The Shady Side Of Machine Gun Kelly

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Machine Gun Kelly is no stranger to firing off eyebrow-raising tweets, but one of his most controversial came in 2012. That's when he decided to openly thirst over Eminem's daughter, Hailie Jade, who was 16. Tweeting that he had seen photos of her, he proclaimed, "She is hot as f***, in the most respectful way possible cuz Em is king." Well, Slim Shady saw nothing respectful about it and, according to MGK, it affected his career. Speaking with Hot 97's "Ebro in the Morning," Kelly claimed the tweet is the reason why "certain people won't even listen or review [my album]" and "certain places, you won't even hear Machine Gun Kelly on." However, he was adamant he did nothing wrong. "I said 'She's beautiful, but all respect due. Eminem is king.' What's wrong with that?" he asked, reasoning, "Is there a 15-year age gap where I'm a creep for that? I was 21, dawg."

He was still addressing the tweet in 2018 when he told "The Breakfast Club" he "didn't feel like it was disrespectful." However, he appeared to backtrack, saying he didn't actually know how old Hailie was when he made his remarks. He also conceded, "I'm a father, I have a nine-year-old daughter, I get it, 100 percent." As for the person at the center of the drama — Em's daughter — a source told HollywoodLife that she "lives a quiet life" and is "not happy about being in the middle of her dad's feud with MGK. She does not like all the attention," they added.

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