Megan Fox defends reality-show member
Megan Fox jumped to Chelsea Blackwell’s defense against internet bullies. The actress spoke publicly for the first time about Blackwell’s claim that people have told her she looks like Megan, which she revealed on Season 6 of “Love Is Blind” in February.
“I’ve never had more people text me about something, because I don’t really watch TV very much,” Fox, 37, said in an interview with E! News at Coachella’s Revolve Festival on Saturday. “But I’ve had a lot of people text me and stop me. Even other celebrities at, like, Oscar parties were like, ‘Do you watch “Love Is Blind?” ’ And I was like, ‘No, but I know what you’re talking about.’ ”
Blackwell, 31, received backlash from viewers after telling Jimmy Presnell that she had been told that Fox was her doppelgänger. They were still in the pods at the time, and fans accused the reality star of being misleading about her appearance.
While Fox reiterated that she never watched the show, Blackwell insisted that Chelsea didn’t “deserve” to get “bullied” online. “I think people went way too hard,” she said. The “Jennifer’s Body” star also said she saw a picture of Blackwell and confirmed that she believes the Netflix star’s claims.
“A hundred thousand percent, people have told her, ‘You kind of look like Megan Fox,’ ” Fox said. “So I believe she’s telling the truth and I hope, like, she still has that sparkle in her eye. I hope the world didn’t steal it from her. Mine died long ago from being bullied for 20 years. So I hope that didn’t happen to her. Best wishes and blessings.”
Blackwell seemingly took all of the internet chatter about her comment in stride, and Presnell, 28, also defended his ex in an interview in February with Us Weekly. “To be fair, that woman didn’t say, ‘I look like Megan
Fox,’ ” he pointed out. “She said, ‘People tell me [I do].’ ”
He also took the blame for how the situation was handled. “It was my reaction that got all the clicks,” he admitted. “It was my reaction where I’m like … my mouth dropped and my eyes got huge, so I could have done a better job of not blowing it out of proportion.”
Presnell echoed Fox’s assertion that Blackwell “doesn’t deserve” to take so much heat from fans. “She’s an amazing person and I will shield her from all that s--- if I need to,” he said. “I can speak numbers to how she is as a person, and if they want to hate on somebody, they should hate on me.”
Although Blackwell and Presnell became engaged on “Love Is Blind,” they did not tie the knot. They dated for two weeks after filming ended, then split.