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How Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly Actually Picked Their Baby’s Name Years Ago
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox are beginning a new chapter of their story.
Three months after the rapper (real name Colson Baker) and Transformers actress welcomed their baby girl Saga Blade Fox-Baker, MGK gave an update on how the duo are doing.
“Megan is a great mom,” MGK gushed during a June 20 episode of Today. “She’s killing it. I’m so excited.”
Indeed, the “My Ex’s Best Friend” singer, who was joined on the broadcast by his 15-year-old daughter Casie, whom he shares with ex Emma Cannon, also revealed how his new baby girl’s name describes his and Megan’s journey to having her.
“Coming back again, disappearing, coming back again—she is an epic story,” he explained. “And that’s what Saga means. I’m also of Norwegian heritage so that’s the Nordic goddess of storytelling.”
He gushed of his daughter, “I think she has a storytelling future ahead of her.”
MGK’s admiration of Megan as mother comes just days after he gave her a subtle shoutout by telling a fan their Jennifer’s Body T-shirt was “so sick!”
And when it comes to his and Megan’s baby girl, the “Bad Things” rapper had quite the hand in naming her. In fact, a resurfaced clip also shared that Saga’s middle name, “Blade” may have come from what he wanted his own middle name to be.
As he told Megan during a 2021 GQ Couples Quiz, during which she guessed ‘Blade’ would be his preferred middle name, “That’s what I want.”
He gushed of her guess, “Blade is good.”
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Meanwhile, Megan—who also shares kids Noah, 12, Bodhi, 11, and Journey, 8, with ex Brian Austin Green—also previously expressed that their daughter felt like a return.
“Nothing is ever really lost,” the 39-year-old wrote in a November post announcing her and MGK’s pregnancy, just weeks before they reportedly split. “Welcome back.”
And Megan—who previously opened up about experiencing a miscarriage in 2023—later gushed about the “unplanned” but “happy surprise” that is Saga.
As she wrote in a since-deleted post that commemorated her pregnancy with Saga, “Women are eternal light beings.”
To look back on Megan and MGK’s saga to welcoming Saga, keep reading…
July 2020: How They Met
The couple did their first podcast together and detailed how they met on the set of the movie Midnight in the Switchglass. They also became Instagram official in July when MGK posted a selfie of the couple with the caption, "Waited for eternity to find you again..."
August 2020: Megan Professes Her Love
The actress shared the first photo of herself with her new man captioning it, "Achingly Beautiful Boy... My heart is yours."
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November 2020: Red Carpet Official
The couple made their first red carpet appearance at the American Music Awards. The same month, the actress files for divorce from estranged husband Brian Austin Green, with whom she shares three sons.
April 2021: Double Birthday Date
Double date! The duo celebrates MGK's birthday with friends Kourtney Kardashian and boyfriend Travis Barker.
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May 2021: iHeartRadio Music Awards
Pretty in pink! Megan supports Machine Gun Kelly as they attend the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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May 2021: Billboard Music Awards
The lovebirds arrive at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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May 2021: Onstage Love
The two appear onstage during the rocker's show at the Barstool Sports Indy 500 party at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.
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January 2022: We're Engaged
New year, new relationship status! On Jan. 12, 2022, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly announced on Instagram that they were engaged. "Yes, in this life and every life," the musician wrote on Instagram.
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October 2022: Pam & Tommy
The two dressed up as Pamela Anderson and ex-husband Tommy Lee at the annual Casamigos Halloween party.
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February 2023: Grammys Date Night
The two embraced on the red carpet on music's biggest night.
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May 2023: London Date Night
Megan supported MGK at the unveiling of The 8th Deadly Sin - GOSSIP, a limited-edition ring collection collab by the musician and Stephen Webster in London.
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October 2023: Happy Halloween
The two also partied at Vas Morgan and Michael Braun's Halloween party.
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October 2023: Kill Bill Couple
The two appeared at the annual Casamigos Halloween party.
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March 2024: Megan Gives Relationship Update
The actress confirmed that she and MGK had at one point called off their engagement.
"What I've learned from being in this relationship is that it's not for public consumption," she said on the Call Her Daddy podcast. "So I think as of now, I don't have a comment on like the status of the relationship."
She continued, "What I can say is, that is what I refer to as being my 'twin soul', and there will always be a tether to him no matter what."
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November 2024: Baby on Board
The couple shared that they were expecting a baby together with Megan writing on Instagram, "Nothing is ever really lost. Welcome back," alongside a photo posing naked covered in black paint and holding her baby bump.
She also included a picture of a pregnancy test with the word, "Yes."
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November-December 2024: Breakup
In late November, shortly after confirming Megan's pregnancy, the duo called it quits, multiple outlets reported Dec. 10.
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March 2025: It's a Girl!
The duo welcomed a daughter on March 27, 2025. According to MGK, Megan gave birth while listening to a score composed by himself and pal Travis Barker.
"What an epic journey," he wrote on his Instagram Story. "Praise God."
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