celeb news TMZ: Taylor+Matty breakup not from Ice Spice controversy, didn't have time to meet

[Vermillion]

Matty Healy put Taylor Swift in a pretty sticky situation recently -- it involved a troubling podcast appearance he'd made -- but we've learned that controversy is NOT the reason they're no longer dating.

 

A friend connected to Matty's band, The 1975, tells TMZ ... Taylor was aware of Matty's remarks about Ice Spice on the podcast before she started dating him. While it's true her fans applied plenty of social media pressure over it, the friend tells us Matty and Taylor were used to the noise, and simply blocked it out.

 

ICYMI ... Matty went on the "The Adam Friedland Show" back in February, where Nick Mullen, Friedland and Matty openly laughed and made derogatory comments about Ice Spice ... even mocking her with Chinese and Hawaiian accents.

 

Amid Matty and Taylor's romance, the clip resurfaced online last month, along with a separate interview clip of Ice expressing her love for The 1975. BTW, all of this was brewing as Taylor and Ice prepared to release their collab, "Karma (Remix)."

 

Awkward timing to say the least, and although Matty ultimately apologized for offending Ice, some fans felt his mea culpa lacked sincerity. The podcast episode has since been scrubbed from several platforms.

 

 

Nevertheless ... we're told all the Swiftee angst over that is not at the root of them pulling the plug on their relationship -- and, instead, it has more to do with the fact they simply don't have time for each other.

 

Everyone knows Taylor's Eras tour is packing stadiums across the U.S., and will for a few more months -- and Matty's friend points out The 1975 is in the middle of its European tour now.

We're told they still care for each other, even though things didn't work out romantically.

 

We reached out to Taylor's camp ... so far no word back. X

[Vermillion]

I don't buy any of this.

 

Matty's friends on the Red Scare podcast made fun of her Mom's weight, Taylor's breast implants, and her sincerity re: the Trump protest. 

 

Taylor was willing to ignore the STD's and the prior heroin habit of this overrated songwriter and get some rebound dick, Tree Paine be damned. Either she didn't care about the prior podcast or didn't know and was willing to invest in an effort to change him if it lasted longer once she found out. My money's on the latter. 

 

And now it's backfired royally. 

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

Alright I’m over hearing about this let’s move on 

[Sannie]

I do not understand. Did not have time to meet, yet the only reason we know about their relationship is because we kept seeing them meet?  

[AvadaKedavra]

This is the dumbest thing. All these PR pieces acting like Taylor doesnt feel regret for dating him are destroying her reputation instead of helping her.
Show how she feels remorse for dating someone that problematic even if she doesnt. 
That tree paine person is really a bad publicist 

[Carry My Heart]

The tabloids can't make up their minds. First, they were madly in love and moving in together. Then they broke up, then they were never actually together, now they claim they were together. 

 

Regarding the article's claims – sounds like they came directly from Matty's camp judging from the verbiage (a "friend" of the band), presumably to alleviate some of the backlash from him and deflect onto her. People lost interest in all this 2 days ago, so I'm not sure it'll make a dent.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Carry My Heart

[Outlaws]

50 minutes ago, Espresso said:

I don't buy any of this.

 

Matty's friends on the Red Scare podcast made fun of her Mom's weight, Taylor's breast implants, and her sincerity re: the Trump protest. 

 

Taylor was willing to ignore the STD's and the prior heroin habit of this overrated songwriter and get some rebound dick, Tree Paine be damned. Either she didn't care about the prior podcast or didn't know and was willing to invest in an effort to change him if it lasted longer once she found out. My money's on the latter. 

 

And now it's backfired royally. 

ddd

[queenoftheclouds]

53 minutes ago, Espresso said:

I don't buy any of this.

 

Matty's friends on the Red Scare podcast made fun of her Mom's weight, Taylor's breast implants, and her sincerity re: the Trump protest. 

She has what?

[Khal]

But People said they were never dating to start with?

[Taylor fanboy]

I bet Taylor makes so much click revenue these days. This is such a non-TMZ “news”.

[EmailMySwift]

58 minutes ago, Jaded. said:

Alright I’m over hearing about this let’s move on 

Same

[Folklore89sm]

[Walk_Away21]

The fact she went years with no press and now there's PR puff pieces almost daily Tree is working overtime! Hope she's getting her overtime pay!

[Kristie Kuwa]

29 minutes ago, AvadaKedavra said:

This is the dumbest thing. All these PR pieces acting like Taylor doesnt feel regret for dating him are destroying her reputation instead of helping her.
Show how she feels remorse for dating someone that problematic even if she doesnt. 
That tree paine person is really a bad publicist 

She obviously doesnt, so theres that

[Starboys23]

We all need to remember that this is just entertainment and that shes not a god or politician or even college educated. we should stop looking to her for these answers when shes really better known for the things that she does on the mattress......

[barbiegrande]

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A friend connected to Matty's band, The 1975, tells TMZ ... Taylor was aware of Matty's remarks about Ice Spice on the podcast before she started dating him.

Oh

[Vermillion]

7 minutes ago, Walk_Away21 said:

The fact she went years with no press and now there's PR puff pieces almost daily Tree is working overtime! Hope she's getting her overtime pay!

Their source here is Matty's friend with the band, trying to sell a narrative that pushes blame back on her. 

 

It's irrelevant for Taylor and her stans given she's no longer with him, but what it WILL continue to color and affect is The 1975's output and coverage of any of their upcoming material going forward. THAT is where Matty's allies are trying to get traction and take back the narrative. It won't work, imho. 

[Axelios]

54 minutes ago, AvadaKedavra said:

This is the dumbest thing. All these PR pieces acting like Taylor doesnt feel regret for dating him are destroying her reputation instead of helping her.
Show how she feels remorse for dating someone that problematic even if she doesnt. 
That tree paine person is really a bad publicist 

Do you realize not every tabloid piece published about Taylor comes from her publicists? 

Also she shouldn't show regret to please the weirdos that care way too much about her relationships.

[qurl]

i really just don’t understand why y’all or anyone cares that much about this

 

if the air quality in new york weren’t so bad right now i’d say go outside and take a deep breath but u know what actually maybe some

of y’all SHOULD do that

[Bhabylon]

Pffft please this PR excuse is even worse  TaylorNation y’all can’t be this dumb

 

“Nah the comments didn’t bother Taylor, she was cool with that. If they had time they’d still be together”

 

 

Edited June 7, 2023 by Bhabylon

[suburbannature]

The PR team is working overtime  

[Achilles.]

Saying the “split” is due to their tour schedules keeping them apart is just setting the stage for them to hook up again when they’re able to. 

 

The thing about this relationship is that she could have kept it extremely lowkey if she’d wanted to; she’s probably had longer relationships that we’ve never heard of before. But she was deliberately very public about it, probably thinking she could rub it in Joe’s face and “win” the breakup in the eyes of the public. 

[Rebel Lion]

What a swift way of catching an std.

[Lose My Breath]

How dumb...

 

So they were together but couldn't be together?

[G.U.Y_Del_Rey]

The previous article would've been a good way to give this mess a closure but instead they keep making things worse