Denise Welch has no complaints about the way things panned out between her son Matty Healy and Taylor Swift.
In a frank moment on the Thursday (July 24) episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, the Loose Women host copped to being “glad” that The 1975 frontman’s whirlwind romance with the pop star ended in 2023. Shortly after Swift’s split from longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn, the singer and Healy dated for about a month before breaking up that June. A little less than a year later, the 14-time Grammy winner released Billboard 200-topper The Tortured Poets Department, featuring numerous songs fans believe are about Healy.
“Obviously, on pain of death can I talk about that episode,” Welch began when the topic of Healy and Swift’s past relationship first came up. “But not being her mother-in-law is a role that I’m glad that I lost.”
“Not that I have anything against her at all,” the talk-show host elaborated when audience members started to chuckle. “It was just … it was tricky. You’re not allowed to say anything, and then she writes a whole album about it. But Matty has taken it all in completely good grace.”
“He’s very happy with his amazing fiancée, Gabriella — Gabbriette — who is gorgeous,” Welch added. “So we’ve moved on.”
Billboard has reached out to Swift’s rep for comment.
Indeed, Healy is now coupled up with model Gabbriette, to whom he got engaged in June last year. Swift has also found love again since their breakup, with the past two years finding the Eras Tour headliner dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Watch Welch comment on her son and Swift’s breakup on Watch What Happens Live above.
The post “Matty Healy’s Mom Denise Welch Explains Why She’s ‘Glad’ She Isn’t Taylor Swift’s Mother-in-Law” by Hannah Dailey was published on 07/25/2025 by www.billboard.com