Matty Healy Appears To Be Engaged To Model Gabbriette Bechtel After Nine Months Of Dating

The announcement comes one year after Matty’s messy fling with Taylor Swift came to an end — and two months after she seemingly accused him of love-bombing her with the promise of marriage and children.

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by Stephanie Soteriou

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On Tuesday night, Matty Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel appeared to hard-launch their engagement at a Charli XCX concert in New York City.

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The two have been dating since September of last year, and it is thought they first met through their mutual friend Charli.

While at the concert, Gabbriette shared a photo of her left hand on somebody’s butt, with a black stone ring that perfectly matches her gothic aesthetic front and center on that finger.

Gabriette's hand with tattoo and ring resting on a person's leg. Text reads: "MARRYING THE 1975 IS VERY BRAT @trumanblack"
Instagram @gabbriette / Via Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/gabbriette/?hl=en

In case there was any doubt, Gabbriette added the caption: “MARRYING THE 1975 IS VERY BRAT” before tagging Matty’s Instagram account.

Seemingly confirming his happy news, Matty reposted the photo to his own Instagram story, and Gabbriette followed up with a mirror selfie showing off the ring again.

Gabriette in a strapless outfit takes a selfie in a bathroom, showing her ring finger to the camera
Instagram @Gabriette / Via Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/gabbriette/?hl=en

Gabbriette has been wearing this particular piece of jewelry on her left ring finger in photos since June 1, but has not acknowledged it as an engagement ring until now.

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And Matty seemingly paid close attention to his partner’s style before choosing the ring, which is similar — but definitely not the same — to one that she has worn on other fingers in the past.

Gabbriette shows off a hand adorned with a large black ring, two small star tattoos, and a band of metallic bangle bracelets
Instagram @gabbriette / Via instagram.com

The engagement news comes just over a year after Matty’s highly publicized and seriously messy fling with pop star Taylor Swift abruptly ended.

Taylor Swift is walking and covering her face with her hand. She is wearing a casual sweater with "NYU" on it and a skirt. She's holding hands with Matty Healy, who is in a black outfit. They are both surrounded by fans and photographers
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Taylor seemingly opened up about their romance on her album The Tortured Poets Department, which was released in April.


Through her songs, Taylor suggests that she and Matty enjoyed a nine-year on-again, off-again situationship of sorts, which was rekindled toward the end of her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn.


Taylor appears to reveal that she fantasized about Matty while still with Joe, and as soon as she ended things with the latter, she phoned Matty to start things up with him.


The star also sings about being love-bombed as she seemingly accuses Matty of preying on her vulnerabilities by promising her marriage and children and hinting at proposing to her after she was left unhappy with the fact that Joe never did.


However, after just a few weeks of officially dating, Taylor suggests that Matty abruptly ghosted her, leaving her absolutely devastated. 


She started dating NFL star Travis Kelce the following month, and Matty moved on with Gabbriette two months after that.  

UPDATE: Matty Healy's mom, Denise Welch, has confirmed his engagement, click here for the latest!

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