Matty Healy Defends Charli XCX Against Azealia Banks' Cheap Dig; He Threatens To Slap The Singer 'So Hard'

Matty Healy gets into an ugly spat with Azealia Banks after she passed a mean comment on his bandmate’s fiancée, Charli XCX. The record producer threatens the singer and then apologizes.

Updated on Dec 05, 2024  |  12:48 AM IST |  12.5K
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Trigger warning: This article contains mentions of physical assault. 

Matty Healy gets entangled in a messy online debate with Azealia Banks after she dissed his bandmate George Daniel’s fiancée, Charli XCX. When things spiraled out of control, the 1975 band member threatened to physically assault the rapper. 

The feud started when the New Bottega singer poked fun at Charli XCX on X (formerly Twitter) by resharing a fan’s post featuring her old music video. “Charli used to be soooo pretty,” Banks wrote. “Ugh. Boaaa, I swear them weho gays be having the girls questioning themselves meanwhile they all scraping k off a cookie sheet, eating cold bossanova, and sharing panties. Tuh,” she added. 

Healy defended Charli — who’s engaged to his bandmate George Daniel — saying, “All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive, and NICE people.” He further claimed that Banks could be jealous of her talents because everything she’s ever done has been a failure. “Just rap bro,” he wrote in a derogatory sense.  


Banks hit back at the record producer by trolling his fiancée, Gabbriette Bechtel, saying she looks like Frankenstein. “You both look like you share needles,” he added. This comment aggravated Healy to another level, prompting him to hit below the belt. 

“Talk to me like that I’m not gonna side-eye you at an awards do [sic] I’ll f–king slap you so hard I’ll get a Guinness world record for the highest a rat some bitch calls a wig has ever flown,” he wrote, threatening Banks. 

Although she was shocked by the response, she continued to drag Healy sarcastically. Banks insinuated him, saying this is how he wants to “incriminate” himself, referring to the time he was sued with a $2.4 million lawsuit for misbehavior in Malaysia. “Lmfao a man could slap the s–t out of Gabi and you wouldn’t do a damn thing. You’re too busy kissing men on stage for clout,” she added. 

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Shortly after their heated exchange, Healy realized his mistake and apologized, saying he’d never slap a girl because it’s “insane.” However, he called her out for being “mean” and making mean remarks about him and his soon-to-be wife. 

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