In a surprisingly sweet turn of events for a rockstar but a predictable move for a doting dad, Machine Gun Kelly had a sincere moment at the 2025 American Music Awards by staying out of the spotlight and by his baby daughter’s side.
The Las Vegas ceremony was crackling with energy, lights, and music, but MGK, born Colson Baker, was not there to take it in. After a red-carpet walk-by, the rapper and singer quickly excused himself from presenting duties and returned home early to check on his two-month-old daughter, who had come down with a mild fever.
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“She has a little bit of a fever,” Baker told E! News in a frank, off-the-cuff moment. “So, I’m gonna carpet walk, you know what I mean, go back and handle what I need to handle. They can give her my pheromones to heal up.”
It was not the performance that fans would have expected from an artist typically as flashy in his public life as he is on stage, but it flaunted a gentler, infinitely more human side. He didn’t stick around for long, yet by the look of him and his quick exit, he had said a mouthful.
The baby girl, born on March 27, is his first with actress Megan Fox, who had described the pregnancy as unplanned but a happy surprise. While the couple notably called off their engagement last year and have not publicly confirmed their current relationship status, the mutual excitement over their new baby is apparent.
Machine Gun Kelly has never been reluctant to gush about fatherhood. “I was born to be a dad. Yeah, it’s my calling,” he told E! News. He was even more exuberant during his separate chat with Access Hollywood: “I mean, I’m just so happy. It’s just awesome. They smell so good… I was always supposed to be a dad.”
This is not Baker’s first time parenting around the block. He’s also the doting dad of 15-year-old Casie from a previous relationship. Megan Fox, from her end, has three sons, Noah (12), Bodhi (11), and Journey (8), with her ex-husband, Brian Austin Green. Thus, this new baby girl is the youngest member of a big, happy, blended family.
Whereas red carpets and awards shows are forever, moments like these are the inverse: a once-in-a-lifetime choice to be a parent before a performer, one that signals the artist is not only reflecting but also changing. He is famous for his bohemian style and genre-blurring songs, but there was no doubt about it: Machine Gun Kelly’s heart was in the right place.
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