{"id":182854,"date":"2025-07-25T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/taylor-swift-gets-shade-from-denise-welch-mother-of-matty-healy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:31:11","slug":"taylor-swift-gets-shade-from-denise-welch-mother-of-matty-healy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/taylor-swift-gets-shade-from-denise-welch-mother-of-matty-healy\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Gets Shade from Denise Welch, Mother of Matty Healy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift and Matty Healy have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/10\/matty-healy-taylor-swift-shade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">been over<\/a> for more than two years.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, not long enough.<\/p>\n<p>Not long enough for her fans. And, it seems, maybe not long enough for <em>his mom<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Healy\u2019s mother is talking like her son dodged a bullet. Even though that\u2019s sort of the opposite of the rest of the world\u2019s take.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Denise Welch on WWHL.\" class=\"wp-image-530920 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On \u2018Watch What Happens Live,\u2019 Denise Welch is hesitant to answer a question about her famous son\u2019s love life.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Bravo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-matty-healy-s-mom-has-some-things-to-not-say-about-taylor-swift\">Matty Healy\u2019s mom has some things to (not) say about Taylor Swift<\/h2>\n<p>Taylor Swift is getting some shade from Denise Welch, mother of Matty Healy.<\/p>\n<p>On the Thursday, July 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e31CPhIm12g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">episode<\/a> of <em>Watch What Happens Live<\/em>, Welch sat down to chat with Andy Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the segment included questions about <em>The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>, the 2024 album that \u2014 to the astonishment of many \u2014 included numerous songs that appeared to be about Healy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Denise Welch Reacts To Taylor Swift\u2019s Album Written About Her Son Matty Healy | WWHL\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e31CPhIm12g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cObviously, on pain of death can I talk about that episode,\u201d Welch quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut not being her mother-in-law is a role that I am glad that I lost,\u201d she admitted. <\/p>\n<p>The bold confession elicited understandable gasps from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that I have anything against her at all,\u201d Welch wisely clarified. \u201cIt was just \u2014 it was tricky.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Andy Cohen, Shannon Beador, and Denise Welch on WWHL.\" class=\"wp-image-530921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Andy Cohen, Shannon Beador, and Denise Welch on WWHL.\" class=\"wp-image-530921 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_02.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Cohen and Shannon Beador don\u2019t seem to know how to react as Denise Welch more or less goes off on her son\u2019s famous ex.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Bravo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-can-t-say-anything-but-there-s-a-whole-album-about-it\">SHE can\u2019t say anything, but there\u2019s \u2018a whole album about it\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Denise Welch gave the clear impression that she resented that she could not discuss the Taylor Swift and Matty Healy debacle when the billionaire singer clearly can \u2014 after a fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe \u2014 listen, you\u2019re not allowed to say anything,\u201d she griped, \u201cand then she writes a whole album about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, none of the <em>TTPD <\/em>songs name-drops Healy. <\/p>\n<p>And the album\u2019s title seemingly takes its name as a reference to another ex, Joe Alwyn.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Denise Welch on Watch What Happens Live.\" class=\"wp-image-530922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Denise Welch on Watch What Happens Live.\" class=\"wp-image-530922 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_denisewelch_03.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the opinion of Denise Welch, she\u2019s glad that a certain billionaire singer is not her daughter-in-law.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Bravo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, \u201cGuilty As Sin,\u201d \u201cDown Bad,\u201d \u201cChloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus,\u201d \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,\u201d and \u201cI Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)\u201d all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/taylor-swift-matty-healy-ttpd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appear to be references<\/a> to Swift and Healy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/04\/taylor-swift-matty-healy-tortured-poets-easter-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ill-advised entanglement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Welch insisted that Healy took Swift\u2019s musical account of events \u201call in good grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized: \u201cHe is very happy with his amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/06\/gabbriette-bechtel-who-is-matty-healys-brand-new-fiancee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fiancee Gabriella<\/a>, who is gorgeous. So, we\u2019ve moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift on February 2, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-530928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift on February 2, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-530928 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0725_taylorswift_01-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-dodged-a-bullet-exactly\">Who dodged a bullet, exactly?<\/h2>\n<p>From May to June of 2023, Taylor Swift had what fans labeled a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/06\/taylor-swift-and-matty-healy-split-dirtbag-summer-is-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dirtbag summer<\/a>\u201d with Matty Healy. <\/p>\n<p>Even though the ill-advised relationship took place in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, they had been longtime friends. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, friends-to-lovers makes for a perfect romance. Other times, it destroys the friendship that existed in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, it was the latter in this case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/taylor-swift-matty-healy-mom-denise-welch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Taylor Swift and Matty Healy have been over for more than two years. And yet, not long enough. Not long enough for her fans. And, it seems, maybe not long enough for his mom. Healy\u2019s mother is talking like her son dodged a bullet. Even though that\u2019s sort of the opposite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-182854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}