Matty Healy Dismisses Concerns About Controversial Podcast: ‘It Doesn’t Actually Matter’

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In a candid new interview aptly titled — “Who Is Matty Healy?” — The 1975 frontman addressed his controversial appearance on The Adam Friedland Show, and declared any concerns about his past comments “don’t actually matter.”In The New Yorker profile, published on Monday, May 29, the 34-year-old singer explained that the podcast was an opportunity to do press that felt more like catching up with friends — Adam Friedland and Nick Mullen — amid a lengthy promo tour.

When asked whether he’s “baited his fans on purpose” in the past, Healy responded: “A little bit.”“But it doesn’t actually matter,” he continued. “Nobody is sitting there at night slumped at their computer, and their boyfriend comes over and goes, ‘What’s wrong, darling?’ and they go, ‘It’s just this thing with Matty Healy.’ That doesn’t happen.”When the journalist argued, “Maybe it does,” Healy doubled down.“If it does, you’re either deluded or you are, sorry, a liar,” he said. “You’re either lying that you are hurt, or you’re a bit mental for being hurt.

It’s just people going, ‘Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.’ And I kind of want them to do that, because they’re demonstrating something so base level.”Healy made waves in February as he and the podcast hosts poked fun at Ice Spice, with Friedland and Mullen mocking Chinese and Hawaiian accents.

While the “About You” singer later apologized to the rapper on stage — “I don’t want Ice Spice to think I’m a d—k. I love you, Ice Spice.