Actress and model Megan Fox has finally spoken out on Love is Blind’s Chelsea Blackwell’s comment that people have told her she looks like Megan Fox. On the show, Chelsea herself stated she doesn’t “see it” and explicitly asserted that it was just because of her hair and eyes combination that people made this comment, which she clarified to her former fiancé Jimmy in the pods. Yet even with these caveats, her casual comment started an uproar on the internet, causing heaps of unwarranted harassment and hateful bullying against her—including an absurd, mocking video from Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce that added fuel to the fire. In a recent interview with E! News, Megan Fox herself was asked about this comparison and she defended Chelsea, noting that the bullies were too hard on Chelsea and she did not deserve to be bullied. As Megan says:
“I don’t really watch tv very much but I’ve had a lot of people text me and stop me and even other celebrities that are at Oscar parties were like, “Do you watch Love is Blind?” and I was like “No, but I know what you’re talking about.” Like I said, I didn’t watch it, but I think in general no one deserves to get bullied and I did see a picture of her and I guarantee you—she has, like, very blue like slightly slatted almond shaped eyes—100,000% people have told her, “You kind of look like Megan Fox,” so I believe she’s telling the truth. I hope she still has that sparkle in her eye. I hope the world didn’t steal it from her. Mine died a long time ago from being bullied for twenty years. So I hope that didn’t happen to her. Best wishes and blessings… and yeah I don’t think she deserved that. I think people went way too hard.”
In the same interview, Megan was also unnerved by how many people were punching down on Chelsea, and made a very good point concerning celebrity culture and how it differs from reality television, reminding us that reality tv stars don’t get the same rewards as celebrities but do endure the same level of scrutiny without all the benefits of traditional fame. She went on to say, “That was very bizarre… I don’t know why that got so much press. People should also remember that—sometimes, I think you justify bullying celebrities because you feel like we get paid enough and we have such access to things that we should be able to put up with the bullying. But somebody who’s on a reality show doesn’t have any of that upside. So she’s just dealing with the bullying and not getting any kind of reward for it. And that’s really fucked up.”
Well said, Megan. We love when women stand up for other women and call the haters and bullies out. Megan’s comments speak to a larger, disturbing pattern of bullying that Love is Blind female contestants often undergo under the spotlight, where they are held to ridiculously higher standards than their male counterparts. Those of us who have defended Chelsea from the very beginning are thrilled to see that the O.G. is speaking out and taking a stand against the atrocious behavior of keyboard warriors who support the likes of “I like calling other women stacked in front of my fiancé” Jimmy, who not only objectified other women in front of his love interest but also introduced Chelsea to a female friend he had slept with and spent a great deal of time FaceTiming that friend while on the show — and even lied about hanging out with at one point when he claimed to be going to sleep. As a side note, Jimmy and the female best friend he allegedly slept with have recently been seen selling merchandise with the slogan, “Not taking a step back,” an atrocious comment he made to Chelsea right after he said he would be taking a step back from his shady “friendship” and gleefully promoting this merchandise across social media. Talk about profiting off gaslighting. Hopefully, Megan’s comments will help counteract some of the unwarranted bullying Chelsea has received and nobody buys one of Jimmy’s tasteless hats. Here’s to one small step for battling misogyny on reality television, and a huge step for womankind.
