try this?'\" MGK explains. \"Respectfully, he was like, 'No,' and I was like, 'Oh OK, cool. So we didn't use it.\" Both artists' comments in the media only fueled their feud, which hit a breaking point during MGK's appearance at the 2021 Louder Than Life festival — where he got into a fight with an audience member and encountered an angry crowd due to his remarks about Taylor. \"It was like a war zone as soon as we would touch the stage,\" MGK adds.
MGK felt guilt over his father's death. MGK lost his father on July 5, 2020 — on the one-year anniversary of his \"Hotel Diablo\" album. In the documentary, MGK opens up about his father's final days in the hospital and the last thing he said to him. \"I had this conversation with him, even though he was clearly checking out,\" he starts. \"But I turned around and I was like, 'Dad, I love you so much and I'm so sorry for how we lived this life together, [but] we'll do it better on the next one.' I went to close the door and I saw him, he had the biggest smile on his face 'cause he thought he was in heaven. He thought I was an angel visiting him as his son . . . he just goes, 'What a trip.'\"
MGK used to sleep with a shotgun next to his bed because he was scared someone was going to try to kill him. MGK notes that he went to his father's apartment to clear all his things out following his death and had a \"really weird interaction\" with his neighbor, who \"told me all these things I didn't want to hear.\" The incident left MGK extremely paranoid, to the point where he only felt safe with a gun next to him while he slept. \"One of the days I just f*cking snapped,\" he recalls of a time his fiancée was out of town shooting a movie. \"I called Megan and I was like, 'You aren't here for me.' I'm in my room and I'm freaking out on her. Dude, I put the shotgun in my mouth and I'm yelling on the phone . . . I got to cock the shotgun and the bullet, as it comes back up, the shell just gets jammed . . . That was where I started realizing something's not right [with me].\"
MGK's relationship with Fox inspired him to be more romantic in his music. MGK has made it known that Fox is the inspiration behind some of his love songs like \"Twin Flame\" and \"Banyan Tree (Interlude),\" which is why he prefers to gift her those instead of material things, like flowers, that don't last. \"Megan became like the sun to me, the one that I revolve around and gives me life and helps me grow,\" he says of their sweet romance. \"That's what makes me write those songs . . . it's just like the passion between us is otherworldly. I know I've known her so many other lifetimes.\"")
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