28-07-2025
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Brutal twist after Taylor Swift's celebrity romance
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Bad blood indeed.
Matty Healy's mum, Denise Welch, isn't over the 'heartbreak' her son endured after his short-lived romance with Taylor Swift ended — that's why she couldn't stay quiet on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Thursday.
'It's a horrible thing to have the most famous person in the world saying that your son broke her heart when it was the other way around, and then you can't even defend yourself,' a source told Us Weekly on Saturday.
They added, 'She's saying the mother-in-law stuff because that's where Matty thought it was headed. She's entitled to her opinion.'
Reps for Welch and Healy did not immediately return Page Six's request for comment.
When asked by Andy Cohen what she thought of Swift's Tortured Poet's Department album — purported to be about The 1957 frontman and his romance with the singer that lasted only about a month in May 2023 — Welch declared that 'not being her mother-in-law is a role that I am glad that I lost.'
Swift and Healy were spotted together in NYC in 2023. Picture: Robert Kamau/GC Images
His mum made her position on the relationship very clear recently. Picture: WWHL
As the audience gasped, the Celebrity Big Brother UK star, 67, quickly added that she doesn't 'have anything against [Swift] at all,' and called the situation 'tricky.'
'She — listen, you're not allowed to say anything, and then she writes a whole album about it,' Welch said of the Love Story hitmaker.
Us Weekly's insider said it's been difficult for Welch to keep quiet when it comes to her son's former romance.
'Any mum can imagine what it would feel like — but then you have to multiply it by a million because of how famous [Taylor] is,' they told the outlet.
'I wish I could say she's used to it, but she's not.'
She's now in a relationship with Travis Kelce. Pictures: Killatrav/Instagram
The source also said that the reality star 'is still Matty's mum at the end of the day, and it was bloody hard for her to stay quiet during the whole ordeal.'
'Now that time has gone by, she's saying what she can because she knows that her son got hurt.'
The insider asserted that 'you can't blame a mum for standing up for her child,' and called their split 'terrible' for Healy.
Swift, 35, has since gone on to a widely publicised relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, while Healy, 36, is engaged to model and actress Gabbriette Bechtel.
On Watch What Happens Live, Welch insisted the family has 'moved on' from the alleged drama.
'He is very happy with his amazing fiancee Gabriella, who is gorgeous,' she said.
This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission.
Originally published as Brutal twist after Taylor Swift's celebrity romance: 'Terrible'
