Pete Davidson Admires Machine Gun Kelly for Being a ‘Great Dad’

Pete Davidson admires his longtime friend Machine Gun Kelly‘s fatherly qualities as he looks forward to becoming a dad himself.

At the Daily Front Row Fashion Media Awards in New York City on Sept. 12, Davidson, 31, said of MGK (whose real name is Colson Baker), “I f—— love this dude,” and called him a “great dad.” Davidson presented MGK, 35, with the Style Icon Award.

“Colson is, I think, my oldest best friend in this tough biz,” Davidson continued. “Pound for pound, I think he’s maybe the most talented person I have ever met. He can rap, he can play guitar, he can rock, he can act.”

Kelly is dad to daughter Casie, 16, whom he shares with ex-girlfriend Emma Cannon, and daughter Saga Blade Fox-Baker, 5 months, whom he shares with former fiancée Megan Fox. Davidson is expecting his first child with girlfriend Elsie Hewitt.

The Saturday Night Live alum continued to praise MGK while presenting him with the award: “He always leads by example… and I am really grateful that I have someone that I can call just to shoot the s—-, or talk about what the hell is going on in our careers or how the world works. He’s just a wonderful person and so resilient. He’s been around for two decades and he is 35. That’s a crazy accomplishment. And he’s not going anywhere.”

MGK was awarded the Style Icon Award at the ceremony, which was held in the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. He brought his daughter, Casie along as his plus-one for the event. The outing comes after the pair spent some father-daughter bonding time together in NYC, with Casie even revealing her first tattoo — a dainty heart on her finger.

MGK said that upon receiving the honor, he hopes “to take a heavier step into fashion, designing, campaigning and modeling.”

The rapper turned rocker went on to speak on his personal style.  “My style can be unconventional. To some my name is unfamiliar, but I am completely unapologetic in my authenticity with what I sing and what I wear,” he added.

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The “vampire diaries” singer then quipped, “I was a broke kid from the Midwest… [this] truly has verified my thought that the whole time the Met Gala must have been sending the invite to the wrong address.”

Prior to accepting his award, MGK sat next to Davidson and fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger.

Fellow honorees at the event included Iman, Mary Alice Stephenson, Cultured’s Sarah Harrelson and designers Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim of Oscar de la Renta and MONSE.