Machine Gun Kelly revealed he once pushed himself into a ‘delirious state’ when he did a water fast for four days.
The 35-year-old rapper sparked fan concern when he opened up about his diet and said he would go on multi-day fasts, abstaining from all food and any drinks besides water only.
He recalled going on one particular fast after getting out of rehab earlier this year while making an appearance on Friday’s episode of the New York Times’s Popcast podcast.
He previously revealed he went to rehab, where he had been from late November 2024 to early January, following his split last year from his ex-fiancée Megan Fox.
‘I came out, the world was very loud about me and my personal business,’ he told hosts Jon Caramonica and Joe Coscarelli about learning that his breakup had made headlines.
While ‘trying to get right,’ he said he decided to reset by fasting.
It has been claimed that the 6ft4in star weights 180lbs after coming down from 212lbs.
Machine Gun Kelly revealed he once pushed himself into a ‘delirious state’ when he did a water fast for four days; pictured May at the American Music Awards
‘I get home, and I’m like, “I’m gonna try a water fast,”‘ he recalled on the podcast while talking about how the Los Angeles wildfires.
He said the wildfires started ‘pretty close’ to his Malibu house, where he recorded music in his home studio, when he was on day three of his water fast.
‘I was like, “I’m just gonna push it and go for four days of this water fast,’ he continued.
The Grammy nominee, born Colson Baker and also known as MGK, said he decided to ‘push it’ even when his body was ‘already going through it’ at that point.
He said he was ‘pushing myself to kind of a delirious state’ by then.
‘On the fourth day, Michael B. Jordan, who is my neighbor, [and I were] looking and the fires are right there.’
Then, he recalled getting ready to evacuate and grabbing several items — sentimental letters as well as ‘a Banksy piece and a Picasso piece.’
His comments comes amid fan concern after saying he ‘does not really eat.’
The 35-year-old rapper sparked fan concern when he opened up about his diet and said he would go on multi-day fasts, abstaining from all food and any drinks besides water only; pictured April at Stagecoach Festival
He recalled going on one particular fast after getting out of rehab earlier this year while making an appearance on Friday’s episode of the New York Times’s Popcast podcast
He previously revealed he went to rehab, where he had been from late November 2024 to early January, following his split last year from his ex-fiancée Megan Fox; pictured February 2023 at the 65th Grammys in Los Angeles
While ‘trying to get right,’ he said he decided to reset by fasting; pictured June in New York City
He said he was ‘pushing myself to kind of a delirious state’ by then
Last month, he told HipHip-N-More that he ‘only eats multiple times a week’ and ‘just does water a bunch.’
He explained: ‘I’ll drink celery juice sometimes, yeah. Coconut water.’
He said his diet consists of coffee and cigarettes as well as kimchi, sauerkraut and bone broth for ‘probiotics.’
‘When you do those water fasts, the only thing that’s crazy is it kills all the good bacteria in you, too, so you gotta put the probiotics,’ he said.
He admitted that he ‘sometimes’ feels ‘weak or lightheaded,’ and in response, fans expressed concern for what many labeled as an eating disorder.
The musician, who dropped his new album Lost Americana on Friday, also said he once had a ’50-hour migraine’ during a recent TV interview with ESPN’s Pat McAfee.
McAfee asked MGK: ‘So how’s that happening? Is that because you’re water fasting and don’t eat food, you think?’
MGK replied: ‘I actually do think that it’s catching up to me.’
