Machine Gun Kelly Confronts Man Who Rushed Stage at Forbes Summit: ‘Get the F— Away From Me’
variety.comEthan Shanfeld Machine Gun Kelly was at the ready when a man rushed the stage during his Forbes Under 30 Summit panel. The pop-punk artist and entrepreneur, whose real name is Colson Baker, was speaking with Forbes editor Kristin Stoller at a packed Cleveland auditorium when someone entered the stage and approached him from behind.
MGK leaped up mid-sentence and clenched his fists to confront the man, saying, “My man, get the fuck away from me. Yo, what are you doing?
What are you doing? This is a bad look. Don’t make me do this.” While the unidentified man did not make physical contact with MGK, he said softly, “I got you, man.
I want to help you out here,” before two security guards forcefully removed him off stage. The Forbes livestream briefly cut out, but when it resumed, MGK was already back in his seat chatting with Stoller. “I left that guy in the past, I’m really sorry,” MGK told the audience. “I do apologize for my primal reaction.” Stoller praised him for his reaction, saying, “You handled that amazingly, by the way.” MGK is no stranger to physical altercations.
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