Why MGK Walked the 2025 American Music Awards Red Carpet — and Then Went Home

Fans won't spot Machine Gun Kelly successful nan 2025 American Music Awards assemblage tonight.

The rapper stopped by nan 2025 AMAs reddish carpet to airs for a fewer photos earlier leaving up of nan Las Vegas-based awards show. His quality was little because he had to caput location to return attraction of his 2-month-old daughter, whom he shares pinch Megan Fox.

MGK, 35, gave E! News an update connected nan babe girl, telling nan publication, "she's great."

"She has a small spot of a fever, truthful I'm gonna conscionable locomotion nan carpet and spell back, you cognize what I mean, and grip my business," he explained. "Give her my pheromones, and fto her heal up."

The creator added, "I was calved to beryllium a dad. Yeah, it's my purpose." He is besides begetter to 15-year-old girl Casie pinch ex Emma Cannon.

MGK was slated to coming 1 of nan awards during this year's AMAs astatine nan luxury edifice Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

Check retired each of PEOPLE's afloat AMAs sum here.

MGK and Fox, 39, welcomed their girl successful March. "She’s yet here!! our small celestial seed 🥹💓♈️♓️♊️," he captioned nan Instagram announcing her presence connected March 27, which featured a achromatic and achromatic video holding nan baby's fingers and stroking them.

A root told PEOPLE astir wherever nan erstwhile couple, who got engaged successful January 2022 earlier calling it quits successful November 2024, guidelines aft their babe arrived. "Megan and MGK are really loving this clip correct now pinch their babe girl," a root told PEOPLE successful April.

"They're not making immoderate large decisions astir their early together arsenic a mates because they conscionable want to attraction connected nan coming and this caller section arsenic parents to their girl together," they said.

The root added: "They are getting on really good and they person nary thought what nan early holds but correct now they are doing great."

Meanwhile, Fox shares 3 kids pinch ex Brian Austin Green: Noah, 12, Bodhi, 11, and Journey, 8.

The American Music Awards, hosted by Jennifer Lopez, are airing unrecorded Monday, May 26 from Fontainebleau Las Vegas astatine 8 p.m. ET connected CBS and Paramount+.