There’s no denying that Matty Healy has a thing for locking lips with random strangers. During his appearance on “Chicken Shop Date,” for instance, he begged host Amelia Dimoldenberg for a kiss and kept moving in closely towards her, despite her constant protestations. Eventually, Dimoldenberg kissed the rocker on the forehead to appease him, something he branded “pathetic.” Although she later told GQ that she was not averse to kissing the musician and would have done so if the cameras weren’t rolling, she conceded that an onscreen kiss felt rather inappropriate. “It just wasn’t right, I think it would’ve been so weird,” she said. But in addition to trying to smooch journalists, Healy has a history of kissing his own fans.
The singer has been locking lips with audience members since 2014, and once even sucked on a fan’s thumb. In 2022, he kissed 24-year-old fan Isabella, who told S*** You Should Care About that Healy asked for her consent beforehand. “It seems like if there is an ethical rockstar way to be sleazy on stage, [Healy] found it. Both parties seemed happy,” fellow musician Eva Walker told The Guardian.
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Although these kisses are consensual, there is an underlying issue with them that raises the ick factor. During the 1975’s 2023 tour, Healy at once kissed fans and ate raw meat on stage. Studies show that the consumption of raw meat may cause tapeworms, which can be transmitted from human to human, thereby leaving his smooched fans vulnerable to parasites.
