Matty Healy apologizes for threatening Azealia Banks

Some days, the web appears to revolve round Charli XCX. Spotify launched its annual, personalised Wrapped packages for customers on Wednesday, a lot of which prominently featured the Brat musician, who additionally stars on a brand new cowl story for Selection. If that wasn’t sufficient, Charli XCX was additionally on the heart of a fracas between fellow musicians Matty Healy and Azealia Banks.

It began when Banks, who is understood for spicy social media posts, tweeted that “Charli was sooo fairly. Ugh.” Charli XCX is engaged to George Daniel, Healy’s bandmate within the 1975, and the band collaborated along with her on the remix to her music “I May Say One thing Silly.” Talking of which, Healy jumped in to defend his pal. What adopted was a protracted, fiery trade between him and Banks on X (previously Twitter).

“Azealia you appear to have a blind spot on the subject of your ‘reads,'” Healy, who goes by the alias Truman Black on-line, tweeted in response to the rapper from what seems to be his private account. “All the ladies you assault appear to be culturally related, engaging, divisive and NICE folks. I feel this makes you jealous cos you’re so gifted however all the pieces else about you is a failure. Simply rap bro.”

At first, Banks responded, “That wasn’t a learn. I’ve recognized Charli since she was 16 and at all times thought she was completely beautiful, however there is a stark distinction between this and this,” evaluating her Sucker album cowl from 2014 with a more moderen photograph. Then the trade received testy, with Banks cryptically threatening Healy (“you’re very simple to arrange. A nasty bag, a nasty capsule. It solely prices $200 and an oz. of weed to do you”) and him going nuclear in response. Each have since deleted their most incendiary tweets.

“I’ll f—ing slap you so exhausting I’ll get a Guinness world document for the very best a rat some b—h calls a wig has ever flown,” Healy posted.

He has since deleted the aggressive tweet and apologized, saying “Nah I can’t be saying I’m gonna hit a lady that’s insane I’m sorry. You simply can’t preserve being so imply about my mates and my mrs it’s actually hurtful will get me nicely defensive.”

Healy is presently engaged to mannequin and musician Gabbriette, who Banks additionally appeared to criticize in tweets.

Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives of Healy and Banks for extra remark.

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Like Banks, Healy has additionally landed in sizzling water earlier than on social media — most notably final 12 months, after he made lewd feedback on the podcast Cum City about rapper Ice Spice and his porn preferences. Ice Spice has since mentioned “he apologized to me a bunch of occasions. We’re good,” however Banks introduced it up throughout this newest fracas.

“F— your mates truthfully,” Banks tweeted. “That is just like the third time you’ve got come out of your face spewing violence particularly in direction of black ladies. Brutalized porn, Ice Spice, now you are threatening to slap me and suppose a small apology will suffice.”

Healy posted that “no however we must always really type this out on the remix,” referencing Charli XCX’s latest collaboration with Lorde on “Lady, So Complicated,” however Banks doesn’t appear receptive. She has threatened to sue Healy for his deleted remark, and likewise insulted his tooth, saying they “appear like White Fort burger onions.”

“And I mentioned what the f— I mentioned,” she wrote. “Charli has horrible f—ing cosmetic surgery. Interval. Do one thing.”

Healy joked that “that is spherical about once I’d usually deactivate,” after which tweeted, “I am simply having enjoyable with my pals on the pc :)”