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One of essentially the most well-known conspiracy theories for the previous 50 years has been whether or not the moon touchdown was faked, and Machine Gun Kelly seems to assume that there’s one thing to it. The “Emo Girl” singer, 32, made reference to the favored conspiracy whereas making an analogy as he gained the award for Favorite Rock Artist on the American Music Awards on Sunday, November 20.
As MGK, whose actual title is Colson Baker, accepted the awards, he was grateful to his followers, but additionally known as out rock followers and artists who’ve written him off. “Thank you to the followers who received me right here, and I like you,” he mentioned. “There have been some individuals within the rock group who’ve known as me a vacationer, however they’re improper. I’m a rocket man.”
As the Tickets to My Downfall singer continued, he turned his consideration to area exploration. “We weren’t born on the moon, however we checked out it. We had been curious, after which we went there, supposedly,” he mentioned, seemingly exhibiting that he had some doubts. “These final two rock albums had been me going to the moon, however I’m not finished exploring the universe but, and I’m all genres. I’ll see you on Mars.”
Conspiracies concerning the moon and Apollo 11 touchdown have existed for many years, with early theories courting again to the 1976 e book We Never Went to the Moon: America’s Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle by Bill Kaysing. There have been all kinds of theories proposing completely different motives, together with the Space Race in opposition to Russia, elevated funding for NASA, and the Vietnam War. Despite theories persevering with to garner consideration for many years, they’ve been broadly discredited.
While plainly MGK could have spent a while studying up on the theories, he did appear extra excited concerning the subsequent section of his profession after a milestone yr in his profession. The rocker dropped Mainstream Sellout again in March, and it’s been some of the fashionable rock data of the yr, even getting nominated for Best Rock Album on the Grammys. The file additionally despatched MGK on a worldwide tour.
Aside from the brand new album, MGK additionally received engaged to his girlfriend of two years Megan Fox approach again in January. Along with the assist for Mainstream Sellout, MGK has been within the midst of planning his wedding ceremony to the Transformers actress, 36. A supply near the pair revealed to Itsnews solely that whereas they had been placing planning on the again burner till MGK’s tour wrapped up, they’d steered one thing extra spur of the second. “They do each joke about operating off to Vegas and eloping in order that’s all the time a risk, nobody could be too shocked,” the insider mentioned.
