Matty Healy, lead singer of the 1975, has announced his engagement to model Gabbriette Bechtel, whom he began dating in September 2023, just a few months after ending a brief fling with Taylor Swift. Known for his controversial remarks, including racist jokes towards Ice Spice and claiming that dating Swift would "emasculate" him, Healy's engagement was revealed following a Charli XCX concert in Brooklyn on June 11th. Bechtel shared a photo of her unique black engagement ring on Instagram, captioning it with a playful reference to Charli XCX’s latest album. Healy's mother, Denise Welch, expressed her joy over the engagement on ITV’s Loose Women, noting the custom-made black diamond ring.
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00:00 Lead singer of the 1975, Mattie Healy is officially engaged to his girlfriend, model Gabrielle
00:07 Bechtel.
00:08 Mattie Healy is a controversial star for many reasons, from his racist jokes towards ice
00:13 spice to his plans that dating Taylor Swift would "emasculate" him and more.
00:18 But even controversial stars find love.
00:21 Healy started dating his girlfriend, now fiancée, Bechtel, back in September of 2023.
00:26 Before starting his relationship with Bechtel, Healy had a brief fling with Taylor Swift,
00:31 making his previous comments about dating her pretty ironic.
00:35 Healy and Swift called it quits back in June of 2023, so the star had about two months
00:40 of the single life before getting together with Bechtel.
00:43 The happy couple revealed their engagement after a recent Charli XCX concert in Brooklyn
00:47 on June 11.
00:49 After the show, Bechtel posted a photo of a beautiful non-traditional black engagement
00:53 ring with the caption, "Marrying the 1975 is very brad," as a nod to Charli XCX's newest
01:00 album.
01:01 Speaking about Bechtel's engagement, Healy's mother, Denise Wells, shared on ITV's Loose
01:05 Women, "Instagram official, he has got engaged to Gabrielle.
01:09 Black diamond, he had it made for her and I couldn't be more thrilled.
01:13 She is from Los Angeles, she is absolutely gorgeous, she does have a rat.
01:18 We couldn't be happier.
01:19 She is everything that I would want in a daughter-in-law.