MATT Healy's dad has hit back at a troll over his son's romance with Taylor Swift.
Benidorm star Tim Healy broke his silence on the relationship, after The Sun revealed they were dating.
Amused at the idea, a Twitter user wrote: "The thought of Denise Welch and Tim Healy being in-laws to Taylor Swift is very, very funny."
He hit back simply: "Why?"
We revealed how Taylor and The 1975 frontman Matty are ready to go public with their romance in Nashville, Tennessee, where the US singer performs this weekend.
Taylor Swift's next studio album revealed after tenth release broke records
It comes a month after it was revealed US singer-songwriter Taylor, 33, had split from actor Joe Alwyn, 32, after six years.
A source close to Taylor said: “She and Matty are madly in love. It’s super-early days, but it feels right. They first dated, very briefly, almost ten years ago but timings just didn’t work out.
“Taylor and Joe actually split up back in February, so there was absolutely no crossover.
“Both Matty and Taylor have been touring over the past few weeks, so it’s been a lot of Face-Timing and texting but she cannot wait to see him again.”
Taylor was pictured backstage with his mum, ex-Corrie actress Denise Welch, 64, which sent fans into social media meltdown.
Denise married Tim, her second husband in 1998, and shares two children with him – Matty and Louis.
She announced they had split in 2012, and she started dating Lincoln Townley whom she is still married to.
Tim is best known for playing Dennis Patterson in the comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Les Conroy in the comedy series Benidorm.
