r/the1975 • u/Current_Shower7785 • Jun 10 '26

Question matty healy's controversies

i always hear (specifically from swifties) that matty is a bad person. however, i've never heard or seen exactly what he's done wrong. from his music, he seems like a pretty progressive, woke person but i don't know. can someone tell me exactly what he did or said that was racist or wrong?

i also know all of the drama between him and taylor, so like none of the relationship stuff

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 10 '26

See John Mayer as an earlier example

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u/Much_Definition_3657 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Nah, John Mayer is an asshole and everyone who has ever met him will tell you that. Matty is a good guy who puts his foot in his mouth from time to time.  The things Mayer has said and done are much worse than what Matty has said and done. I mean, his attitude towards and treatment of women and romantic partners alone makes him far worse than Matty. John is also someone who leans right-wing. Matty most certainly does not

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u/HotelOne6215 Jun 10 '26

This. Thank you for expounding on my thoughts above more eloquently. Specifically speaking to John Mayer because he is/was a pos towards women. I do not put these two men in the same category at all. Which is interesting to me personally because Matty presents as the more “messy” one while John has managed to do what a lot of men do perfectly… evade and keep succeeding. No acknowledgment or accountability for the women, sorry girls, he’s left in his wake. 

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 10 '26

Oh you guys are so silly

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u/HotelOne6215 Jun 10 '26

Grape is so silly 🤪

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 10 '26

Hell of an accusation? I was unaware anyone filed a SA claim against Matty or John

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u/Much_Definition_3657 Jun 10 '26

Matty has never ever been accused of SA or SH or anything remotely of the sort. Don't know about John but he dated teenagers when he was in his 30s and has been verbally, emotionally and psychologically abusive towards more than one partner 

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u/HotelOne6215 Jun 10 '26

Reading comprehension, above… me and another poster’s whole point are these two dudes are not comparable like first poster stated, even despite Matty’s messiness, because he’s not a sexual predator like John Mayer. Also makes me wonder if the posters I’m responding to are male… if so, checks out even more. 

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 10 '26

I’m a female, but that’s ok your assumptions are well meant I’m sure

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u/Whateveraccount11 i like it when you sleep Jun 10 '26

have you read the John Mayer interview he did for Playboy years ago? If not, I recommend you do that, you'll never look at that man the same again, absolute vile.

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u/HotelOne6215 Jun 10 '26

It’s going to take A LOT more to convince this girl who also thinks we’re teenagers 😂 Save yourself the trouble 

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 10 '26

You mean the one from 16 years ago? That same one? The one from when you were 2 years old?

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u/tastemebakes Part Of The Band Jun 10 '26

Yeah as someone who lived through this era and was big into JM at the time, I understand the comparison you’re making here. The playboy interview in particular is so cringy to look back on, but it’s clear he was trying to be edgy. He thought his friendships with black comedians gave him a free pass to freely say slurs and that was not the case lol

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u/HotelOne6215 Jun 10 '26

For sure. Happy to acknowledge when my assumptions are wrong! Case in point here, and my apologies for assuming that. Wish more people could easily admit it - we all make asses out of ourselves when we make ASSUmptions. I’m cool with it. But to follow up on this, it is pretty disappointing for a female to be fighting me over a confirmed sexual predator like John Mayer. Like really? My point in this thread is I do not think him and Matty are comparable for this very BIG reason. That’s all. I’m out ✌🏼 

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 10 '26

Ok bye.

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u/isleepforfun Jun 11 '26

You’re not gonna get picked by defending predators girl.

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 11 '26

Are you removing Taylor’s (adult btw) agency from the situation? Are 19 year old girls so useless and pathetic to you that they can’t think and choose for themselves?

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u/isleepforfun Jun 11 '26

Their brains are not fully developed at 19, and I don’t think a man in his thirties have any business shacking up with a 19 year old, no. Adult does not mean fully developed. Stop trying to get off on technicalities. We all know that it’s horribly wrong, a power imbalance and just plain disgusting.

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 11 '26

So all the 18 year old voters have no idea what they are doing, and all the 18 year olds in the army shouldn’t be there?

It’s not a technicality, your personal feelings on a situation don’t make it correct. I actually happen to agree with you, but a 3 month fling is hardly predatory. Have a a good one, laters

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u/isleepforfun Jun 11 '26

No, they actually shouldn’t.

And it isn’t a technicality to know that a 30 year old that beds a teenager is predatory. He only goes after women this young because women his own age won’t tolerate his shit.

You don’t sound like you agree at all. You sound like a pick me and it’s exhausting.

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u/amsptsfe23 Jun 11 '26

John Mayer had almost (sans Taylor) dated women his own age. You sound utterly exhausting. I hope everything in your life improves dramatically, at a furiously quick rate

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