The 1975 frontman Matty Healy is coming beneath hearth for his problematic remarks.
The controversy began when the 33-year-old singer appeared on The Adam Friedland Show podcast Thursday, throughout which he talked about musicians like Pink and Harry Styles queerbaiting. Matty mentioned on the podcast episode:
“Did you see that Pink’s getting canceled for looking like a lesbian for her career and now that’s being regarded as queerbaiting? Loads of 18-year-olds are being like, ‘She’s done irreparable damage to the lesbian community.’”
When the host requested the artist why he thought Harry, who has by no means labeled his sexuality, was allowed to “queerbait,” Matty claimed that the 29-year-old “gets a pass” for it from his followers:
“He gets a pass, I don’t know… I actually don’t think the gays really like it, it’s young girls that think it’s a new thing that are like, ‘Oh my god.’”
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From there, the dialog veered into Matty and the host making a number of problematic remarks, together with saying that “gay men don’t have a problem with somebody pretending to be gay, they just jack off to it.” The artist responded to that remark, saying:
“Yeah. Maybe it’s not all gay guys but it’s a lot of them”
And it didn’t cease there. Elsewhere on the podcast, additionally they made a number of derogatory remarks about ladies, used the R-word, and mocked Chinese and Hawaiian accents. At one level, Matty and the hosts had been discussing a playing web site, and one among them mentioned that “they have child porn on the website.” The songwriter responded:
“Shout out!”
Disgusting. You can hearken to the podcast episode (beneath):
Since the podcast’s launch, many individuals have stormed social media to blast Matty for not solely calling out Harry for queerbaiting when he has engaged in related actions earlier than however for making homophobic feedback and offensive remarks all through the complete interview. See the Twitter reactions (beneath):
“and also you marvel why harry doesn’t such as you and refused to carry out along with your band when you’ve got this god terrible shit to say about him… the blatant homophobia… and coming from matty healy of all individuals? “
“Harry Styles and Matty Healy being in the same room after that podcast is just asking for trouble #Brits2023”
“wait the problem people are having with the matty healy thing is him calling harry styles a queerbaiter AND NOT THE MOCKING ASIAN PEOPLE???”
“The thing that has me confused about the podcast Is Matty Healy slating Harry for ‘queerbaiting’ cause of his style yet he has literally done the exact same”
“I don’t know anything about the 1975 or Matty Healy but there’s no excuses for this behavior and it’s honestly so gross what the hell.”
“Matty Healy wtf is wrong with you”
“This Matty Healy podcast genuinely sounds like listening to a group of sex deprived teenage boys. It’s actually terrifying – the misogyny, homophobic vocabulary and overall derogatory tones of the entire thing is so so concerning. What the f**k has happened to this man?”
“matty healy practice what u preach challenge… maybe don’t do performance art commenting on toxic masculinity if you’re only gonna turn around and feed right into it”
“that matty healy of all people thinks that he has any right to say anything about “queerbaiting” and harry’s self expression is f**king wild“
Matty has not responded to the backlash at the moment, however he has since deleted his Twitter account. Reactions to the controversy, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback beneath.
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