While Taylor Swift Says I Do, Matty Healy Moves On

There’s a certain poetry to the timing. On the same day Taylor Swift exchanged vows with Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden on Friday, July 3, The 1975 frontman Matty Healy was spotted across the country in Los Angeles, arm in arm with his fiancée Gabbriette Bechtel, grabbing lunch like any couple on any ordinary Friday.

The contrast isn’t lost on anyone paying attention to pop culture’s endless carousel of relationships and narrative arcs. Healy, 37, and Swift were linked romantically in May 2023, a brief chapter that closed by June of that year. But before that summer fling, there was history—the kind that gets revisited every time either artist makes headlines. Back in 2014, when Swift attended several of The 1975’s shows, Healy revealed that he and Swift had swapped phone numbers. Then came the infamous 2016 interview with Q Magazine, where he claimed it would be emasculating to date someone more famous than him—and name-dropped Swift directly. The backlash was swift (pun intended), prompting him to backtrack in an Elle interview, insisting his remarks were taken out of context and declaring he had tremendous respect for her.

Swift and Healy’s brief romance became tabloid fodder, and his mother, Denise Welch, later weighed in during a 2025 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, saying not being Swift’s mother-in-law was“a role that I’m glad that I lost,”though she quickly clarified she had nothing against the pop star—”it was just tricky.”

Fast forward to now, and Healy has clearly moved forward. He and Bechtel began dating in September 2023, got engaged in June 2024, and according to his mother’s recent confirmation, they’re set to tie the knot this month. So while Swift is celebrating one of the biggest moments of her life at one of the world’s most iconic venues, Healy is settling into his own chapter—one that doesn’t involve a global superstar or the scrutiny that comes with it. Sometimes, the best revenge really is just living your life on your own terms.