HomeEntertainmentMatty Healy apologizes for...

Matty Healy apologizes for threatening to slap Azealia Banks’ wig off in defense of Charli XCX: ‘Not cool’

Some days, the internet seems to revolve around Charli XCX. Spotify released its annual, personalized Wrapped packages for users on Wednesday, many of which prominently featured the Brat musician, who also stars on a new cover story for Variety. If that wasn’t enough, Charli XCX was also at the center of a fracas between fellow musicians Matty Healy and Azealia Banks.

 

Saturday Night Live recap: Charli XCX hosts and serves as musical guest

It all started when Banks, who is known for spicy social media posts, tweeted that “Charli used to be sooo pretty. Ugh.” Charli XCX is engaged to George Daniel, Healy’s bandmate in the 1975, and the band collaborated with her on the remix to her song “I Might Say Something Stupid.” Speaking of which, Healy jumped in to defend his friend. What followed was a long, fiery exchange between him and Banks on X (formerly Twitter).

“Azealia you seem to have a blind spot when it comes to your ‘reads,'” Healy, who goes by the alias Truman Black online, tweeted in response to the rapper from what appears to be his personal account. “All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive and NICE people. I think this makes you jealous cos you’re so talented but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro.”

At first, Banks responded, “That wasn’t a read. I’ve known Charli since she was 16 and always thought she was absolutely gorgeous, but there’s a stark contrast between this and this,” comparing her Sucker album cover from 2014 with a more recent photo. Then the exchange got testy, with Banks cryptically threatening Healy (“you are very easy to set up. A bad bag, a bad pill. It only costs $200 and an ounce of weed to do you”) and him going nuclear in response. Both have since deleted their most incendiary tweets.

“I’ll f—ing slap you so hard I’ll get a Guinness world record for the highest a rat some b—h calls a wig has ever flown,” Healy posted.

He has since deleted the aggressive tweet and apologized, saying “Nah I can’t be saying I’m gonna hit a girl that’s insane I’m sorry. You just can’t keep being so mean about my mates and my mrs it’s really hurtful gets me well defensive.”

Healy is currently engaged to model and musician Gabbriette, who Banks also appeared to criticize in tweets.

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives of Healy and Banks for additional comment.

Sign up for Entertainment Weekly’s free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.

Matty Healy in 2022; Azealia Banks in 2014. Karwai Tang/WireImage; Paul Redmond/WireImage

Like Banks, Healy has also landed in hot water before on social media — most notably last year, after he made lewd comments on the podcast Cum Town about rapper Ice Spice and his porn preferences. Ice Spice has since said “he apologized to me a bunch of times. We’re good,” but Banks brought it up during this latest fracas.

“F— your mates honestly,” Banks tweeted. “This is like the third time you’ve come out of your face spewing violence specifically towards black women. Brutalized porn, Ice Spice, now you’re threatening to slap me and think a small apology will suffice.”

Healy posted that “no but we should actually sort this out on the remix,” referencing Charli XCX’s recent collaboration with Lorde on “Girl, So Confusing,” but Banks does not seem receptive. She has threatened to sue Healy for his deleted comment, and also insulted his teeth, saying they “look like White Castle burger onions.”

“And I said what the f— I said,” she wrote. “Charli has horrible f—ing plastic surgery. Period. Do something.”

Nguồn: [Entertainment], [https://ew.com/matty-healy-apologizes-for-threatening-to-slap-azealia-banks-wig-off-charli-xcx-8756171]

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img

Most Popular

More from Author

All About Shelley Long’s Daughter Juliana Tyson Kissick

Actress Shelley Long, most well-known for her role as Diane Chambers...

Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story Coming to Hallmark

A new Holiday Touchdown movie is set to arrive on screens this...

Johnny Mathis, 89, Retiring from Performing Due to Age and ‘Accelerated’ Memory Issues

Johnny Mathis is retiring from live performing. On Wednesday, March 26, Mathis’ Facebook...

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img

Read Now

Fans Praise Kelly Clarkson’s Makeup-Free Look: ‘Thank You for Being Normal’

In a sneak peek of the Thursday, March 27, episode of Kylie Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast, the three-time Grammy winner, 42, appeared as a guest — seemingly without a drop of make-up. The Kelly Clarkson Show host went for a relaxed vibe, wearing a gray sweatshirt and...

All About Shelley Long’s Daughter Juliana Tyson Kissick

Actress Shelley Long, most well-known for her role as Diane Chambers in the TV sitcom Cheers, has one child: a daughter named Juliana Tyson Kissick. Juliana is the daughter of Shelley and Bruce Tyson, a securities broker. Shelley and Bruce got married in 1981 and had Juliana on March...

Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story Coming to Hallmark

A new Holiday Touchdown movie is set to arrive on screens this holiday. On Thursday, March 27, Hallmark Media, NFL and Skydance Sports announced their new original film, Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, which will be premiering during Hallmark Channel’s 16th annual Countdown to Christmas. Following the release of Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs...

Johnny Mathis, 89, Retiring from Performing Due to Age and ‘Accelerated’ Memory Issues

Johnny Mathis is retiring from live performing. On Wednesday, March 26, Mathis’ Facebook account announced that the 89-year-old crooner will stop performing live, due to “age and memory issues, which have accelerated.” The singer will continue to perform three more shows on his “Voice of Romance Tour” before his final performance...

Chanel Ties Paris Fashion Week Up With a Bow

Long before the “bow girl,” in all her coquettecore glory, became a fashion archetype, there was Chanel. This morning at Paris Fashion Week, the French house wrapped the Grand Palais in a massive black ribbon to celebrate one of its most beloved motifs. (One which dates back to the...

Miu Miu Was Cool-Girl Catnip

Miu Miu has a knack for bringing It girls not just to the front row, but onto the runway. Today at Paris Fashion Week, the former group included Sydney Sweeney, Nara Smith, Alix Earle, and Renée Rapp. (And at least one It guy: A$AP Rocky.) At the Palais D’Iéna, the walls had...

Saint Laurent Solidifies the Season of the Big Shoulder

There was one big thing that united Saint Laurent’s winter 2025 collection: huge, powerful shoulders. Models paraded around the perimeter of a large oval onyx floor wearing every single version of the massive shoulder. They appeared on ’80s power-suit-style dresses in vibrant colors, oversized outerwear, and even...

Reading Festival organisers quizzed over waste

The organisers of one of the UK's largest music festivals have been grilled over the tonnes of waste and tents that are left behind each year. Reading Festival attracts tens of thousands of people to Little John's Farm in the Berkshire town on the August bank holiday weekend...

Ray Meade: ‘When they told me I had MS, I thought I was done’

Like most of us, guitarist Raymond Meade had a slow and quiet summer in 2021. The pandemic had put a stop to live touring with Ocean Colour Scene, with whom he had played since 2016. And without recording studios, he was unable to continue with his successful solo career. But...

Oasis sale ‘may have misled fans’ says watchdog

Ticketmaster "may have misled Oasis fans" with unclear pricing when it put their reunion tour on sale last year, the UK's competition watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the company may have breached consumer protection law by selling "platinum" tickets for almost 2.5 times...

Window cleaner in quest to confirm priceless Shakespeare portrait

Window cleaner Steven Wadlow has spent more than a decade trying to prove he is in possession of a priceless, authentic Shakespeare portrait. His quest is now being told in a Netflix documentary. What is the story behind the find? Steven, who lives in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, said his...

What is the Signal messaging app and how secure is it?

The free messaging app Signal has made headlines after the White House confirmed it was used for a secret group chat between senior US officials. The editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was inadvertently added to the group where plans for a strike against the Houthi group in...