Denise Welch on being “the Virgin Mary” to The 1975 fans: “There is the woman who gave birth to the Messiah”
nme.comMatty Healy‘s mum Denise Welch has said that she is seen as “the Virgin Mary” among The 1975‘s fanbase.During a new interview with BBC News, the Loose Women panellist and former Coronation Street star spoke about being recognised as the mother of the Manchester band’s frontman.“With Matthew’s fans, it’s, ‘There is the Virgin Mary – there is the woman who gave birth to the Messiah,” she explained. “I’ve had people in the foyer of The O2 touch me and burst into tears.”Welch continued: “He provokes this hero worship, to the point that the fact that I actually produced him in my body gives me that sort of reverence – and it’s quite hysterical.
I do enjoy having a bit of fun with that.”Elsewhere in the conversation, she recalled how The 1975’s song ‘She Lays Down’ (2016) had been inspired by the post-natal depression she suffered after giving birth to Healy in 1989.Welch said she was “heartbroken” when she first heard the track, adding: “If I hear it now, it makes me cry.”The actor and presenter has been spotted at numerous 1975 gigs, and often posts about her son’s group online.
Last year, Welch shared an image of herself with Taylor Swift and Florence Welch backstage at Healy and co’s show in London.
She also enjoyed a viral “Eva Perón moment” when she greeted fans at a concert in Brighton on the same tour.In November, Welch revealed that Healy missed her third wedding in 2013 to support The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park: “And it hurt me but I completely understood.
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