Machine Gun Kelly at the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil on Nov. 5, 2023.Photo:Michael Potts/BSR Agency/Getty
Michael Potts/BSR Agency/Getty
Machine Gun Kellyis opening up about the challenges of being a public-facing figure.
After abrief interviewwith the pop-punk artist, 33, at the Brazilian Grand Prix gained attention on social media, he responded to several posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) and made acandid postabout his anxiety.
After several X users criticized the musician’s demeanor in the clip, heposted, “my anxiety has won. i hate being in public.”
In response to a now-deleted post, the “Bloody Valentine” singer spoke candidly about his perspective of the incident. “my vibe is ‘the worst’ how?” Kellyrepliedto another post. “because someone put a microphone in my face essentially forcing me to do a random interview when i was just trying to enjoy an event? because car engines were so loud i couldnt hear him? please tell me more about why im the worst.”
After another person re-shared 45 seconds of the minute-and-a-half-long clip with the caption, “Machine Gun Kelly….,” he alsochimedin.
“and u posted this pointless video why?” the recording artist responded.
In the interaction, after Brundle approaches theTickets to My Downfallartist to welcome him to the Formula One race, there’s a delay in his response.
“I have no idea what you said, but thank you,” the alternative star says, before thanking Brundle once he repeats himself.
After the “Forget Me Too” singer inquires about the poppy pin on the former racing star’s shirt, he mishears a question about his career and eventually answers, “I don’t think about my career, I don’t think about it.”
Machine Gun Kelly performs in Finland in July 2023.Venla Shalin/Redferns
Venla Shalin/Redferns
Brundle also asks about his thoughts on F1, to which the rocker responds, “Business is great. It’s loud, your life is on the line, that’s exciting. I was in the studio the other week,Lewis Hamiltonwas in the other studio, that was nice. Yeah.”
Brundle himself responded to the viral moment with apost on X.In a quote tweet of photos ofMegan Thee Stallion, Kelly and his girlfriend, actressMegan Fox, at the 2022BillboardMusic Awards, he wrote, “Finally, my claim to fame, I’ve met two of these three people.”
The post continued, “I do appreciate them taking some time out on the grid for our great sport … I hope they didn’t find me too weird.”
Kelly’s recent post on X isn’t the first time he’s spoken out about his anxiety and mental health.
In January 2021, he revealed to his fans, “anxiety’s eating me alive,” in apost on X.
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In his appearance onTheDrew BarrymoreShowin December 2021,he also opened upabout how he’s learned that it’s “OK to not be OK.”
“I think I’m new to being vulnerable outside of songs,” he told the talk show host. “I see a lot of pictures of me and there’s like, smiles on them,” he said. “It’s just weird though because I didn’t feel good at all that day and I kind of am sick of smiling on days when I don’t feel like smiling.”
He added, “A lot of what I do is for other people and I haven’t given myself the time to just accept that it’s OK to not be OK.”
source: people.com
