Taylor Swift’s split from Matty Healy is not because of his troubling podcast appearance, TMZ reports.
According to the report by TMZ, a friend connected to Matty’s band, The 1975, speaking on Taylor Swift’s split from Matty, stated that Taylor was aware of Matty’s remarks about Ice Spice on the podcast before she started dating him. While it’s true her fans applied plenty of social media pressure over it, the friend tells us Matty and Taylor were used to the noise, and simply blocked it out
Matty went on the “The Adam Friedland Show” back in February, where Nick Mullen, Friedland and Matty openly laughed and made derogatory comments about Ice Spice, even mocking her with Chinese and Hawaiian accents.
Amid Matty and Taylor’s romance, the clip resurfaced online last month, along with a separate interview clip of Ice expressing her love for The 1975. BTW, all of this was brewing as Taylor and Ice prepared to release their collab, “Karma (Remix).”
Awkward timing to say the least, and although Matty ultimately apologized for offending Ice, some fans felt his mea culpa lacked sincerity. The podcast episode has since been scrubbed from several platforms.
Nevertheless, Taylor Swift’s split with Matty has more to do with the fact they simply don’t have time for each other, according to TMZ.
Taylor’s Eras tour is packing stadiums across the U.S., and will for a few more months and Matty’s friend points out The 1975 is in the middle of its European tour now.
TMZ added that sources revealed that they still care for each other, even though things didn’t work out romantically.