Machine Gun Kelly was another star who paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins. While sitting down for an interview for “The Howard Stern Show” in March, Kelly opened up about the fact that threatening weather had prevented him from performing at Paraguay’s Asunciónico music festival where The Foo Fighters were also supposed to take the stage. In fact, the beloved band was supposed to be in the audience when Kelly did his thing, which surely would have been a moment for the younger star to remember.
Although the disappointing outcome left MGK “super bummed,” he explained that instead of meeting at the festival, The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl asked him to hang out with the band at their hotel. Kelly recalled, “I walked up, and we got out the elevator, all 20 of us, and Taylor, Dave, the whole Foo Fighters team but specifically Taylor, he went up to every single one of us and gave us each our moment. Like, every single one of us, down to my assistant. … ‘You’re from Topanga? Oh, I’m from Topanga.’ Dude, he’s such a beautiful soul.”
Kelly went on to say that he wanted Hawkins’ children to be aware of the fact that their dad was a “great man, and we were all lucky to know him.” Fans were certainly touched, with one taking to Twitter to admit that they “sob[bed] watching this interview,” while another simply noted, “good for him paying tribute Taylor Hawkins.”
Nicki
