Between being a new dad to baby daughter Saga Blade and absolutely burning the midnight oil promoting his new Lost Americana album you’d imagine MGK doesn’t have a ton of free time. Which might be a partial explanation for why the hard-charging rapper-turned-pop-punker had an exasperatedly short answer to a fan question during Sunday night’s (Aug. 10) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
Asked if there was any truth to the rumor that he and Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney were “more than just friends,” Kelly looked straight at the camera, shook his head and smiled, “Kyle P… shut up dude.”
You’d think that Kelly would be content when it comes to dream collaboration wish-fulfillment, given that none other than Bob Dylan provided the voice-over for the Lost Americana trailer. But another fan question spurred MGK to reveal that he has another unexpected name on his to-do list.
Asked if he could collab with any musician, living or dead, who he has not yet gotten in the studio with, MGK first went with late crooner Frank Sinatra. “I like Frank,” MGK said, before noting that he’s me AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys before and considered asking them if he could hop on stage with the boy band during one of their shows at Las Vegas’ Sphere. “‘Let me hop in on the ‘[Everybody]Backstreet’s Back’ dance or something,’” he thought about asking.
Why didn’t it happen? “Because I never sent a message or something,” Kelly admitted about his failure to get in on the BSB shows at the Sphere, which kicked off last month and include another run of gigs this weekend (Aug. 15-17).
During a round of “Textual Behavior,” MGK also confirmed that he doesn’t have a finsta account, but is intrigued by them, while fully suggesting, Mariah-like, that he doesn’t know if his chronological age even “exists” or, if he’s being honest, have much information about his life.
“Like if my skin rips open it heals really quick,” he said cryptically. Asked if he might have some “otherworldly” qualities, Kelly said he did ask his mom one time if she recalled going “missing” at any point or if a “tall, slender creature” ever visited her, casually mentioning that his mother did once say she thought she’d been abducted by extraterrestrials.
Watch MGK on WWHL below.