Okay, buckle up. This one’s a doozy.
Even if you aren’t watching Love Is Blind season 6, you’ve probably heard of one of its couples, Chelsea Blackwell and Jimmy Presnell. You know, that whole Megan Fox thing? That’s them.
Here’s everything we know about the relationship even Netflix called one of the “most dramatic” ever on Love Is Blind, including the couple’s backgrounds, current relationship status, and where they are now.
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Who are they?
Blackwell is a 31-year-old flight attendant who also owns a micro-wedding planning service called Rugged and Radiant. As she talks about on the show, she married her high school sweetheart as a teenager but the marriage didn’t work out. Naturally, she says she loves to travel, bonding with Presnell initially in the pods over this shared hobby.
Presnell, 28, works in software sales and, according to his profile on Netflix, is “so ready” to get married. Some other details from his bio: He’s a first-generation college student, he’s “open-minded” when it comes to dating, and he’s a snorer.
What went down on the show?
What didn’t go down on the show is the real question.
First of all, this romance didn’t start as just a couple, but a love square (like a love triangle, but with even more people). Both Blackwell and Presnell were romancing other people in the pods – Presnell had a connection with Jessica Vestal and Blackwell with Trevor Sova — and both were struggling with their decision.
After a devastating breakup with Vestal (in which she memorably tells Presnell he will need his EpiPen when he sees her), Presnell tells Blackwell he’s all in, leading her to breakup with Sova. All good now, right?
Wrong.
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Blackwell mentioned to Presnell that her friends said she looked like actor Megan Fox, which upon their first meeting he did…not agree with!
“She definitely lied to me about how she looked,” he told the cameras.
In an interview with GLAMOUR US, Blackwell said she regrets making the comparison.
“I obviously regret bringing it up, 100 percent,” she said.
The controversy explained.
Unfortunately, this rocky start was only the beginning of the issues they have faced. Since the pods the couple has fought over numerous issues, with Blackwell feeling insecure over Presnell’s attraction to her and Presnell not really helping himself by calling fellow pod-squad member AD Smith “stacked.”
The couple’s scenes have been so rocky, Presnell even put up an Instagram defending their relationship following the release of episodes 7, 8, and 9 on February 21.
“Chelsea is an amazing person and loves so hard. Due to time, a lot of the full story this far wasn’t shown. There are reasons we are both fighting for each other and sticking to our promise. It’s easy to make assumptions off of snippets of our relationship, but I wanted y’all to be easy on my girl,” he wrote in part.
We will see!
Did they get married on the show and are they still together?
Extremely unclear. Stay tuned!
This feature originally appeared on GLAMOUR US.
