The controversial rock star responded to one of Banks’ posts on X, writing: “Talk to me like that. “I’m not going to keep an eye on you at an awards ceremony, I’m going to hit you so hard I’m going to get a Guinness world record for the most a rat has ever flown a wig.”
The language and aggression in Healy’s comments reportedly did not sit well with Swift.
A source claimed: “There’s a reason why Taylor didn’t get deeply involved after her divorce from Joe Alwyn.
“She has known Matty for a long time and worked with him professionally, but she no longer communicates with him.”
The insider said Swift “in no way” believes a man would ever threaten to harm a woman, or anyone for that matter.
They said: “He is clearly facing demons. Taylor also knows his family, and everyone really hopes he gets the help he needs before it’s too late.
A second source says this The Daily Mail: “Taylor does disappointed by Matty’s recent behavior and it has somewhat confirmed that moving on from him was the right decision.
“She was shocked that he threatened to attack Azealia.”
The heated online confrontation began when Banks criticized Charlie XCX, the pop superstar fiancée of Matty’s 1975 bandmate George Daniel.
She wrote: “Charli used to be so beautiful. Ugh.”
Healy wrote a scathing response: “All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive and kind people. I think this makes you jealous because you are so talented, but everything else about you is a failure. Rap it, bro.”
He then came to his own fiancée’s defense, writing, “And at that point, if I see a little Twitter barista EVER say ONE thing about my Gabi, I will take full advantage of my mental illness and I will dox you and fuck you. I’m so done pretending to have different standards online because it’s ‘not real’.
Azealia threatened to sue The 1975 singer over his threat, prompting him to issue a groveling apology on his band’s Reddit page, telling fans that he had “let himself down” and that he felt “brazen” because he had “acted violently”.
He wrote: ‘What a bad day, I really let myself down. I’ve worked so hard to get past these impulsive, self-destructive, and honestly quite volatile outbursts.
“I constantly make trouble for myself for no reason. I come back to social media after depressive episodes (which is NOT an excuse) because I often get sober, so as an addict, when I’m not using, I take it to social media my new way of ‘consume’ and change how I feel.
“I just feel terrible about how I acted violently – I think Azealia and all obviously flawed people deep down all have a heart and I hate that I contributed to her mental fragility. She’s human.
“This cultural discourse in general has become so violent. I don’t want to pretend that I regret who I am or who I’ve been. But right now, even if I ever say anything negative about anything, I feel dirty said – if that is how it has contributed to this culture.”