Sophia Michaels
Sometimes, it takes years for love stories to blossom. While celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi reported that singer-producer Jack Antonoff introduced Matty Healy and Taylor Swift this go-around, they’ve actually been friendly for a decade. Or maybe, more than friends? Fans pointed to possible sparks between the two as early as 2014, when Swift attended a 1975 concert, and also rocked a band tour tee. When the rumor mill went to work debating whether or not Swift gave Healy her number, Healy confirmed that he did indeed have her digits, according to Page Six.
However, by January 2015, he’d shot down dating reports. “[Taylor and I] met each other, we exchanged numbers in the same way that a lot of people in this kind of world do, and we spoke occasionally,” he said on Australian Radio 2DayFM (via Marie Claire). “There’s no relationship or anything happening.”
In 2016, Healy described his time with Swift as “a flirtation,” via NME. He also, somewhat controversially, touched on the potential pitfalls of dating a superstar like Swift. “If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would’ve been, ‘F***ing h***! I am NOT being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.’ You know, ‘ F***. THAT.’ That’s also a man thing, a de-masculinating, emasculating thing.”
OK, so Healy’s comment hasn’t aged well. Perhaps he was also worried that had they dated, Swift would have immortalized him in song — a fair point since she has a history of doing so!
