MGK Reveals What He Regrets Never Saying To His Late Father: 'So Tormented'

MGK has a complicated relationship with both of her parents, and during the season eight premiere of Bunnie XO 's Dumb Blonde podcast the rapper-turned-rocker-turned-country-singer opened up about some regrets he's felt, and what he wishes he could've said to his father, who died in July 2020.

“In my situation with my father, he was so tormented from some of the most insane s*** that I can imagine a kid can go through," he began. “The emotional side of things I get from my father, who was very, you know, he wore everything on his sleeve. His depression was very obvious; his need for love was very [obvious]. I wish I could’ve told him before he died that I was really inspired by how emotional he was. I thought that was very cool in hindsight because I am very emotional, too.”

But instead, he would get "mad" at his dead when he experienced PTSD after being tried for murdering his own dad as a child. “I would be like, ‘You’re supposed to be a man, dude. Why are you acting like this?’ and it made me hate him," MGK said, explaining how his dad would "freak out" if he heard a loud noise or if the musician would scare him.

“And then you sit there and you think about a kid who was on trial at nine years old for the murder of his father, and knowing that the police found the shotgun underneath the bed,” he pointed out. “The story that was always told me was that their dad dropped the gun and his head essentially blew off. All happened in the room with my dad at nine years old. So him and my grandmother were tried for the murder. They were both acquitted.”

He also opened up about his relationship with his mother , who he was estranged from for years after she left the family when MGK was young. He ended up reconnecting with his mom in 2021, after some encouragement from fans . Listen to the full podcast episode below.