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Machine Gun Kelly is explaining why he and Megan Fox chose their baby daughter’s unique name.
On Friday, June 20, the singer, 35, appeared on Today and shared some of the reasoning behind why he and the Jennifer’s Body alum, 39, decided on the name Saga Blade for their 2-month-old daughter.
“Her journey, the five years of her culmination of coming, disappearing, coming back again, disappearing, coming back again, she’s an epic story and that’s what Saga means,” Kelly, born Colson Baker, said.
“I’m also of Norwegian heritage and so that’s a Nordic goddess of storytelling and I think she has a storytelling future ahead of her,” he continued. “Megan’s a great mom and just killing it and I’m so excited.”
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In the past, both Kelly and Fox have opened up about experiencing pregnancy loss. The mom of four describes a miscarriage in two poems featured in Pretty Boys Are Poisonous, her book of poetry. Fox wrote about an ultrasound of a baby girl at 10 weeks and a day, sharing, “maybe if you hadn’t… maybe if i had…”
Elsewhere, she wrote, “I want to hold your hand / hear your laugh,” and later, “but now / I have to say / goodbye.”
“I will pay any price,” wrote Fox. “Tell me please / what is the ransom / for her soul?”
In May 2022, Kelly dedicated his Billboard Music Awards performance of his song “Twin Flame” to Fox, sharing, “And this is for our unborn child.”
The musician also made reference to a miscarriage when he released the song “dont let me go” in February 2024. The song included lyrics that said, “How can I live with the fact / That my hand wasn’t on her stomach when we lost the baby.”
Earlier this past week, a source shared with PEOPLE why the name Saga Blade made sense to the former couple. “The name Saga, which means ‘story’ or ‘tale’ really felt right to them. It’s a new chapter — full of meaning and hope,” the source shared at the time.
The insider added that Fox and Kelly “live separately, but spend a lot of time together at Megan’s house.”
“He’s been great — really trying to be the best dad he can,” the source continued of Kelly. “The baby is adorable and Megan’s doing really well.”
Fox and Kelly, who got engaged in January 2022, called it quits at the end of November, not long after announcing they were expecting. The actress is already mom to sons Noah, 12, Bodhi, 11, and Journey, 8, whom she shares with ex-husband Brian Austin Green. Kelly is also dad to daughter Casie, 15, with his ex Emma Cannon.
