Matty Healy's mother, Denise Welch, risked the ire of Swifties everywhere when she shaded her son's ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift in July 2025. The U.K. actress and TV host was surprisingly blunt during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen when asked how she felt about Swift purportedly writing about her split from Healy on her 2024, album The Tortured Poets Department. "Obviously, on pain of death, can I talk about that episode, but not being her mother-in-law is a role that I'm glad that I lost," Welch admitted, before adding: "Not that I have anything against her at all.