Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly’s twin flames are in peril
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Oh dear: It looks like Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are breaking up. I have personally had them on Breakup Watch since October, but this is still sad, because they are twin flames. What happened? The timeline looks something like this:
February 4: Fox and MGK attend a pre-Grammys party together. Fox posts on Instagram that she has a broken wrist and a concussion but is soldiering through. She does not reveal the cause of her injuries. Hm.
February 5: MGK loses “Best Rock Album” at the Grammys (to Ozzy Ozbourne). Fox posts another supportive Instagram about him, noting his “grace and maturity.”
February 11: MGK performs at a pre-Super Bowl party and later says he got electrocuted (?) on stage. Both MGK and Fox attend an after-party hosted by Drake; Fox is still wearing a hot-pink brace on her wrist.
February 12: Fox posts a carousel of selfies on Instagram and captions them with lyrics from Beyonce’s Lemonade. She also deletes every image of MGK on her feed before deactivating her account. The implication is that MGK cheated.
February 13: A source tells People that the couple “had a fight” over Super Bowl weekend and that Fox took her engagement ring off. This hurt, possibly: MGK has previously said that he added “thorns” to her ring so that it would scratch her if she removed it. Later, paparazzi happen to catch Fox and MGK leaving a marital counseling office. A source tells People they have “trust issues” but are trying to work it out.
February 14: Fox and MGK are photographed driving around together on Valentine’s Day.
February 15: After fans speculate that MGK cheated with his touring guitarist Sophie Lloyd, her management team releases a statement denying the accusation.
Got all that? Fox got a concussion, MGK got electrocuted, MGK cheated (allegedly), Fox went rogue on Instagram, they both went to a marriage counselor even though they’re only engaged, and poor Ms. Lloyd asked to be excluded from this narrative.
Personally, I think this couple should just do some ayahuasca together and make up. Otherwise they drank each other’s blood for no reason.
In happier relationship news, Ben Affleck and Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck got matching tattoos. Please click through J.Lo’s carousel to see. #CommitmentIsSexy
Emily Ratjkowski and Eric Andre also declared their devotion to each other this week by posting nudie pics on Instagram. Ratajkowski’s friend, author Stephanie Danler, commented, “❤️oh love❤️”
Later, Ratajkowski and Andre attended a Knicks game together, sitting courtside near Diplo, Tracy Morgan, and Penn Badgley. It seems like just yesterday Ratajkowski was doing the same with Pete Davidson (because it was).
Chris Evans is still smitten with his random 25-year-old girlfriend Alba Baptista; he posted a whole slideshow of photos of her on Valentine’s Day. I bet they’re engaged by summer:
The most exciting relationship reveal this week, however, was Florence Pugh’s. She spent Valentine’s Day hand-in-hand with a man named Charlie Gooch.
According to People, he’s a photographer who previously worked with Pugh during her press tour for Black Widow in the summer of 2021. Pugh confirmed her breakup with Zach Braff the following summer. Go Gooch!
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I too have a dog named Winnie. Wow I’m just like Hilary ek