The emotional and highly-anticipated post comes from Megan Fox, announcing via Instagram that she’s expecting her first child with fiancé Machine Gun Kelly, better known as MGK. Fox shared a sensitive maternity photo-left cradling her baby bump and draped in black liquid-alongside a positive pregnancy test. On November 11, 2024, the caption read, “Nothing is ever really lost.”. Welcome back,” reflects a journey of hope and healing the couple has taken since a miscarriage last year. The announcement since then has received an outpouring of support from fans and media outlets alike.
This will be Fox’s fourth child because, with her ex-husband, actor Brian Austin Green, she has three sons, Noah, Bodhi, and Journey. MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, has a 15-year-old daughter named Casie from a previous relationship. Beyond being a beacon of hope, the new pregnancy ushers in for this couple a significant chapter in their relationship that has seen both blissful highs and heartfelt losses.
The romance between Fox and MGK started in March 2020 when they met on set while filming Midnight in the Switchgrass. The two quickly hopped into a fiery relationship, going public in May this year and capturing public attention with their intense and often very unconventional displays of affection. Then, after two years of dating, the couple got engaged in January 2022 with a custom-designed engagement ring that MGK described as “designed to hurt” if taken off, symbolizing their commitment to not part ways.
The journey to this pregnancy has not been without challenges. In 2023, Fox announced that she and MGK had a miscarriage-a devastation occurrence to which she has given several candid interviews and to which her recently published collection of poems, Pretty Boys Are Poisonous, is dedicated. In the book, Fox wrote raw, evocative verses about her trauma of saying good-bye to a child she so desperately wanted to hold. Fox was more candid with Good Morning America, where she said the miscarriage was unlike any loss she’d ever dealt with, in part because of how much she loves MGK, adding that explained why the grieving was so much deeper.
MGK, too, has channeled his sadness into his work. Songs like “Last November” and “Twin Flame” have emotional accounts of his mourning in his music. During his performance of “Twin Flame” at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, MGK dedicated the song to “my wife and our unborn child,” in one raw public homage equal to both pain and love. That resonated with fans who followed their journey of love, loss, and its permutations into creative expressions. Fan congratulations and messages of support flowed in droves on social media for the couple. Many congratulated the move of the couple for being so open about the struggles they’ve encountered and celebrated their strength. The baby is expected to come around April 2025, nearing MGK’s birthday, hence making this pregnancy even more symbolic.
