Matty Healy's mom isn't going to s--t talk Taylor Swift under the table. 

Nearly a week after the release of The Tortured Poets Department—an album full of songs presumed by fans to be about The 1975 frontman—Denise Welch was able to make light of an otherwise tense situation between her son and the "Fortnight" singer. In fact, she had a quippy response when asked by a fellow anchor if she knew Taylor had an album out.