Singer mgk had a very special guest when he took home the coveted Style Icon honor at the 12th Annual Fashion Media Awards — his close friend, Pete Davidson.
“I’m so stoked. I tried to wait and stall until he could get here,” mgk, 35, exclusively told Us Weekly while walking the red carpet at NYC’s Rainbow Room on Friday, September 12. “I’m so excited.”
The Lost Americana musician (real name Colson Baker) and Davidson, 31, have been pals since 2019 — a friendship that extends well beyond the public eye.
“We think both of us are such idiots that we somehow just meet in the middle somewhere,” mgk quipped to Us, adding that they even had a low-key hangout the day before on Thursday, September 11. “We were watching movies and being dads.”
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The rapper shares daughter Casie, 16, with ex Emma Cannon and daughter Saga Blade, 5 months, with ex-fiancée Megan Fox. Davidson, for his part, is preparing to welcome his first baby with pregnant girlfriend Elsie Hewitt.
Davidson and Casie were both mgk’s dates on Friday, and each got sweet shout-outs in his acceptance speech.
“I’d like to thank my estranged husband, Pete, [and] my beautiful daughter for being my support tonight. I’m very nervous,” mgk joked in his speech during the Casamigos-sponsored bash. “I want to thank the Daily Front Row for making me feel celebrated tonight. This is truly an honor because … this is a small community, and I feel like I’ve always kind of been on the outside of it.”
He added, “My name is Colson. I think that my style can be unconventional. To some, my name is unfamiliar, but I’m really unapologetic with my authenticity, and what I say and what I wear. I didn’t prepare a speech because I’ve been feeling that preparing sometimes leads to letdowns. I’ve lived a long life of those, and now I’m just living in the excitement.”
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The rocker further stressed that he was “very grateful” to receive the Style Icon honor.
“I’m very grateful to be here and to be included in this conversation. It’s a sign for me to maybe take a heavier step into fashion, designing, campaigning and modeling,” mgk continued. “I’m 6-foot-4 and smoke an insane amount of cigarettes, so I check a lot of those boxes. I stand here as an embodiment of the American Dream. I was a kid from the Midwest, and [now] standing on a stage in front of a beautiful audience on top of a building in New York City.”
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