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Machine Gun Kelly reveals he’s been sober for a year after rehab
Machine Gun Kelly talks about his journey to sobriety, revealing that he hasn’t touched alcohol in almost a year after a quiet stint in rehab.
“I’m completely sober about everything. I don’t drink anymore,” Kelly, 34, revealed during an episode of the podcast ‘Dumb Blonde’ on Monday, August 5. “I haven’t had a drink since last August.”
After his 2023 European tour, Kelly shared that he was going to rehab — and not that many people knew it.
‘I didn’t tell anyone outside the prison [people] closest to me,” he said. “That was the first time I went to rehab. They gave me so many ways to control the body and show me where this anger comes from and methods to suppress it.
He continued: “I met many psychiatrists, some of whom gave up, and many therapists who did the same. But I eventually became aware of what my condition is and made peace with it. It’s a constant tightrope walk.”
Kelly made the decision to keep his “condition” private for the time being. “That feels a bit too new for me to say with confidence,” he said.
The musician discussed his journey to “mental health and sobriety” with the podcast host Bunnie XOwho co-starred with her husband in the rapper’s “Lonely Road” music video, Jelly rolland Kelly’s fiancée, Megan Fox.
“Stick to that,” Bunnie, 44, said as she praised Kelly’s sobriety. “Because I actually wanted you to have a drinking contest with my husband and you said, ‘No, I’m sober.'”
Kelly responded, “It just kills me because I just know I would have drunk that guy under the table.”
Maintaining his sobriety while filming the music video was “difficult,” Kelly admitted.
“He rented out the bowling alley and the drinks just kept coming,” he remembers. “That was probably the second night in this process that I’ve had where I just watched. And it was probably just that ego position where I was like, ‘Jelly, I just want to drink you under the table.’
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly started their relationship as co-workers, but it quickly evolved into something more. Fox and Kelly (real name Colson Baker) met in March 2020 on the set of Midnight in the Switchgrass. Fox was married to Brian Austin Green at the time. Two months later, the costars were […]
When he and Jelly, 39, arrived to settle in the next day, one fared much better than the other.
“I saw his condition and I saw mine and I thought, ‘Yes, I made the right choice,’” Kelly said. “It was heavy.”
While further discussing his journey to sobriety, Kelly admitted that Fox, 38, has helped a lot. The couple, who started dating in 2020, has experienced ups and downs in their relationship since their engagement in 2022.
“Megan has certainly been extremely helpful in dealing with the kind of psychological withdrawal symptoms that come with it [sobriety],” he shared. (Elsewhere in the episode, Kelly mentioned that “weed and alcohol” were his favorite vices, noting that he also “likes to snort Vyvans,” along with hydrocodone and Percocet.)
“I continue to realize that this journey will be difficult for me, but I accept it and forgive myself,” he added. “I am also very strict with myself, very self-deprecating. So I guess I’m just happy that I can feel comfortable enough to show people who I am, because I kind of depended on my art to do that.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuseContact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
