"Love Is Blind" contestant Chelsea Blackwell says she regrets the comments she made on the show when she told fellow contestant Jimmy Presnell that she looks like Megan Fox.
During a Feb. 22 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Blackwell said she reached out to Fox directly and offered the actor her sincere apologies after Blackwell received some backlash online for her comments.
“I did reach out to her (Fox), and I was like, ‘I’m so sorry I did this to you,’” Blackwell said, adding that she hasn’t heard back from Fox. “I’m just waiting for Megan to respond.”
On Feb. 19, Blackwell also spoke out about her comments on the show in a viral TikTok she made.
She said, “This would be a great time for the people who have ever told me that I resembled her to come forward."
While laughing, she added, “Please, I’m begging you.”
Blackwell captioned the clip, “Will the real megan fox please stand up.”
What did Chelsea Blackwell say about Megan Fox on 'Love Is Blind?
On Season Six of the show, Chelsea, a flight attendant, says she gets told "all the time" that she looks like the actor when on flights. "It's just because I have dark hair and blue eyes," she says. "But I don't see it, so don't get excited."
"I don't even know if it's (Machine Gun Kelly's) wife or his fiancée," she says, not mentioning Fox's name, instead allowing Jimmy to fill in the blank. "You're saying you look like Megan Fox?" Jimmy says, smiling. She continues, "It's only because I have light eyes and dark hair."
Jimmy seems excited about this comparison, asking, "Can we get married?" Fans, online, seemed to think this was a "deciding factor" for him.
How Jimmy Presnell reacted when he saw Chelsea Blackwell for the first time
When Jimmy and Chelsea eventually get engaged and he comes face-to-face with his fiancée, he doesn't quite agree with her assessment. In fact, the episode title — "She Lied to Me" — is a direct quote of Jimmy's.
Chelsea from "Love Is Blind" compared to Megan Fox.Netflix / Getty Images
"She definitely lied to me about some, uh, how she looked. Chelsea told me she looked like Megan Fox. At the end of the day it doesn't really matter. I am very attracted to her. I can work with that," he tells the camera.
Sitting side-by-side after their first meeting, Jimmy tells Chelsea she was “gorgeous.” She asks if she was what he expected. “Um, you told me a thousand things," he says.
The internet exploded at the comparison
Online, viewers recall the moment that "Love Is Blind" Season Four cast member Zack Goytowski told his short-lived fiancée Irina Solomonova she looked like Megan Fox.
"Another season of selling the Megan Fox fantasy in the pods," one X user wrote.
Viewers questioned Chelsea's strategy, and that comparing yourself to Megan Fox was raising the bar too high.
"Even if I been told a million times that I looked like Megan Fox…I ain’t no Megan Fox. That sets the bar to a level ain’t nobody reaching….and now everybody gonna be disappointed," one X user wrote.
Jimmy's reaction to Chelsea is also under scrutiny, with people wondering what it bodes for the rest of their relationship.
