Musician Machine Gun Kelly has spoken openly about his battle with drugs, but the words his daughter said to him would probably make anyone want to turn their life around.

Machine Gun Kelly, real name Colson Baker, has adoring fans all over the world and you would think he has his life under control.

However, the artist spoke openly about his struggle with addiction, particularly the drug Adderall.

Kelly has explained in interviews how dependent he was on the drug to make music and the negative effects it had on him and his life.

In an interview with Dave Franco in 2020, he said, “I think I watched myself believing that drugs could take you to a certain level or release something in the brain, and I saw the pros and cons of that.

Machine Gun Kelly said his daughter’s words were heartbreaking. (River Callaway/WWD via Getty Images)

“Adderall was a big thing for me for a long time. I took it orally and then snorted it, and then I was afraid to go to a gym if I didn’t have anything.

“I wouldn’t even step out of the door if there wasn’t a medicine man there to visit me and give me what I need. And that’s where the problem becomes.”

It was clearly a huge hurdle for the artist. In a new interview, the artist stressed that his daughter was the key to his abstinence.

Kelly has a 15-year-old daughter, Casie, with her ex Emma Cannon.

During his August 18 appearance on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, he said Casie was about 11 or 12 years old when she told him she knew about his drug use.

MGK said confronting his daughter was his first step toward sobriety. (Rob Kim/Getty Images))

“It started with my daughter saying, ‘Dad, you know I can tell when you’re high.’

“It broke my heart. It was the ultimate disappointment.”

He continued: “After that, it took me a while to make the necessary changes in my life to adapt to a sober lifestyle because drugs obviously have a firm grip on you.”

The musician combined his determination to get sober with his goal to be a better father.

He added that confronting his daughter was the first step for him and said he wanted to be the father his dad never was to finally break this generational curse for (his) child.

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