Machine Gun Kelly is aware of what his dad went by way of. Some household trauma echoes by way of generations.
In recent times, Machine Gun Kelly’s relationship with Megan Fox actually put her followers to the check.
Nevertheless, there’s extra to the considerably infamous singer and songwriter than saying, “I am weed,” and being the cringe half of a celeb couple.
When his father was solely 9 years previous, he was on trial for the homicide of his father.
Machine Gun Kelly’s Dad Watched His Personal Father Die
When he was solely 9 years previous, Machine Gun Kelly’s father noticed his dad — MGK’s grandfather — die from an unintended gunshot wound. Then, just a bit child himself, he stood trial for “murder.”
Talking on the August 5 episode of Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast, Machine Gun Kelly spoke concerning the horror that his dad witnessed — and the additional trauma that adopted.
“The story that was always told to me was that their dad dropped the gun, and his head essentially blew off,” MGK recalled throughout the podcast.
“All happened in the room with my dad at 9 years old,” Machine Gun Kelly emphasised, as soon as once more displaying his delicate facet.
“So him and my grandmother were tried for the murder,” he added. “They were both acquitted.”
One has to imagine that police and prosecutors hoped to stress the mom right into a false confession. On this case, by placing her traumatized 9-year-old on trial. That is an excessive instance of an alarmingly widespread drawback in our damaged justice system.
Rising up, Machine Gun Kelly didn’t at all times perceive his dad’s trauma
As a baby, MGK — whose actual title is Colson Baker — didn’t empathize when his father would “freak out” over “loud noise.”
He recalled: “I would be like, ‘You’re supposed to be a man, dude. Why are you acting like this?’ and it just made me hate him.”
Finally, although, Machine Gun Kelly got here to know his dad. “And then, you sit there, and you think about a kid who was on trial at 9 years old for the murder of his father,” he stated on the podcast. “I had a very interesting talk with him on his deathbed about that moment.”
After Machine Gun Kelly’s mom left the household, his dad raised him. In 2020, his father handed away. It took a very long time for MGK to know how his father’s trauma had impacted him for all times.
“In my situation with my father, he was so tormented from some of the most insane s–t that I can imagine a kid can go through,” he famous. “He had to figure it out, but with almost every possible bad circumstance going against him, too.”
Machine Gun Kelly mirrored: “It’s almost like the expectations are too high. Because we think that they know everything because we grew up looking up at them. But we’re all just lost and trying to figure it out.”
He’s spoken about this along with his personal daughter
Machine Gun Kelly has had an necessary speak along with his 15-year-old daughter, Casie, about what his dad endured.
A 9-year-old going to trial is uncommon. (A 9-year-old white child going to trial is even rarer, as a result of our authorized system shouldn’t be as even-handed as one would possibly like)
That’s a part of their household historical past and household legacy. It’s horrifying to assume {that a} traumatic loss could be compounded, quite than redressed, by the authorized system.
