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Matty Healy will get entangled in a messy on-line debate with Azealia Banks after she dissed his bandmate George Daniel’s fiancée, Charli XCX. When issues spiraled uncontrolled, the 1975 band member threatened to bodily assault the rapper.
The feud began when the New Bottega singer poked enjoyable at Charli XCX on X (previously Twitter) by resharing a fan’s publish that includes her previous music video. “Charli was soooo fairly,” Banks wrote. “Ugh. Boaaa, I swear them weho gays be having the women questioning themselves in the meantime all of them scraping ok off a cookie sheet, consuming chilly bossanova, and sharing panties. Tuh,” she added.
Healy defended Charli — who’s engaged to his bandmate George Daniel — saying, “All the ladies you assault appear to be culturally related, engaging, divisive, and NICE folks.” He additional claimed that Banks could possibly be jealous of her abilities as a result of the whole lot she’s ever finished has been a failure. “Simply rap bro,” he wrote in a derogatory sense.
Banks hit again on the document producer by trolling his fiancée, Gabbriette Bechtel, saying she appears to be like like Frankenstein. “You each appear to be you share needles,” he added. This remark aggravated Healy to a different stage, prompting him to hit beneath the belt.
“Speak to me like that I’m not gonna side-eye you at an awards do [sic] I’ll f–king slap you so arduous I’ll get a Guinness world document for the very best a rat some bitch calls a wig has ever flown,” he wrote, threatening Banks.
Though she was shocked by the response, she continued to pull Healy sarcastically. Banks insinuated him, saying that is how he desires to “incriminate” himself, referring to the time he was sued with a $2.4 million lawsuit for misbehavior in Malaysia. “Lmfao a person might slap the s–t out of Gabi and also you wouldn’t do a rattling factor. You’re too busy kissing males on stage for clout,” she added.
Shortly after their heated change, Healy realized his mistake and apologized, saying he’d by no means slap a woman as a result of it’s “insane.” Nevertheless, he referred to as her out for being “imply” and making imply remarks about him and his soon-to-be spouse.