As Colson Baker — higher identified in music circles as Machine Gun Kelly — sees it, he is “only a damaged boy who has Peter Pan syndrome.”
The rapper and actor made the remark Tuesday on a reside episode of the Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast, whereas speaking about his newest film, Taurus. Whereas it would not come out till later this month, he is already incomes rave opinions for his efficiency as a self-destructive rocker.
“She [his character’s assistant] understands that he was only a damaged boy who has Peter Pan syndrome — which is me,” Baker defined. “You do not wish to develop up. what I imply? You are a misplaced boy, however you’ve got Wendy, and Wendy would not wish to be with the misplaced boy, however she’s like, ‘Come again residence and be a grownup with me.’ And also you watch Peter Pan have the selection.”
After that remark, interviewer Scott Feinberg requested Baker who had been his Wendy.
“Should I say?” he requested.
Baker was, after all, alluding to his fiancée, Megan Fox, who dressed as Pamela Anderson, whereas he dressed as Tommy Lee, for the Casamigos Tequila Halloween Occasion on Friday in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Within the interview, Baker additionally described his final purpose.
“What I wish to be is a good buddy and a terrific father and a terrific man to my girl and nonetheless be capable of discover a way the place I can have this dream. Within the [2022 movie] comedy Good Mourning, I wrote this line that identical to so lots of my strains will go over folks’s heads. He is making an attempt out to develop into Batman in Good Mourning, and he chooses to go discover his woman as a substitute of going to the Batman audition, and there is this line the place it is like, “You may’t have your job and have your love.” After which he goes, “Lose the woman, save the world or do not save the world like Batman would.” Mainly, it is making enjoyable of the truth that there’s at all times an ultimatum between your profession and your own home life. I do not wish to be probably the most profitable man and be lonely and appear to be a sure motherf***** does proper now.”
The journal referred to as that final half “an obvious reference to Kanye West.”
Baker added that he additionally would not “wish to lose the screams” of followers.
He and Fox coupled up after assembly on the 2021 film Midnight within the Switchgrass, and introduced plans to marry in January.
