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Megan Fox was blindsided by the controversy over “Love Is Blind” star Chelsea Blackwell’s opinion that the 2 look alike.
As a result of the “Transformers” actress initially had no thought who she is. In her first feedback in regards to the matter, Fox revealed how she was made conscious of the drama.
“I’ve by no means had extra individuals textual content me about one thing,” the 37-year-old completely instructed E! Information’ The Rundown host Erin Lim Rhodes on the 2024 Revolve Pageant’s VIP Pool Social gathering April 12, “as a result of I do not actually watch TV very a lot.”
Fox continued, “However I’ve had lots of people textual content me and cease me. Even different celebrities at like Oscar events had been like, ‘Do you watch Love is Blind?’ And I used to be like, ‘No, however I do know what you are speaking about.'”
The controversy started when Blackwell instructed her pod date on a February episode of the Netflix actuality present that Fox is her superstar doppelgänger. Her feedback sparked skepticism, mockery and even memes on social media — which proceed to today. Blackwell initially responded on Instagram, “Really humbled by the web” and later instructed E! Information she had reached out and apologized to the actress however didn’t reveal if she responded.
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Whereas Fox made no point out of any correspondence with Blackwell, she defended her amid the criticism. “I did not watch it, however I feel normally, nobody deserves to get bullied,” she mentioned, later including, “I do not suppose she deserved that. I feel individuals went method too exhausting.”
And in response to the actress, the bodily comparability to her might not be that far-fetched. “I did see an image of her,” she mentioned. “100 thousand p.c, individuals have instructed her, ‘You form of seem like Megan Fox.’ So I imagine she’s telling the reality and I hope like she nonetheless has that sparkle in her eye. I hope the world did not steal it from her.”
She continued, “Mine died way back from being bullied for 20 years. So I hope that did not occur to her. Finest needs and blessings.”
Blackwell had showcased her humorousness in additional responses to the criticism. “This is able to be a good time for the individuals who have ever instructed me that I resembled her to return ahead please,” Blackwell mentioned in a February TikTok video, laughing, “I am begging you.”
On E! Information, she famous that “It is so foolish that persons are so, so mad,” including, “I am simply form of like, ‘Pay attention, I gotta experience this out.”
A month earlier than Fox spoke out, her ex-husband Brian Austin Inexperienced expressed empathy for the truth star amid the controversy. “I am certain it felt actually good when individuals had been like, ‘You form of seem like Megan,’ so far as, who is aware of if her eye make-up or her hair that day or what was happening, so she shared it,” he mentioned on E! Information in March. “However she shared it in a format the place thousands and thousands of persons are watching and are judging her for it.”
