Outrage as The 1975 star Matty Healy accused of on-stage Nazi salute

A video of The 1975 frontman Matty Healy performing on-stage has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.

The 1975’s singer Matty Healy has caused outrage after being accused of performing a Nazi salute on stage.

Concert footage shared online appears to show him marching and lifting his arm, The Sun reports.

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why is no one talking about the fact matty healy did a h!tler salute on stage?? pic.twitter.com/QXdza5gzuX

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The frontman, 33, is now facing a major backlash from horrified fans, days after Holocaust Memorial Day.

But those close to Matty insist he was performing a regular salute with his left arm, not his right as the Nazis did.

They say he does not have Nazi beliefs and the gesture was his way of mocking disgraced rapper Kanye West, 45, over his anti-Semitic statements.

Matty Healy was accused of performing a Nazi salute on stage.

The salute was performed as he sang the lyric, “Thank you, Kanye, very cool,” in their song Love It If We Made It.”

The video has racked up 5 million views on Twitter, with fans calling for Matty to clear up any confusion.

One tweeted: “I love The 1975 but can Matty apologise for the Nazi salute? That was uncalled for.”

Another said: “Like f****ng hell, doing anything that remotely makes you look like a Nazi, you just stop doing it.”

Those close to Matty insist he was performing a regular salute with his left arm, not his right as the Nazis did. Picture: Matthew Baker/Getty Images

Someone else wrote on TikTok: “Nooooo not Matty.

“This genuinely hurt as a Jewish woman who has loved their music since I was 15.”

Other fans were furious that people were giving excuses for his actions.

One wrote on Twitter: “Why are ppl tryna defend matty healy doing a Nazi Salute … ‘It’s the opposite arm’ ‘He’s doing it to take the ps outta Kanye etc’.

“Are u hearing urself? Don’t do a nazi salute? No matter what? There’s literally no excuse.”

Matty is the son of actor Tim Healy, 71, and Loose Women panellist Denise Welch, 64.

His band, which formed in 2002, are on a UK tour which ends in Belfast tonight.

Representatives declined to comment.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission

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