Actress and mannequin Megan Fox has lastly spoken out on Love is Blind’s Chelsea Blackwell’s remark that individuals have instructed her she appears like Megan Fox. On the present, Chelsea herself said she doesn’t “see it” and explicitly asserted that it was simply due to her hair and eyes mixture that individuals made this remark, which she clarified to her former fiancé Jimmy within the pods. But even with these caveats, her informal remark began an uproar on the web, inflicting heaps of unwarranted harassment and hateful bullying in opposition to her—together with an absurd, mocking video from Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce that added gasoline to the hearth. In a current interview with E! Information, Megan Fox herself was requested about this comparability and she or he defended Chelsea, noting that the bullies had been too laborious on Chelsea and she or he didn’t should be bullied. As Megan says:
“I don’t actually watch television very a lot however I’ve had lots of people textual content me and cease me and even different celebrities which might be at Oscar events had been like, “Do you watch Love is Blind?” and I used to be like “No, however I do know what you’re speaking about.” Like I mentioned, I didn’t watch it, however I believe typically nobody deserves to get bullied and I did see an image of her and I assure you—she has, like, very blue like barely slatted almond formed eyes—100,000% individuals have instructed her, “You form of seem like Megan Fox,” so I consider she’s telling the reality. I hope she nonetheless has that sparkle in her eye. I hope the world didn’t steal it from her. Mine died a very long time in the past from being bullied for twenty years. So I hope that didn’t occur to her. Finest needs and blessings… and yeah I don’t assume she deserved that. I believe individuals went means too laborious.”
In the identical interview, Megan was additionally unnerved by how many individuals had been punching down on Chelsea, and made an excellent level regarding superstar tradition and the way it differs from actuality tv, reminding us that actuality television stars don’t get the identical rewards as celebrities however do endure the identical degree of scrutiny with out all the advantages of conventional fame. She went on to say, “That was very weird… I don’t know why that obtained a lot press. Folks also needs to keep in mind that—typically, I believe you justify bullying celebrities since you really feel like we receives a commission sufficient and now we have such entry to issues that we must always have the ability to put up with the bullying. However any individual who’s on a actuality present doesn’t have any of that upside. So she’s simply coping with the bullying and never getting any form of reward for it. And that’s actually fucked up.”
Properly mentioned, Megan. We love when girls get up for different girls and name the haters and bullies out. Megan’s feedback converse to a bigger, disturbing sample of bullying that Love is Blind feminine contestants typically bear underneath the highlight, the place they’re held to ridiculously increased requirements than their male counterparts. These of us who’ve defended Chelsea from the very starting are thrilled to see that the O.G. is talking out and taking a stand in opposition to the atrocious conduct of keyboard warriors who help the likes of “I like calling different girls stacked in entrance of my fiancé” Jimmy, who not solely objectified different girls in entrance of his love curiosity but in addition launched Chelsea to a feminine good friend he had slept with and spent a substantial amount of time FaceTiming that good friend whereas on the present — and even lied about hanging out with at one level when he claimed to be going to sleep. As a aspect observe, Jimmy and the feminine finest good friend he allegedly slept with have not too long ago been seen promoting merchandise with the slogan, “Not taking a step again,” an atrocious remark he made to Chelsea proper after he mentioned he could be taking a step again from his shady “friendship” and gleefully selling this merchandise throughout social media. Speak about profiting off gaslighting. Hopefully, Megan’s feedback will assist counteract a number of the unwarranted bullying Chelsea has obtained and no one buys considered one of Jimmy’s tasteless hats. Right here’s to at least one small step for battling misogyny on actuality tv, and an enormous step for womankind.