tinysenses:

i'm sure everyone remembers that picture on instagram of andy looking gorgeous af at the pale waves thing a few days ago. i was there as well and can confirm that he and fara's friendship is adorable and to his credit he didn't want to talk too much about the new album (not that it stopped people from trying). the girl ahead of me in the queue asked him something that got a proper answer, and i'm glad that i got it on video bc OH MY GOD.

she asked him if he regretted breaking up with harlowe/writing i like it when you sleep now that they were married.

AND HE SAYS:

"No, I think that it was the best thing for us. I think that like -- there are people in our lives, or who were in our lives, who sort of slagged me off cos I wasn't there when she went away to rehab, and when the Dr Luke stuff first came to light, despite it being such a difficult time for her, but -- think about it. If you look past your own ... selfishness, you realise that staying away was a considerably better choice. I don't mean to imply that I was consciously choosing to allow her to go through things on her own for like purely selfless reasons, but ... what could I have done? How could I have helped? Really? No, I mean that. Like how? By discouraging her from getting help cos I was still trying to stay high? Or after rehab, pushing her to a relapse cos I thought the best way to deal with your problems was taking a tablet or putting something in your arm or up your nose or whatever the fuck I was doing then? The only reasonable outcome of us staying together or ... of trying to rekindle something at that time or fuck -- being in each other's fucking lives -- would have been someone's death: hers or mine. Maybe both. Anyone who can't see that has no place in my life any longer cos they don't care about either of us".