Megan Fox’s co-star Tyson Ritter claims Machine Gun Kelly ‘went BALLISTIC’ on him
Tyson Ritter claims that Machine Gun Kelly completely lost it to him while working on the movie Johnny & Clyde with rocker Megan Fox’s fiancée.
The musician-turned-actor, 39, recently handed out to Ted Stryker that it all stemmed from a scene suggestion he made to Fox in front of Machine Gun Kelly.
Ritter — who plays henchman in Fox’s villain role — pitched the idea of putting his fingers in her mouth at her death as an act of “revenge.”
“Because you teased by putting my fingers in your mouth [throughout the film] when you’re dead, I’ll put my fingers in your mouth,” Ritter told Fox.
“And it’s like this kind of decision to have my character take revenge.”
This pitch reportedly made MGK “super angry” and prompted him to go full “ballistic” on Ritter.
Yikes: Tyson Ritter Claims Machine Gun Kelly Totally Lost Him While Working On Movie Johnny & Clyde With Rocker’s Fiancee Megan Fox
The 39-year-old musician turned actor recently told Ted Stryker it all stemmed from a scene suggestion he made to Fox in front of Machine Gun Kelly; MGK and Megan in November
“He was really pissed that I asked if I could put my fingers in Megan Fox’s mouth… and I knew she was there and he just went ballistic,” he recalls.
“He became a little maniac.”
While Machine Gun Kelly may not have intended it, Ritter said the confrontation was the “greatest kind of gift” for him as an actor.
It was just what Ritter'[had] been looking for” for his role in the movie Prisoner’s Daughter starring Kate Beckinsale, in which he plays her ex-husband who goes from “zero to apes**t” in one pivotal scene.
‘So when [Machine Gun Kelly] started to get ape at me, I was like, ‘This is really confrontational, but also, thanks, dude,'” Ritter recalled.
The All-American Rejects frontman harbors no ill will and credited MGK’s behavior with “might just be having a bad day.”
Stryker asked Ritter to say if the issue was ever “resolved” between them and if he could ever try his pitch with Fox.
‘No resolution. I think the whole experience was like, “What’s actually happening?!”
Ritter added: “He was completely unhinged.”
Johnny & Clyde, which also stars Avan Jogia and Ajani Russell, was released on May 5 and has been critically reviewed.
Ritter’s confessional comes amid rumors that Machine Gun Kelly and Fox have “stopped” wedding plans as they “slowly” reconcile.
“He’s doing what he can to get her back, and she’s making him work for it,” an insider revealed to PEOPLE.
“They are slowly working on reconciliation but he is still completely in the dog house,” the source added.
The pair’s inner circle is reportedly not betting on success when it comes to Fox and MGK making it to the altar.
“It’s still an unhealthy dynamic though,” the insider said, “and their friends just don’t see this lasting.”
But alas, hope remains: “He has a lot to prove, and he doesn’t want to give her up. He is great with her kids and super practical. It’s a work in progress.’
The pair didn’t walk the red carpet together at the recent Sports Illustrated Swimsuit bash in New York City — which marked their first appearance since their relationship’s alleged breakup — but they were captured having a sweet moment in the wings.
In recent months, there have been rumors that the sex symbol’s engagement to Kelly was on the rocks following allegations that the rapper-turned-rocker had been unfaithful.
Pitch: Ritter – who plays henchman for Fox’s villain role – pitched the idea of putting his fingers in her mouth at her death as an act of “revenge”
“Because you teased by putting my fingers in your mouth [throughout the film] that when you’re dead, I’ll put my fingers in your mouth,” Ritter told Fox. “And it’s like this kind of resolution for my character to get revenge”
Losing it: This throw reportedly made MGK “super angry” and prompted him to go full “ballistic” on Ritter; seen the couple in February
A source said at the time that although they had weathered a “rocky patch” in their whirlwind romance, Megan and MGK are “officially back on track” and “feeling more connected than ever.”
The couple started dating in May 2020 after Megan split from her husband of 10 years and the father of her three children, Brian Austin Green. MGK proposed to the Transformers star in January.
They met on Randall Emmett’s box office bombshell, Midnight in the Switchgrass, and the pair stumbled over each other when they sat down with the disgraced director and his then-fiancée Lala Kent for a 2020 episode of their podcast Give Them Lala … With Randall.
Megan stated, “I knew right away he was what I call a twin flame. Rather than a soul mate, a twin flame is actually where a soul has ascended to a level high enough to be split into two different bodies at the same time. So we’re actually two halves of the same soul, I think.’