The devil may work hard, but I think itâs fair to say that Taylor Swiftâs PR team works much harder. After having potentially orchestrated one of the most disliked and random couples of all timeâweâre of course talking about the Nashville lyricist and resident loose cannon and overall douchebag Matty HealyâSwift (and indeed her publicists) seem to have officially pulled the plug on the short-lived romance. We might be able to forgive you Taylor, but weâll never forget.
Swifties everywhere were understandably stunned when they first got word of the âCruel Summerâ singer apparently locking lips with The 1975 frontman. Not only did the two seem like an unlikely pair, it also felt incredibly disappointing to see Swift parading around a man whoâs proven himself to be highly offensive and repugnant.
Now, Iâll admit, I was once a Healy stan myself. I lost my voice for two weeks during the summer of 2016, screaming the lyrics to âRobbersâ at Reading festival, I made incredibly poor and unimaginative Matty collages on Tumblr, and I gobbled up Healy thirst traps on TikTok not too long ago, I hate to say. That all changed however when I actually realised how vile this man truly is. From the overtly racist jokes about Ice Spice he joined in with to his grotty attitude regarding his own âgenius,â this guyâs got a serious god complex.
So, yes, watching Swift openly support, admire, and hold hands with someone whoâs also historically been extra misogynistic didnât feel great. Either way, it seems as though itâs all come to an end. Sky News, whoâre clearly way more invested in the relationship than any of us realised, reported on Tuesday 6 June 2023 that the two are âno longer romantically involved.â According to a âclose source,â the relationship was always of a casual nature and the pair have simply parted ways, no fuss or fighting.
The problem is, we still donât know if this relationship was at all real, PR romances are nothing new in the world of celebrity, and neither Swift nor Healy ever confirmed the tryst publicly, so thereâs a big chance that this was all some kind of bizarre scheme to catapult the pair into the stratosphere of fame. Although when you think about it, Healy is a publicity disasterâif youâre going to pick a fake boyfriend, why not go with Andrew Garfield or Michael B. Jordan? Both, much better picks.
Taylor Swift reveals sheâs already starting to have a positive impact on new boyfriend Matty Healy.
— Fake Showbiz News (@FakeShowbizNews) May 30, 2023
âIâve convinced him to stop spitting on homeless people,â she beamed pic.twitter.com/11o0n5En8v
When even Azealia Banks is telling you you need to rethink your romantic decisions, itâs probably best to listen.Â
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— louka (@butterflylouka) May 30, 2023
And even if the Swiftosphere had a seizure and still decided to go with Healy, why not at least milk it slightly more? The two were practically together and then not together within the space of about a month. Thatâs not a lot of time for strategically posed strolls in the park and coffee dates.
But, letâs refer to the real judges here: Twitter users. For the most part, netizens seem to be overjoyed about the fact that the pair have called it quits.
Thereâs definitely a conversation to be had about the worldâs obsession with Swiftâs dating life, itâs a curse thatâs followed women in the spotlight for some time now. Nevertheless, when you hitch your wagon to someone as controversial as Healy, people are going to take notice, itâs simply the nature of modern day societyâespecially where gen Zers are concerned.