Machine Gun Kelly Puts Leeches On His Bare Stomach

A very unusual video of the 32-year-old American rapper Machine Gun Kelly being sucked on by blood-sucking leeches may be seen online.

It takes a lot for MGK's fans to be shocked because he is notorious for engaging in bizarre rituals like ingesting blood when he got engaged to Megan Fox and licking a white substance off of his partners' breasts.

(Image: @machinegunkelly/Instagram)

However, they were probably shocked on Friday, December 16, when Machine Gun Kelly, real name Colson Baker, posted an extremely strange video to his Instagram stories.

He was shown lying down in a video with a large number of slimy leeches creeping all over his lower stomach.

(Image: @machinegunkelly/Instagram)

He captioned the video clip "My best friends" when he posted it to his page.

The slimy leeches were soon filling the screen as they crawled around in the video, zooming in on his naked chest.

(Image: @machinegunkelly/Instagram)

Leeches were visible writhing across MGK's inked stomach and close to the tattoo that said "almost famous."

It is unclear what MGK is employing the leeches for or if they were actually sucking on the musician's blood; they appeared to be sucking his stomach.

The parasitic, predatory worms known as leeches have suckers on both ends that are used to adhere to a host so they can feed on its blood.

The slimy, dark insects resemble worms and have a long history of usage in medicine.

According to The Leech Clinic, leech therapy, also known as Hirudo therapy, is a "natural, safe treatment that utilizes the healing properties of leeches."

They also claim: "The healing properties of leeches have been known for hundreds of years.”

"Leeches were used during medieval times because they were known to heal infections before antibiotics were discovered."

Additionally, they are utilized nowadays to treat joint conditions like osteoarthritis and epicondylitis.

According to The Leech Clinic, leech therapy is performed every 6 to 8 months for osteoarthritis.

Their website states: "It is a safe and (in most patients) a very effective way to treat the symptoms of arthritis."