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"ref": "2021 September 29, Matt Heafy (quoted), Cillian Breathnach, “Trivium's Matt Heafy \"formally disses\" Machine Gun Kelly for wearing a \"16 year old pop punk cosplay identity on a fucking stage\"”, in Guitar.com",
"text": "Later on, Heafy did issue an apology towards Machine Gun Kelly following these comments. \"I’d like to publicly apologize for my tasteless comments about MGK,\" he said. \"I just found out he's been afflicted by the Ligma variant. It’s really getting real out there. Thoughts and prayers homie.\"",
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