Jimmy Seems Like the Only Good Guy on 'Love Is Blind' Season 6
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SEASON 6 OF Love Is Blind kicked off just a few weeks ago, and viewers are already hoping that at least some of the couples find the love story that the Netflix show promises. With most of the episodes out, software salesman Jimmy Presnell has become a pivotal contestant — both in the pod experiment and in the real world.
As he was getting to know the women, he ended up in a complicated love triangle. There was Jessica, who had a ten-year-old daughter and was the person that Jimmy felt he had more sexual chemistry with. He was also getting to know Chelsea, who he ultimately ended up proposing to. And well, technically it was a square, as Chelsea was also torn between Jimmy and the mullet-rocking project manager Trevor.
Viewers were left shocked that after Jimmy broke up with Jessica, sight unseen, she did not hold back in her speech about how he would need “an EpiPen to open up [his] airways” when he actually saw her in real life. Meanwhile, social media users have also dissected the moment when Jimmy meets Chelsea, given she had previously told him she looked like Megan Fox — which has caused an internet debate about whether she does.
“She definitely lied to me about how she looked,” Presnell said in one of his confessionals. However, as the season progresses, he seems to not be too bothered, as the two maintain their attraction and love for one another.
They even can temporarily bounce back from some dramatic arguments, including one major fight where Chelsea’s insecurities caused him to accuse him of being at the bar with Jess — which he denied, as he was just at a friend’s birthday party. Although it was suspicious, it wasn’t as concrete of a cheating scenario compared to what went down between other contestants Laura and Jeramey — after he had supposedly been out all night at the house of the woman (Sarah Ann) that he rejected.
While it’s still unclear if Chelsea and Jimmy will wind up being able to ultimately make it to the altar, let alone last outside of the show, it has certainly been a rocky journey if they do.
Here’s what we know about Jimmy and his experience on the show.
Jimmy Presnell thinks the rumors that he had a girlfriend during the filming of the season are “absolutely insane.”
Later into the season, just before the couples head to the wedding, the contestants all reunite at a lake barbecue. Oh, and just to add to the drama, the rejected pod participants show up. This leaves Jimmy to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Jessica, who he is just now seeing for the first time. The two leave things on pretty peaceful and understanding terms.
Outside of the show, Jimmy did recently face some heat after a TikTok user named Ryan Stringfellow made a video suggesting that an unnamed contestant had been dating her — all while filming the season. "Imagine my surprise when I turn on the new season of Love Is Blind this morning and see my f*cking boyfriend," she says in the video, leaving many to wonder whether it was a joke.
Sure, Stringfellow doesn’t exactly name Jimmy. This hasn’t stopped internet sleuths from piecing it together through a clue she threw in about him talking to a woman with a child in the pods (Jessica). And it prompted him to respond. "I think she's running at about 16 million [plays] right now, which is absolutely insane to me and bizarre that it's getting that much traction, so I wanted to come on here and tell everybody it's not true,” Presnell shared on TikTok.
Amid the rumors that he shut down, Jimmy has maintained his bond with Chelsea, as he also posted a heartfelt Instagram caption on a pic of the two of them kissing. “On a real note, Chelsea is an amazing person and loves so hard,” he wrote. “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.”
Much like reality television, Jimmy also suggested that viewers missed so much when it came to the love that he and Chelsea had (and seemingly still do) for each other. “It’s easy to make assumptions off of snippets of our relationship, but I wanted y’all to be easy on my girl,” he added. “At the end of the day, we are all human, and it took a lot of courage for every one of us to put ourselves out there to find our person.”
Jimmy’s girlfriend rumors also aren’t nearly as concrete as Trevor’s, who has a bodybuilder ex backing it up with texts and evidence. Because of this, he truly could be the number one guy of the pods.
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