MGK is in full-court promo mode in the lead-up to Friday’s (Aug. 8) release of his Lost Americana album. But during a visit to Today With Jenna and Friends on Thursday morning (Aug. 6), co-host Jenna Bush Hager and Las Culturistas co-host Matt Rogers were initially more focused on talking about babies. The pair surprised Kelly with a onesie for his newborn with ex Megan Fox, Saga Blade, featuring the logo of her show, before asking him what kind of dad he is.
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Wondering how life is with the nearly five-month-old, Kelly responded, “It’s awesome,” adding, “I wanna detract any of, like, the congrats to me and just move it to Megan because she really does all the work. I keep getting called, like, the ‘Music Teacher.’” He also laughed about someone calling him a “good dad” recently because he was simply holding little Saga, while Fox was “fuming” off to the side about the praise for what he joked was his bare minimum help.
“She is the one… I just play the guitar and hope and pray that the baby is happy,” said MGK, 35, who wore ripped jeans, a stripped T-shirt and a white Lost Americana baseball hat for the occasion.
Kelly also gave an update on his daughter from a previous relationship, Casie, who celebrated her 16th birthday last month. Asked if she’s working on getting her driver’s license, Kelly said there was some paperwork snafu, which means she can’t get her permit until September at the earliest. “Either way, she’ll get hers before mine, I still don’t have mine,” he said, laughing that he expects Casie to drive him to the bank when she gets her permit considering he’s picked up all the bills so far.
Getting back to album promo, MGK said he’s planning to do some more small-capacity pop-up shows next week for fans after inviting 300 diehards to join him at Cellar Dog in New York’s West Village on Tuesday (Aug. 5) for an intimate gig where he debuted the new “Semi-Charmed Life”-interpolating song “Starman.” He also noted that he was planning to announce a tour a few month ago, but due to what he dubbed the “gnarly” recession and the bumper-crop of other acts on the road, he decided to hold off for now.
“I inevitably have to announce a tour because I know that is a service to my fans,” he said before showing Hager and Rogers his killer hula hoop skills.