The singer revealed he went to rehab last summer and kept it a secret.
MGK is celebrating one year of total sobriety. He spoke on Bonnie XO’s Dumb Blonde podcast, saying he has not touched alcohol since last August after going to rehab.
“I’m completely sober from everything. I don’t drink anymore. I haven’t drank since last August,” he said.
On the podcast, he mentioned he entered rehab right after a European tour in 2023. “I didn’t tell anybody outside of the [people] closest to me,” he shared. It was his first time in rehab, where he learned many ways to manage his anger and take care of his body.
“I met with a lot of psychiatrists, some who gave up on me and many therapists who did the same,” he continued. “But I ended up falling into an awareness of what my condition is and have made peace with it. It’s a constant tightrope walk.”
Bunnie, who is married to MGK’s collaborator Jelly Roll, said she invited him to a “drinking contest” with her and Roll, but he turned it down.
“It just kills me because I just know I would have fucking drank that man under the table,” MGK joked, mentioning how difficult staying sober has been and thanking Megan Fox for her support during his journey.
“Megan has for sure been extremely helpful in dealing with the kind of psychological withdrawals that come with [sobriety],” he said.
“I continue to embrace that this journey is gonna be hard for me, but I accept it and forgive myself,” he added. “I’m also really hard on myself, very self-deprecating. So, I guess, I’m just happy that I’m able to start to be comfortable enough to show people who I am, because I kind of depended on my art to do that.”
