Taylor Swift 'disappointed' with ex-BF Matty Healy for threatening Azealia Banks with physical violence

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Taylor Swift is reportedly 'disappointed' with her ex-boyfriend Matty Healy for threatening to assault Azealia Banks during their online spat, sources shared with the Daily Mail on Saturday, December 8.

Healy, the 35-year-old frontman of '1975' sparked outrage when he stated on the social media platform X that he would "slap" Banks, 33, after she publicly dissed him and his fiancee Gabbriette Bechtel.

He has since apologized for the remark as well as deactivated his X account.

Taylor Swift's reaction to outcry against Matty Healy

Insiders told the Daily Mail that the recent controversy helped Taylor Swift "reaffirm" why she did not get into a serious relationship with Matty Healy.

"There is a reason why Taylor didn’t get deeply involved with him after her split from Joe Alwyn," said a source, adding "She has known Matty a very long time and she had worked with him professionally, but she is no longer in communication with him."

"In no way should a man ever threaten to harm a woman, or anyone else for that matter. He is facing demons clearly. Taylor knows his family as well and everyone just really hopes that he gets the help he needs before it is too late," they added.

According to another source, "Taylor is disappointed by Matty’s recent behavior and it has kind of reaffirmed that moving on from him was the right decision. She was shocked that he threatened to assault Azealia."

The spat between Matty Healy and Azealia Banks

The feud kicked off with Azealia Banks criticizing pop star Charlie XCX, who is engaged to Matty Healy's bandmate George Daniel, writing, "Charli used to be sooo pretty. Ugh."

Healy jumped in to his mate's defense, tweeting, "All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive and NICE people. I think this makes you jealous cos you're so talented but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro."

"And on that point if I see one little s**t bag twitter barista say ONE thing about my Gabi, EVER, I will use my mental illness to full affect and I will dox and f**k you up. I’m so over pretending to have different standards online cos it’s ’not real’. Well, a f***in slap is," he continued, bringing up his own partner.

However, it led to Banks insulting both Heale and Bechtel, stating, "The b***h look(s) like Frankenstein to me. You both look like you share needles. Lmao."

The tweet further enraged Healy, who fired back saying, "Talk to me like that I’m not gonna side eye you at an awards do 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."

Healy was quick to realize his mistake as he wrote soon afterward, "Nah I can't be saying I'm gonna hit a girl that's insane. I'm sorry. You just can't keep being so mean about my mates and my mrs it's really hurtful gets me well defensive."

Matty Healy explains himself on Reddit

Azealia Banks threatened to sue Matty Healy over his threat of physical violence, which led to the singer scripting a long apology letter on Reddit.

"What a bad day, I really let myself down. I have worked so hard to move past these impulsive self destructive and honestly quite volatile outbursts I have," he wrote. "I’m constantly making trouble for myself for no reason, I come back to social media after depressive episodes (which is NOT an excuse) because I often become sober, so as an addict when I’m not using I pick up social media my new way of 'consuming' and changing how I feel," he continued.

"I just feel dreadful about how I acted violent – I think Azealia and all obvious flawed people all deep down have a heart and I hate that I have contributed to her mental fragility. She’s a human," he continued.

"This cultural discourse has become so violent in general. I don’t wanna act like I regret who I am or who have been. But Tbh at this point I feel gross even having said anything negative ever about anything – if it’s contributed to this culture," he added.