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Matty Healy each but dismissed his arguable February comments about Ice Spice, conscionable nether a week aft his rumored woman Taylor Swift released a collab of “Karma” with her. When asked by The New Yorker if helium was “baiting” fans by taking portion successful mocking her and her ethnicity, helium admitted, “A small bit. But it doesn’t really matter. Nobody is sitting determination astatine nighttime slumped astatine their computer, and their fellow comes implicit and goes, ‘What’s wrong, darling?’ and they go, ‘It’s conscionable this happening with Matt Healy.’ That doesn’t happen.”
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He besides stated successful the profile, which was published connected Wednesday, May 31, that anyone who felt wounded by the comments was a “liar.” When pressed by the interviewer (Jia Tolentino), who suggested possibly radical bash go precise upset implicit his comments, helium changeable back. “If it does, you’re either deluded oregon you are, sorry, a liar,” helium said. “You’re either lying that you are hurt, oregon you’re a spot intelligence for being hurt. It’s conscionable radical going, ‘Oh, there’s a atrocious happening implicit there, fto maine get arsenic adjacent to it arsenic imaginable truthful you tin spot however bully I am.’ And I benignant of privation them to bash that, due to the fact that they’re demonstrating thing truthful basal level.”
His archetypal comments were fixed successful February during an occurrence of The Adam Friedland Show podcast. After claiming helium tried to interaction the rapper via DM, and ne'er receiving a response, the podcast’s hosts mocked respective accents and flung jokes astir Ice. Matty did not talk successful an accent on with them, but helium was heard laughing on during the cast.
Amid the drama, Taylor dropped the catchy remix of “Karma” with Ice Spice, followed by a video, followed by quality unneurotic onstage. Though the collab was praised, others were little impressed, and accused Taylor via societal media of attempting to squelch the contention with the release.
Taylor Swift hands an grant to Ice Spice astatine the iHeartRadio Music Awards successful LA connected March 27, 2023. (Shutterstock)
Meanwhile, the 1975 frontman issued a heartfelt apology straight to Ice Spice during a New Zealand concert successful April. “Sorry if I’ve offended you, Ice Spice. I’m sorry,” helium said successful a clip circulated via societal media channels. “It’s not due to the fact that I’m annoyed that maine being joking got misconstrued. It’s ’cause I don’t privation Ice Spice to deliberation that I’m a d***. I emotion you, Ice Spice. It’s OK for maine to be, like, a trickster oregon whatever, but I don’t privation to beryllium perceived arsenic mean-hearted. Matty continued, professing that helium is “genuinely sorry” for the comments due to the fact that “I f****** emotion her.”
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