When information broke of their engagement at a Charlie xcx present, his girlfriend—now-fiance—Gabbriette Bechtel tagged him on Instagram utilizing his well-known pseudonym. However the place did Matty Healy‘s Truman Black alter-ego come from precisely?
He was born within the UK to actors Tim Healy and Denise Welch and had a sophisticated relationship with fame rising up due to his dad and mom’ notoriety. Healy made a reputation for himself because the frontman of the pop-rock band The 1975, however actually made it within the mainstream when he dated Taylor Swift for all of 5 minutes. Now that he’s engaged (his mother confirmed it herself), we’re diving into Matty Healy‘s Truman Black alter-ego.
Truman Black, Matty Healy’s alter-ego defined
In an interview with NME in 2022, Healy talked concerning the first, and final, time he seemed himself up on-line. “The final time I Googled myself? About 20 minutes in the past,” he stated laughing. “No, however Googling your self wasn’t a factor for me as a result of my transition into fame had been totally different. My mum was well-known so the explanation I’m known as Truman Black on the web is as a result of, earlier than Twitter and Instagram and all that, all we had was Fb.”
He continued: “When you knew somebody’s identify, you would discover them on Fb. My mum was on Superstar Large Brother, and that’s catnip for f—king nutcases on the web so they might discover me and ship me messages. I modified my identify on Fb to one thing obscure. I wish to say I used to be studying In Chilly Blood [by Truman Capote] however I wasn’t. I’ve solely simply seen the movie Capote just lately. … Fame has all the time been a bore to me. I like individuals liking what I do, however I’m not inquisitive about being well-known.”
In response to a fan on Reddit, “It’s a very totally different one who clothes and acts like matty healy. again in 2021 he needed to get a restraining order as a result of he was aggressively stalking him and put threat at his life, [sic]” they stated. We tried to search out proof of this or a supply to again up this hypothesis however couldn’t discover something.
Healy makes use of “Truman Black” throughout his social media handles in addition to a mysterious, tumblr-esque web site. He additionally shared a solo track titled “A great deal of Crisps”, which is a departure from the work he produces with The 1975.
