Azealia Banks has issued a cease and desist letter to Matty Healy following their recent online spat.
Azealia Banks recently posted a series of observations – or criticisms, depending on your perspective – on Charli xcx, including some pointed remarks on the UK artist’s appearance. At one point, the rapper re-shared Charli’s 2014 song ‘Break The Rules’, writing: “Charli used to be soooo pretty. Ugh.”
Matty Healy is friends with Charli xcx, and leaped to her defence via the ‘Truman Black’ account on Twitter / x: “Azealia you seem to have a blind spot when it comes to your ‘reads’. All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive and NICE people.”
He then added that Banks is “jealous”, saying: “You’re so talented but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro.”
Never one to back down from an argument, Azealia Banks replied: “The bitch look[s] like Frankenstein to me. You both look like you share needles. Lmao.”
Matty Healy then seemed to lose his temper, writing – and then deleting – a response: “Talk to me like that I’m not gonna side eye you at an awards do I’m going to fucking slap you so hard I’ll get a Guinness world record for the highest a rat some bitch calls a wig has ever flown.”
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Azealia Banks has now issued a cease and desist letter, with her attorney ordering Matty Healy to stop; the letter cites Healy’s “attacks” against Banks’ “professional reputation”, his “overt racial epithets” and his “threats of physical violence”.
The letter cites: “We hereby demand that you immediately cease & desist from making any further threats or defamatory statements against my client and demand is hereby made for (1) a prompt public apology to my client (in a manner to be mutually agreed upon) and (2) compensation for damages in the amount of $1,000,000.00 in full settlement of this matter”.
Matty Healy has not responded publicly to the letter.
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