Machine Gun Kelly discusses his relationship with his late father: “I wish I could’ve told him I was really inspired by how emotional he was”

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Machine Gun Kelly, or mgk, has discussed his relationship with his father, who was tried for the murder of his own father, and the effect it’s had on his life.The rapper-turned-pop-punk-turned country star, real name Colson Baker, was speaking on the Dumb Blonde podcast when he began talking about his dad, who died on July 5, 2020.

Kelly was born in Houston, Texas, but his parents were Christian missionaries and so he moved around the world as a child – he learned to speak Arabic before English due to living in Egypt as a toddler, and also spent time in Kenya and Germany.Machine Gun Kelly told host Bunnie XO – the wife of rapper and country singer Jelly Roll – that, “In my situation with my father, he was so tormented from some of the most insane shit that I can imagine a kid can go through.Describing his mother as more stoic, he continued: “The emotional side of things I get from my father, who was very, you know, he wore everything on his sleeve.

His depression was very obvious; his need for love was very [obvious]. I wish I could’ve told him before he died that I was really inspired by how emotional he was.

I thought that was very cool in hindsight because I am very emotional, too.”He shared that he used to get “mad” at his dad because he’d “freak out” if he heard a loud noise or if his son scared him. “I would be like, ‘You’re supposed to be a man, dude.