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The 1975’s Matty Healy gets engaged to model Gabbriette Bechtel

"He came to LA, and we've been in love ever since."

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 13th June 2024

The 1975’s Matty Healy is now engaged to his model girlfriend Gabriette Bechtel, it has been confirmed.

The frontman of the Manchester-based indie pop group is believed to have been in a relationship with Californian-born model since last September, when the pair were first spotted packing on the PDA and looking very loved-up on the streets of New York City, before they were snapped together at an event in Brooklyn just a couple of days later.

It wasn’t long after these initial public sightings of the new couple that the 35-year-old rocker confirmed he was seeing the 26-year-old model.

Bechtel also recently revealed in an interview with Homme Girls that she and Healy had been trying to meet for four years before they finally connected.

“He came to LA, and we’ve been in love ever since,” she told the magazine.

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Gabbriette was first spotted wearing a ring on her finger late last month, but the model officially announced the engagement with a collection of photos to her 828,000 Instagram followers yesterday (12 June), after Healy‘s mum, actress and reality TV star Denise Welch, confirmed it on ITV‘s Loose Women a few hours earlier.

“I obviously have known for a few weeks that Matty got engaged,” Denise Welch said on Loose Women yesterday.

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“They went over to see their friends, Charli and George, in New York [last night] and I woke up this morning to the fact they’ve put it on Instagram,” she continued, before adding that the ring is a “black diamond” that Healy “had made” especially for his now-fiancée.

Welch said she “couldn’t be happier” for the pair, and gushed that Gabbriette is “everything I would want in a daughter-in-law”.

“I’m thrilled,” she concluded.

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Prior to their relationship, Bechtel was known to have previously dated model Levi Dylan, who is the son of Jakob Dylan and the grandson of Bob Dylan, while Healy was linked to model Meredith Mickelson after his highly-publicised relationship with pop superstar, Taylor Swift, ended last June.

Healy is also known to have been in a handful of other long-term and high-profile relationships during his time in the spotlight, after The 1975 first burst into the mainstream back in 2012.

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These relationships have included model Gabriella Brooks, and singer FKA Twigs.

Featured Image – Gabbriette Bechtel (via Instagram)

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Noel Gallagher says there ‘won’t be any fighting’ as he speaks on Oasis reunion for the first time

Danny Jones Danny Jones Noel Gallagher says there'll be no fallouts as he speaks on Oasis reunion for the first time

Noel Gallagher has spoken about the Oasis reunion for the first time and has promised there’ll be ‘no fighting’ when they set off on tour next summer.

In contrast to the younger Gallagher brother, who has been arguably more active and vocal about himself and Oasis since the reunion was confirmed, Noel has been pretty quiet on the comeback up until now.

However, speaking at the recent ‘Legends’ exhibition by Zoë Law held at the National Portrait Gallery, the guitarist and solo artist was quoted as saying that things won’t be anywhere near as rock and roll as it was back in Britpop’s heyday, as well as assuring he and Liam won’t be at each other’s throats.

The main reason being: age, in a word.

The Oasis songwriter said of the upcoming tour dates: “No, it won’t be as raucous as back in the day, because we’re on the wrong side of 50 now, so we’re too old.

“We’re too old to give a s**t now, so there won’t be any fallouts, there won’t be any fighting.” When asked if he’s glad to have buried the feud after a decade and a half of bad-mouthing and back and forth, the 57-year-old could only reply, ‘Of course.’

In Noel’s eyes at least, while many have been speculating that this reunion tour isn’t just a one-off (fingers crossed), he described wanting the now enormous world tour – with dates in the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, Japan, South America and more – to be a sort of “lap of honour” for the band.

Make of that what you will.

There have been reports that the duo have new music ‘ready to go’ or at least written, but let’s just say we got our Christmas wish with the reunion itself, so we’re not going to push our luck and risk jinxing anything by asking for too much. For now, we’ll settle for them remembering they love each other.

As for relations between him and Liam, we don’t know too much beyond the pictures we eventually saw of them smiling and joking together during that photo shoot for the official announcement in the summer.

That being said, iconic frontman and part-time troll has enjoyed playing a very comical version of kiss and make up on social media – as well as using the word ‘celestial’ a lot for some reason. He did, however, respond to what he called a “ridiculous question” rather recently.

Although he refused to name who it came from, he replied in truly irreverent LG fashion: “Oasis gonna be as good as you once were because when some bands get back together there not as good I said listen here you c*** even on our bad day we’ll still wipe the floor with [the] majority of bands out there.”

Meanwhile, it really does like the two have overcome their difference as Noel had the following to say in his interview for the Law’s photography series. We only hope this means there’s nothing holding them back from putting on the shows of a lifetime…

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Featured Images — National Portrait Gallery (screenshot via Facebook)/Press Image (supplied)

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Gregg Wallace apologises after Downing Streets labels ‘middle-class women’ comments ‘misogynistic’

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Gregg Wallace has issued an official apology as he looks to be in increasing trouble not only over recent reports of his misconduct on set but his subsequent reaction to the allegations and now viral “middle-class women” comments.

The 60-year-old MasterChef presenter and well-known foodie face stepped down from the BBC cooking show last week after a total of 13 people came forward to complain about his ‘sexual’ behaviour over the course of a 17-year period.

Despite having denied an initial accusation from a former female colleague regarding an incident back in 2018, in which insists no comments or actions of a sexual nature were made, a dozen more individuals have now submitted historical complaints to the corporation and a full investigation is underway.

However, in an Instagram story shared on Sunday, Wallace was quick to dismiss the claims made by what he called “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” – a response which was quickly met with a severe backlash online.

Equally problematic was his suggestion that because he had worked with an estimated 2,000 people during his time on the show the words of “only 13” women were somehow less valid and/or believable.

Having also shared a video thanking all of those supporting him, as well as numerous other stories featuring personal messages from people both on and off the show defending him, he has continued to rebuke those who have put his conduct over the past two decades under a microscope.

That being said, it looks as though the now former TV personality and household name is doubling back after even Downing Street came out to condemn his comments, with a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer labelling the response video “completely inappropriate and misogynistic.”

Having since deleted a number of his IG stories and now shared a follow-up video to his initial reply, telling his followers: “I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people.”

He said that he was not in a “good head space” when he posted the response and has been dealing with a lot of stress since the story broke, adding, “I felt very alone.” You can see the clip down below.

As you see, the ex-green grocer and restaurant owner said he intends to step away from the story for now and let the in-house investigation move forward without interruption.

Both the BBC and production company, Banijay UK – who make MasterChef and the various spin-off series on which Gregg Wallace has served as a co-host – are currently conducting an internal review of those complaints made by former contestants and staff, including a BBC news anchor.

While none of the allegations are yet to be proved, one former male contestant reportedly told Sky News that the current allegations are just the “tip of the iceberg“, claiming he witnessed a “toxic environment” and was so “horrified” he considered quitting the show on his first day.

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Featured Images — BBC/Gregg Wallace (screenshots via Instagram/YouTube)

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