Matty Healy: 5 unknown facts about Taylor Swift's rumored boyfriend who battled heroin addiction
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Taylor Swift seems to have moved on from Joe Alwyn. Her new man is none other British bad boy and singer Matty Healy. Swift, 33, and Healy, 34, are preparing to go public with their romance, per reports.
As the 'Midnights' singer gears up for her performance in Nashville, Tennessee, this weekend, Swift and the frontman for the band 1975 have plans to publicly announce that they are together, according to The Sun. Matty Healy and Taylor Swift are "madly in love", a source close to her said. Even though it's super-early, it feels right. They first dated, very briefly, almost ten years ago but the timing just didn’t work out. But the couple stayed in touch over the years and now, the two seem to have decided to give romance another shot. Swift recently met Healy's mother backstage at a 1975 concert while Healy has often calling the pop star a "Queen," expressing his admiration for her talent as a musician.
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If you are a Swiftie and curious about the new man in her life, here are five unknown facts about Matt Healy, who is no stranger to controversy.
Matty Healy apologized to Ice Spice after racist remarks
The 1975 singer Matty Healy issued an apology for controversial comments he made about rapper Ice Spice on The Adam Friedland Show in February. Matty Healy faced considerable backlash for making disparaging remarks about rapper Ice Spice during an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show in February 2023. Ice Spice was insulted by Adam Friedland, his co-host Nick Mullen, and Matty, who commented on her figure and accent.
“I just feel a bit bad, and I’m kind of a bit sorry if I’ve offended you,” Healy said during a recent 1975 show in Auckland, New Zealand as a kind of blanket apology for his series of odd or offensive actions in the spotlight, as per Billboard. In a fan video of the mea culpa, Healy is heard saying, “Ice Spice, I’m sorry."
Matty Healy deactivated his social media
In April 2023, Matty deactivated his Instagram account to calm his ego. The announcement was made during a concert in Adelaide, Australia, according to NME. “It’s because everything happens in eras,” he proclaimed. “The 1975 is a very eras band. The era of me being a f*****g a******e is coming to an end. I’ve had enough.” The lead singer added, “I perform all the time and it’s my job and I love doing this but I can’t perform off the stage anymore as I just want to be a bloke.” Matty has been making headlines for years for his ego-driven on-stage rants and unusual gestures, such as kissing fans and miming sexual acts.
Matty Healy thought dating Taylor Swift would be ‘emasculating'
The 'About You' hitmaker was once linked to Taylor Swift, but he promptly denied the rumors, admitting he feared "losing himself" in such a relationship, per The Guardian. "The reason I mention that is because if I had [properly] gone out with Taylor Swift the first thing I would’ve [thought was] ‘F*****g hell I am NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.’ You know, F**K. THAT.” He then added, “That’s also a man thing, a de-masculinating, emasculating thing.” Taylor had previously been spotted at The 1975 shows in 2014 and the two reportedly flirted catching the attention of the press worldwide.
Matty struggled with being 'sexualized' when the band got famous.
As a result of his previous sexual experiences, Matty Healy needed therapy to help him cope with mental health issues. “I’ll be totally honest with you. I’m not going to be specific, but I had some early sexual experiences that, as I got older, were really, really difficult to deal with,” he admitted, The Independent reported. “It wasn’t to do with anything that happened in my family or at home, it was these … different things that happened. So my mental health came through the negotiation of sex as a teenager and a young man, and romantic relationships.”
Matty went into rehab for six weeks
Matty Healy struggled with heroin addiction. He spent six weeks in rehab after he realized he needed help following a pompous rant in which he called himself the main deal during a discussion about future music with his bandmates. The musician has been sober for a long time. "I've been clean for ages, I'm at the gym all the time, everyone feels good," he said in September 2022 to The Guardian.