Making headlines for extra than simply the music. Matty Healy has been elevating eyebrows for years as The 1975 continues to seek out success.
Months earlier than Healy was linked to Taylor Swift following her break up from Joe Alwyn, the English rocker made waves for kissing followers on stage at varied exhibits. He ditched the custom throughout a January 2023 present — as a result of Swift was there to shock followers with a efficiency of “Anti-Hero.”
“I’m not kissing anyone in entrance of Taylor Swift, have some respect. In entrance of the queen, it’s not occurring,” Healy informed the group.
One month later, he was beneath hearth for a podcast he recorded with hosts Adam Friedland and Nick Mullen. In the course of the episode, the three males mocked Ice Spice and Healy laughed as Friedland and Mullen mimicked Chinese language and Hawaiian accents. The “Robbers” singer additionally recalled an NSFW story about masturbating to brutalize ladies.
Healy later apologized to Ice Spice on stage, saying partly: “I don’t need Ice Spice to assume I’m a d—ok. I like you, Ice Spice. I’m so sorry.”
Whereas he didn’t straight deal with different controversial feedback from the February 2023 podcast, he informed the group he was “embarrassed,” based on Rolling Stone.
“The reality is, I see an indication that claims like, ‘Matty, I hope you’re OK.’ I really feel a bit dangerous, to be sincere, as a result of I really feel like I’ve been a bit irresponsible,” he mentioned in April 2023. “It’s very nicely for me to say, I don’t perceive how well-known I'm. I don’t like being well-known. However actuality is actuality. And I believe that I’ve mentioned some issues or sort of, I make a joke out of all the things. That’s my factor. And I can take it too far generally in entrance of too many individuals. And I really feel a bit embarrassed. In order that’s the reality.”
An insider has since confirmed to Us Weekly that Healy and Swift had reconnected after a “transient” fling “years in the past” as they “run in the identical circle of pals.”
“They’re trying to give issues a second likelihood,” the supply mentioned in Might 2023, including that the Grammy winner “actually likes” Healy and is “joyful spending time with him.”
A second supply added that the duo “have been hanging out and are having enjoyable collectively” as “they each respect and admire one another’s expertise. They've a number of mutual pals, together with Jack Antonoff.”
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