Matty Healy is on his way to being married. The 35-year-old 1975 frontman is now engaged to 26-year-old model Gabbriette Bechtel, as the bride-to-be revealed on Instagram. Stories Tuesday night (June 11).
Bechtel announced the news from share a photo of her ring – a black diamond surrounded by smaller diamonds – shot at Charli XCX Brat listening party in Brooklyn, where the couple participated together. “Getting married in 1975 is SO AWESOME,” he captioned the photo, which Healy reposted on his account. (The “Von Dutch” singer got engaged to George Daniel in 1975 in November.)
The mother of the “Somebody Else” singer, Relaxed women Host Denise Welch also confirmed the news on her talk show on Wednesday morning (June 12), according to People. “I've known for a couple of weeks that Matty got engaged,” she said. “Black Diamond [ring], had made it for her. I couldn't be more excited. We couldn't be happier – she's everything I could want in a bride.”
Healy and Bechtel first sparked dating rumors in September. In April, said the latter Homme Girls that she and the rock star had been trying to meet in person for four years before finally crossing paths last year. “She came to L.A. and we've been in love ever since,” she said at the time, revealing they love to order takeout and play Fortnite in bed together.
News of the couple's engagement comes almost exactly a year after reports surfaced that Healy and Taylor Swift had broken up after about a month of dating. It was later linked to the model Meredith Mickelson, while Bechtel had in the past model Levi Dylan, grandson of Bob Dylan.
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