I'm glad Taylor Swift isn't my daughter-in-law, says Denise Welch
Denise Welch, the Loose Women star, said that when her son Matty Healy was dating the 14-time Grammy winner, things were 'tricky'.
Ms Welch, 67, suggested that it was hypocritical that those close to Swift cannot publicly talk about her life, only for the singer to 'write a whole album about it'.
Mr Healy, 36, and Ms Swift, 35, briefly dated from May to June 2023, following the latter's split from British actor Joe Alwyn.
The interview on US TV show Watch What Happens Live! turned to the subject of Ms Swift after host Andy Cohen asked about the singer's 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department.
Several of the songs are thought to be about Mr Healy, including I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can), and The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
Ms Welch said: 'Obviously, on pain of death can I talk about that episode, but not being her mother-in-law is a role that I am glad that I lost,' prompting the audience to gasp.
'Not that I have anything against her at all,' Ms Welch continued, adding: 'It was just – it was tricky'.
Ms Welch suggested that she and her son, the singer with the band The 1975, were discouraged from speaking out while he was seeing Ms Swift.
She said: 'She – listen, you're not allowed to say anything, and then she writes a whole album about it.'
According to Ms Welch, her son took the controversy over The Tortured Poets Department, Ms Swift's 11th studio album, 'with good grace'.
'He is very happy with his amazing fiancée Gabriella, who is gorgeous,' she said, referring to the model Gabbriette Bechtel.
'So, we've moved on.'
Ms Swift went public with her current relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce, 35, in October 2023.
In The Tortured Poets Department, which came out last year, she sings about Mr Kelce as well, and paints a vivid picture of him running towards her with no shirt on in the song The Alchemy.
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