NEWS
After news that Taylor Swift is loved-up with The 1975’s Matty Healy, pals of the rocker’s mum tell Closer how Denise Welch will be the best mother-in-law
Fans went into meltdownlast week after it emerged that newly single Taylor Swift is dating The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.
After her shock split from British actor Joe Alwyn, 32, in February, the pop legend is rumoured to have then rekindled her romance with Chocolate singer Matty, 34, with an insider saying, “Taylor and Matty are madly in love. It’s super-early days, but it feels right. They first dated, very briefly, almost 10 years ago, but timings just didn’t work out.”
Taylor, 33, and Matty – who is the son of Loose Women star Denise Welch, 64, and Benidorm’s Tim Healy, 71 – were first linked back in 2014, after she wore his band’s T-shirt.
SEAL OF APPROVAL
In 2016, Matty gushed “I have said on countless occasions that I found [Taylor Swift] to be one of the most gracious, hardworking, creatively gifted, and beautiful women that I have had the pleasure to meet. I personally have a lot of respect and admiration for her.”
Despite gossip of behind-the-scenes drama – with Matty apologising over comments that dating the star would be “emasculating” – the pair remained close pals, collaborating on Taylor’s latest album Midnights, before the popstar appeared onstage during a The 1975 show in January.
And Taylor’s already had the seal of approval from mum Denise, who posted a cosy picture of her hugging the Bad Blood singer at her son’s concert, writing “So proud I can’t even begin!”
News of the couple’s rumoured romance comes weeks after Taylor split from Conversations With Friends actor Joe after six years. The couple were first introduced to each other in 2016, with rumours swirling last year that the loved-up couple were engaged.
Sources close to the duo reported that their split was mutual, saying “Taylor and Joe are in totally different places in their lives right now. Both realised they weren’t completely right for one another.” But despite claiming there’s no “Bad Blood” between the duo, fans are convinced otherwise – after several of Taylor’s inner-circle, including Gigi Hadid, 28, and Ryan Reynolds, 46, unfollowed the actor.
Matty isn’t the first famous face Taylor’s dated. She was seeing Disney star Joe Jonas in 2008, before having a year-long relationship with Twilight’s Taylor Lautner, 31, after meeting on the set of Valentine’s Day. In 2010, a 19-year-old Taylor dated 32-year-
