Denise Welch jokes that The 1975's success is 'all down to her mental ... She says: "I would love to be a judge. Another viewer took exception to Denise talking about her late dad Vin, who passed away last year, tweeting: "Denise squelch show again mentioned the dad already.., waiting for the rest of the ticklist Lincoln Matty mental health blah blah blah," to which Denise responded: "Think I got a hat trick today. Welch went on to say she feared her own struggles with alcoholism could have influenced her son's troubles. Denise Welch gushes about son Matty Healy and her film Moreover, . as her film about the condition reaches 11k hits on YouTube in just 36 hours. Denise had an "out of body experience" on the car journey home from The Garden Hospital, in Hendon, north London, then an all-night panic attack, triggered by the slightest whimper from her newborn. Every 1975 lyric is not necessarily a direct quote from Matty Healy. Denise Welch and son Matty Healy of The 1975 Coronation Street's Denise Welch, the mother of The 1975 frontman Matty Healy, has spoken out about her son's recent battle with heroin addiction,. Denise Welch breaks down over lowest moment of depression - Metro Denise, 62, described how post-natal depression, following the birth of her son, singer Matty Healy, in 1989, was her first experience of mental health issues Speaking about one depressive episode,. The Loose Women studio was full of news of a new arrival this week. She was later diagnosed with being on the verge of postpartum psychosis - a severe mental illness which affects one in 1,000 women in the days after childbirth.