Matty Healy's Mom Takes Swipe at Taylor Swift, Says She's 'Glad' Being Singer's Mother-in-Law Is a 'Role I Lost'
- - Matty Healy's Mom Takes Swipe at Taylor Swift, Says She's 'Glad' Being Singer's Mother-in-Law Is a 'Role I Lost'
Kirsty HatcherJuly 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Matty Healy’s mom isn’t mincing her words when it comes to her son’s short-lived romance with Taylor Swift!
During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Thursday, July 24, Denise Welch opened up about the pair’s relationship after host Andy Cohen quizzed her about Swift’s latest album The Tortured Poets Department.
The record detailed the duo’s brief romance as Swift seemingly sang about The 1975 frontman, 36, on tracks including "Guilty as Sin?" "Fresh Out the Slammer," "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)" and "loml.
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“Obviously, on pain of death can I talk about that episode, but being her mother-in-law is a role that I am glad that I lost,” the actress and Loose Women panelist, 67, said to gasps from the studio audience.
“Not that I have anything against her at all!' Welch quickly clarified. 'It was just — it was tricky.”
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The British star continued, “She — listen, you're not allowed to say anything, and then she writes a whole album about it.”
Welch went on to share how her son has dealt with the attention that has come from dating Swift and her subsequent album, adding, “Matty has taken it all in completely good grace.”
“He’s very happy with his amazing fiancée Gabriella, who is gorgeous,” Welch continued of the model and singer who works under the name Gabbriette Bechtel.
“So, we've moved on,” Welch concluded.
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Matty Healy and Denise Welch
Healy and Swift first met in the fall of 2014 but they didn't date until years later.
The two were photographed holding hands at New York City's Casa Cipriani shortly after Healy was spotted attending Swift's Eras Tour in Nashville in May 2023. However, they broke up that June, with a source telling PEOPLE at the time that their relationship was "always casual."
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Gabbriette Bechtel and Matty Healy
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Their romance came just a month after PEOPLE confirmed Swift's split from her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn.
A source close to the former couple told PEOPLE their split was largely caused by "differences in their personalities” that became “harder to ignore after years together.”
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the 2024 US Open
Shortly after Swift and Healy’s split, the pop superstar began dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
The “Fortnight” singer and football player, 35, first sparked romance rumors in September 2023 after Swift attended a handful of Kelce's games.
While appearing on The Pat McAfee Show podcast shortly before Swift attended her first Chiefs game, Kelce revealed that he had invited Swift to attend one of his games, teasing that he "threw the ball in her court” after seeing her perform at Arrowhead Stadium, where the Chiefs play, during her Eras Tour in July 2023.
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