Matty Healy apologises again for his ‘offensive’ behaviour after announcing The 1975’s indefinite hiatus: ‘It was a misguided attempt at being a rock star’
Matty Healy has once again made a public apology for his controversial behavior after being accused of making racist and misogynistic comments.
Earlier this year, the 1975 frontman sparked controversy when questionable comments surfaced after dating Taylor Swift.
Among his shocking comments, he noted that he enjoyed masturbating to videos of women being “brutalized” and racist impressions of the rapper Ice Spice.
The singer, who is the son of Loose Women star Denise Welch, has addressed his comments about recent tours.
At his band’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday night, Matty – who recently announced his band would be taking an “indefinite hiatus” – apologized again as he revealed he had tried to impersonate a rock star from the 21st century. ‘
Speaking: Matty Healy again publicly apologized for his controversial behavior as he addressed the crowd at The 1975 concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday (pictured last month)
He told the crowd: “Because some of my actions hurt some people, I apologize to those people and promise to do better in the future.
‘I think it is also important that I make my intentions known, so that everyone knows that I have no ill will. You see, as an artist I want to create an environment for myself to perform where not everything I do is taken literally…
‘I’ve played exaggerated versions of myself on other stages, whether in print or on podcasts, and in an often misguided attempt to fill the character role of the 21st century rock star – so it’s complicated.
“Sometimes the only way to really find out who you are is to pretend, and you could probably say that men would rather do offensive impressions to get attention than go to therapy.”
Matty’s apology comes shortly after Ice Spice, 23, revealed she was left ‘so confused’ by the rocker’s racist comments about her on a podcast.
In February 2023, during an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show, Matty claimed he had tried to message Ice on Instagram – before joining Friedland and co-host Mullen to appear to confuse her heritage by calling her Inuit and Chinese, by imitating and confusing her. mocking the accents of each.
The podcast episode was later pulled from both Spotify and Apple Music due to its offensive content.
Speak with Variety, Ice, 23, who has now collaborated with Healy’s ex, superstar Taylor Swift, said: ‘After I heard that little podcast or whatever, I was so confused. Because I heard “chubby Chinese lady” or something like that, and I was like, “Huh?” What does that even mean?’
‘First of all, I’m fat. What do you mean Chinese? What? But then they apologized or something. And the whole time I didn’t really care.
The rapper – real name Isis Gaston – added that Matty had now apologised, saying: ‘But that’s funny because I saw him a few days ago at the Jean Paul Gaultier party and he said, ‘Hey, Everthing okay?’ and I said, “Of course.” He has apologized to me several times. Were good.’
End of an era: Last week, Matty announced that he and the rest of The 1975 – Adam Hann, George Daniel and Ross MacDonald – would be taking an ‘indefinite hiatus’ after their tour
Elsewhere in his controversial podcast appearance, Matty discussed a time when he masturbated to porn of “brutalized” women, with Friedland and his co-host Nick Mullen recalling the time they saw him watching “hardcore pornography” for “30 seconds” after seeing a had left the party. in this house.
The trio said Matty watched Ghetto Gaggers, a porn site known for videos featuring the humiliation and brutalization of mostly black women.
The 1975 is currently on its biggest tour to date in North America, performing at arenas across the United States and Canada
Still, Matty announced last week that the band would be taking an “indefinite hiatus” when he spoke on stage during opening night at the Golden 1 Center in California.
Towards the end of the set, Matty announced that the band – lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald and drummer and primary producer George Daniel – plan to take a break.
He said: ‘It’s great to have you all here, after this tour we’re going to be taking an indefinite break from shows so it’s great to have you with us tonight. Thank you so much.’
The band will next perform in San Jose and San Diego before heading to Los Angeles in October and Britain and Europe next year.
Shock: Matty’s apology comes shortly after Ice Spice, 23, revealed she was left ‘so confused’ by the rocker’s racist comments about her on a podcast