Matty Healy Reacts to Online Backlash Amid Taylor Swift Split, Thanks Fans for Supportive Signs at Concerts
07.06.2023 - 17:23
/ usmagazine.com
Grateful for the love. Matty Healy spoke out about fan support following his breakup from Taylor Swift.
“[People] in the front had some very beautiful signs that said, ‘You are loved.’ That was very, very kind,” the 1975 frontman, 34, gushed during his Monday, June 5, concert in Vienna, per social media footage. “I’m sure that it’s alluding to … as you’re aware, I’m not very online at the moment, and I’m sure people have just been calling me a c–t relentlessly.”
While Healy stayed away from social media of late, he’s found solace in his “boys” — referring to his bandmates Ross MacDonald, George Daniel and Adam Hann.
“Honestly, as much as I appreciate that, it’s so beautiful and I thank you, but I don’t need it,” he said on Monday. “Because I’ve got them.”
Us Weekly confirmed several hours before he took the stage that Healy and the Grammy winner had called it quits. “Taylor and Matt are no longer romantically involved,” a source exclusively told Us. “They had fun together, but it was never serious.”
Swift, 33, and the British singer were first linked in May less than one month after her breakup from longtime partner Joe Alwyn. Healy even attended several of the “Tim McGraw” artist’s Eras Tour concerts in Nashville and Philadelphia, with a second insider revealing that the pair frequently kissed backstage.
Amid their whirlwind connection — which rekindled a brief 2014 fling — Swift had been candid about how content she’s felt.
“I kind of feel like telling you, I don’t know, I’ve just never been this happy in my life in all aspects of my life ever before,” the “Mastermind” songstress gushed to concertgoers at Boston’s Gillette Stadium late last month. “And I just want to thank you for being a part of that.”
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