Taylor Swift savagely mocked by ex Matty Healy's mum Denise Welch in shock live TV swipe
Loose Women star Denise, 67, made her live TV debut in the United States on Thursday night.
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Appearing on Andy Cohen 's Watch What Happens Live, Denise made her mark on the Bravo chat show.
The famous telly star sounded a little cautious when host Andy quizzed her about Taylor's album The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor released her TTPD album in 2024 after her romance with The 1975 's frontman fizzled out and she had moved on with Kansas City Chiefs hunk Travis Kelce.
It has been widely claimed that many of the songs on the body of work might be about her fling with Matty, including The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived and Fortnight.
Andy said to Denise that her son is "the great Matty Healy" before saying: "On that topic, um, Miss Swift wrote a whole album about their relationship, Tortured Poets Department.
"What was your reaction to that album?"
She cautiously responded: "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."
As the audience reacted to the callous remark, Denise quickly interjected.
She said: "Not that I have anything against her at all.
"It was just, you know, it was it was tricky.
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"But um... Listen, you're not allowed to say anything. And then she writes a whole album, you know, about it.
"But Matty has taken it all in completely good grace.
"He's very happy with his amazing fiance Gabriella, Gabriette, who is gorgeous.
"So we've all moved on," she concluded.
Reacting to the interview, one person commented underneath the YouTube video of the interview shared on the WWHL page.
"Pretty crappy how men can't say anything about Taylor but it's ok for her to write whole songs about them," they said.
Meanwhile, one fan on X said: "Saying you're grateful not to be someone's mother-in-law is low.
"Taylor never said a single bad word. Why drag her when it's all in the past?"
Another then defended Denise when they said: "She said nothing wrong."
While a third penned: "There's barely 2 songs about Matty."
Taylor and Matty had a short-lived romance back in 2023.
The pair connected after Taylor's split from longtime beau Joe Alwyn.
They were first linked in early May of 2023 and reportedly broke up in early June of that year.
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