The Japanese-British calls out The 1975 frontman over his racism controversy as he previously admitted to watching Ghetto Gaggers and joked about receiving sexual pleasure from women being 'brutalized.'
- Jun 26, 2023
AceShowbiz - Rina Sawayama has held grudges against Matty Healy and she used her Glastonbury 2023 set to call him out. While introducing the song "STFU!", the Japanese-British ripped The 1975 frontman over his racism controversy.
"I wrote this next song because I was sick and tired of microaggressions," the 32-year-old declared on the Woodsies Stage on Saturday, June 24. "So, tonight, this goes out to a white man that watches Ghetto Gaggers, and mocks Asian people on a podcast... he also owns my masters... I've had enough."
Ghetto Gaggers is a pornography series that is known for its misogynistic and racial content. Matty previously admitted to watching it and joked about receiving sexual pleasure from women being "brutalized."
Matty, who was recently linked to Taylor Swift, made the statement on "The Adam Friedland Show". At that time, Adam and co-host Nick Mullen also made a comment about Ice Spice, calling her an "Inuit Spice Girl" and "chubby Chinese lady" while mocking Chinese and Hawaiian accents.
Matty, who was a guest in the episode, laughed along and did not stand up for the 23-year-old femcee. He also encouraged the hosts to do an "impression" of a Japanese Nazi.
Matty later issued an apology in April, admitting he's "kind of a bit sorry" for the Ice Spice comments. "I don't want anything like that misconstrued to be mean," he said during a concert in New Zealand. "I don't mind being a bit of a joker... It's OK for me to be, like, a trickster or whatever, but I don't want to be seen as, like, being barmy."
However when speaking to New Yorker, Matty said anyone who is offended by the episode is "deluded." He elaborated, "You're either lying that you are hurt, or you're a bit mental for being hurt. It's just people going, 'Oh, there's a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am.' "
