{"id":60341,"date":"2025-08-12T00:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/60341\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:08:17","slug":"machine-gun-kelly-awkwardly-dodges-sydney-sweeney-dating-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/60341\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine Gun Kelly awkwardly dodges Sydney Sweeney dating rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/machine-gun-kelly-water-fasts-diet-b2804403.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Machine Gun Kelly<\/a> has subtly tried to avoid talking about the current rumors about him dating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/sydney-sweeney-billboard-proud-boys-b2804282.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Sweeney<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, after it was revealed the Euphoria actor was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/sydney-sweeney-single-split-fiance-glen-powell-b2761339.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no longer engaged<\/a>, the rapper and Sweeney were found hugging in a video <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/11\/entertainment\/mgk-breaks-silence-on-sydney-sweeney-dating-speculation-on-wwhl\/\">obtained by PageSix<\/a>, and she was then shown in an Instagram post from the \u201cWild Boy\u201d singer, further fueling dating rumors. <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the singer, whose real name is Colson Baker, appeared on an episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, where he was asked explicitly about the nature of his relationship with Sweeney. <\/p>\n<p>Cohen was reading a question from a viewer as he said, \u201cMGK, Kyle P wants to know if there\u2019s any truth to the rumor that you and Sydney Sweeney were more than just friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rapper then avoided answering the question as he began shaking his head before looking directly into the camera. \u201cKyle P, shut up, dude,\u201d he said, causing the host and live audience to laugh. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MixCollage-11-Aug-2025-12-17-PM-6208.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\u2018Kyle P, shut up, dude,\u2019 is how Machine Gun Kelly responded to a question about if he was dating Sydney Sweeney\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Kyle P, shut up, dude,\u2019 is how Machine Gun Kelly responded to a question about if he was dating Sydney Sweeney (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney and Jonathan Davino first started dating in 2018, became engaged in 2022, and planned to get married. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/sydney-sweeney-calls-off-wedding-jonathan-davino-b2723148.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the wedding was reportedly called off<\/a> in March, with the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/sydney-sweeney-single-split-fiance-glen-powell-b2761339.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirming she was single<\/a> in an interview with The Times in May.<\/p>\n<p>Machine Gun Kelly was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/megan-fox-machine-gun-kelly-relationship-baby-b2723490.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously engaged to Megan Fox<\/a> and shares one child with her before calling off their engagement last Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>During another portion of the Watch What Happens Live episode, Machine Gun Kelly said he might be part-alien after answering Cohen\u2019s question about how old he was. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a weird thing, dude. I don\u2019t know if [my age] exists,\u201d MGK said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know many facts about my life,\u201d he added. \u201cMy skin, if it rips open, it heals really quick. There are just things where I\u2019m starting to be like, \u2018Who\u2019s my dad?\u2019 You know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was asked if his mother had \u201cat any period of time, [she] went missing, off the Earth\u201d and whether there was \u201cever a tall, slender creature that\u2026\u201d which furthered his suspicion that he might not be fully human. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told me that she felt like she got abducted at one point,\u201d he said about his mother. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1388604554.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Machine Gun Kelly also gave a strange answer when asked about his age and claimed he might be part-alien.\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Machine Gun Kelly also gave a strange answer when asked about his age and claimed he might be part-alien. (Getty Images for SiriusXM)<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Go\u201d singer\u2019s comments come after the singer shared how he\u2019s abided by water fasts \u2014 where he often skips the recommended three meals a day.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Friday\u2019s episode of The New York Times podcast, Popcast, he said that shortly after he left rehab last December, he decided to try a water fast, which is exactly as it sounds: no food or beverage consumption except water.<\/p>\n<p>Three days into a January water fast, the Los Angeles wildfires started \u201cpretty close\u201d to Kelly\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m just going to push and go for four days of this water fast,\u201d the singer said. \u201cOn the fourth day, at Michael B. Jordan\u2019s house, my neighbor, we\u2019re looking and the fires are right there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body\u2019s already going through it,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m pushing myself through a delirious state. And I\u2019m not really sure if the house is going to burn or anything like that.\u201d He grabbed a few letters and a \u201cBanksy and a Picasso piece\u201d from his home, before evacuating amid the wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly\u2019s comments about the water fast come after he confessed that he doesn\u2019t eat that often.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t really eat, just do water a bunch,\u201d he told Adin Ross on a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0efalRQ-hDE\">recent Kick livestream<\/a>. He also noted that he mainly fasts, so he only ate a burger from Chef Mike Majlak because they were doing a livestream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-60341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}