MGK says he feels lightheaded because he only eats 'a couple times' a week

In a video that is going viral, MGK disclosed his abnormal food habits. The 35-year-old rapper and actor casually admitted that he eats “a couple times” a week, which has instilled anxiety among his fans and health professionals. This limited diet of his makes him feel lightheaded.

Is MGK's diet a healthy one? Good initiative or not?

A clipping of the livestream with Adin Ross, N3on, and Mike Majlak was posted by HipHop-n-More on their Instagram account on July 7, 2025. In the video, MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, opened up about his eating habits.

He said:

“I don’t really eat. I just do water a bunch.”

Adin Ross asked him if not eating would make him lightheaded and weak. MGK replied:

“Yeah, sometimes. I’ll eat, like, a couple times a week.”

When Adin asked if he practiced intermittent fasting, the Rap Devil hitmaker responded that he only ate Mike’s 10/10 burger because they were on stream. He said:

“Like, I ate that burger ’cause we’re streaming, and it’s my man’s s–t, you know?”

When MGK was asked what he’d have for dinner off-camera, he simply replied that he ate sometimes. His main staple is "bone broth with kimchi and sauerkraut", which he claimed was good as it's high in probiotics:

“When you do those water fasts, the only thing that’s crazy is it kills all the good bacteria in you, too. So you gotta put the pro[biotics].”

The Bloody Valentine artist also mentioned that he “drinks celery juice sometimes and coconut water,” as well as relies on cigarettes and coffee to get by.

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Where it all started

This isn’t the first time the rapper-rockstar has spoken about his food habits. In a 2020 interview with 104.3 The Shark, he admitted to liking fast food, while his wife, Megan Fox, ate clean, organic foods. At the time, he claimed he was attempting to adapt to better eating habits.

Upon being asked what they usually ordered for late-night snacks, he said:

"She’s probably ordering sushi. She eats super healthy. Everything is gluten-free and organic on her menu."

He mentioned that even he was “trying to get on that wave” of healthy food. He spoke about his newfound love for soup:

"It would be cooler if there was just a soup place that was open all night. I would just order soup all night. Soup goes super hard. I was not into the soup game for some years and now I totally get it. It's almost like the adult cereal.”

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Good initiative or a red flag for mental health?

Though MGK has not had any major health issues, the rapper-rockstar has been open about dealing with mental health struggles. He has spoken about his battle with suicidal thoughts and substance addiction, as well as coping with his father’s death.

In his documentary Life in Pink, which was released on Hulu, he spoke about the paranoia he spiraled into after his dad’s passing, according to USA Today. He said:

"I flew to my dad's apartment to clear all this stuff out. I had this really weird interaction with this neighbor who told me all these things I didn't want to hear. That (messed) me up even more because I couldn't get closure on it. I wouldn't leave my room and I started getting really, really, really dark."

He added:

"Megan went to Bulgaria to shoot a movie and I started getting this really wild paranoia. Like, I kept getting paranoid that someone was gonna come and kill me. I would always sleep with a shotgun next to my bed, and one of the days, I just (expletive) snapped.

As Kelly started panicking on the call, he almost ended his life—if not for the jamming of the shell:

"I called Megan, I was like, 'You aren't here for me.' I'm in my room, and I'm like freaking out on her and dude, I put the shotgun in my mouth and I'm yelling on the phone and the barrel's in my mouth. I go to cock the shotgun and the bullet as it comes back up, the shell just gets jammed. Megan's like dead silent."

In light of MGK’s new diet, which consists of intermittent fasting and drinking just water, questions have begun to arise. It begs the question whether this a healthy coping mechanism—or another form of self-harm?

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