The 1975 frontman Matty Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel shared a passionate kiss during their wedding rehearsal in Hollywood on Friday, July 17, 2026. The couple, engaged since 2024, practiced their ceremony ahead of their upcoming nuptials.
Rehearsal Details
Footage obtained by TMZ shows Healy, 37, dressed in a tuxedo and bow tie, leaning his fiancée back and kissing her as she lifted her leg. Bechtel, 28, wore a black overcoat covering what appeared to be a white gown. The couple then left the Hollywood venue in a black Rolls-Royce convertible and celebrated at the Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood with close friends and family.
Family Reactions
Healy's mother, actress Denise Welch, expressed her excitement about the wedding in a January 2026 interview on Tom Hirschsprung's podcast, saying: "Matty gets married in July, which we're very excited about. I'm very excited about that, that's wonderful." She also told Loose Women after the engagement: "I couldn't be more thrilled. We couldn't be happier - she is everything I would want in a daughter-in-law. I'm thrilled."
Relationship Timeline
Healy and Bechtel were first seen together in September 2023. Their engagement was announced in 2024, with Bechtel posting a photo of her black engagement ring on social media, captioning it: "Marrying the 1975 is very Brat." The wedding comes weeks after Healy's ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift married NFL star Travis Kelce on July 3, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
