While Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrated their wedding at Madison Square Garden, Matty Healy was photographed out to lunch in Los Angeles with his fiancée, Gabbriette Bechtel—days after Healy’s mother Denise Welch publicly confirmed the engagement and po
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were getting married at Madison Square Garden in New York City, but Matty Healy wasn’t anywhere near the celebration.
Instead, the 1975 frontman, 37, was spotted grabbing lunch in Los Angeles with his fiancée, Gabbriette Bechtel, on Friday, July 3, in photos published by TMZ.
The timing wasn’t subtle. Healy and Bechtel were seen walking arm in arm on the same day Swift exchanged vows with Kelce on the opposite side of the country.
Healy’s connection to Swift stretches back years. In 2014, Swift attended several of the band’s shows. Healy later revealed that he and Swift had “swapped phone numbers” around that time.
Their relationship reappeared in the public eye in 2023, shortly after Swift’s breakup from Joe Awlyn. Healy and Swift were linked that year after Swift and Healy were connected again in May 2023. but both sides stayed tight-lipped about the exact timeline and nature of their romance. Their split was confirmed the following month.
For Healy, the attention around Swift has never been far from the headlines. In 2016. he sparked controversy when he said it would be “emasculating” to date someone more famous than him. naming Swift in a Q Magazine interview. He later described the idea bluntly: “F***ing hell, I am not being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.”.
Later that same year, he backtracked. In an Elle interview, Healy alleged the earlier remarks were taken out of context. He insisted he was “not a misogynist” but could be “an idiot on occasion. ” adding: “I have said on countless occasions that I found her to be one of the most gracious. hard-working. creatively gifted and beautiful women that I have had the pleasure to meet. I personally have a lot of respect and admiration for her. Why would I not?”.
While Swift moved forward, Healy moved on as well. After Swift, Healy started dating Bechtel in September 2023. The pair became engaged in June 2024.
The engagement confirmation came from Healy’s mother, Denise Welch. Speaking on ITV’s Loose Women on Wednesday. June 12. Welch. 65. said she woke up to the news after it appeared on Instagram. “Instagram official!. He’s got engaged to Gabriella Bechtel. Gabbriette she’s known as.” She shared that line after being asked about the situation.
Welch also talked openly about the circumstances around the romance. In a radio interview, Healy said, “I mean, bloody hell, what am I going to do? Go out with Taylor Swift? She’s a sensation. I wouldn’t say no!”
By May—before the July wedding talk became clearer—Welch again referenced her son’s plans. During an appearance on “Tom’s Hirschsprung’s Podcast” in May. she confirmed that Healy and Bechtel are set to tie the knot this month. “Matty gets married in July, which we’re very excited about,” she said. “I’m very excited about that, that’s wonderful.”.
Welch’s comments didn’t stop there. In July 2025. she appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen and weighed in on Healy’s romance with Swift. “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. 68. said. drawing gasps from the WWHL audience. “Not that I have anything against her at all,” she added, before saying it was “just — it was tricky.”.
Back in Los Angeles, the newest headline in Healy’s story is simple: on July 3, he stepped out with his fiancée, Gabbriette Bechtel—lunch dates and arm-in-arm moments happening while Swift and Kelce sealed their own chapter at Madison Square Garden.
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