Matty Healy Deactivates Twitter After Lucy Dacus Rebuke
The 1975 frontman's account vanished after Dacus criticized his "ableist" joke.
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Matty Healy, the lead singer of the band The 1975, has deactivated his Twitter account after musician Lucy Dacus responded to his attempt at a joke about her band Boygenius, which she fronts alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker.
Healy's tweet, which has since been deleted, referenced a recent interview in which Dacus discussed her experiences with mental illness. Healy's joke was widely criticized as being both insensitive and ableist.
Dacus responded to Healy's tweet with a quote tweet, in which she wrote, "I'm not going to engage with ableist jokes. This is harmful and a**holish behavior. Do better.".
Healy's decision to deactivate his Twitter account comes after he was previously "soft-canceled" for linking the murder of George Floyd to one of The 1975's topical songs in a Twitter post.
It is unclear whether Healy will reactivate his Twitter account in the future.
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