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03.10.2023 - 13:19 / etcanada.com
Matty Healy has kicked off his apology tour.
Vids posted to X of his Monday night performance at the Hollywood Bowl saw The 1975 frontman addressing and apologizing for his recent controversies after appearing on a podcast earlier this year.
For those who don’t remember, Healy hit up “The Adam Friedland Show” in January in a since-removed episode, where he laughed at racist remarks made about 23-year-old breakout rapper Ice Spice and admitted to being a fan of pornography which depicts the brutalization of Black women.
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“Because some of my actions have hurt some people, I apologize to those people, and I pledge to do better moving forward,” he acknowledged in the clip. “I think it’s also important that I express my intentions, so everybody knows that there is no ill will coming from me. You see, as an artist, I want to create an environment for myself to perform where not everything that I do is taken literally.”
Healy, who made a half-apology regarding the situation during a profile with The New Yorker in May, claimed his stage presence isn’t indicative of his “normal” life and that his controversial comments were an extension of his on-stage persona.
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“I’ve kind of performed exaggerated versions of myself on other stages, be it print or on podcasts and in an often misguided attempt at fulfilling the kind of character role of the 21st-century rock star,” he added. “So, it’s complicated.”
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Matty Healy of The 1975 has issued an apology to those that he has “hurt” while trying to take on the “character role of 21st Century rock star”.The singer-songwriter expressed regret over his recent behaviour while on stage with The 1975, noting that he has been at the centre of controversy due to “playing pretend”, and trying to embody what he sees as a modern rock attitude.A recent example of this controversy came after he participated in a discussion about New York rapper Ice Spice during an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show. On the show, Friedland and co-host Nick Mullen discussed the heritage of the rapper, debating whether she has Hawaiian, Inuit or Chinese, before impersonating the accents of those countries and regions.While Healy didn’t participate in the mocking of accents, he did laugh along with the podcast hosts. The episode has since been taken down.Now, the singer has issued an apology to all of the people he has “hurt” due to his behaviour, and promised to “do better” in the future.“Because some of my actions have hurt some people, I apologise to those people, and I pledge to do better moving forward,” he told the audience.
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