Jimmy Presnell seems to have discovered a precious lesson after he was infamously name-dropped on the Love Is Blind season 8 reunion.
“So, with the brand new season of Love Is Blind about to drop, [I saw] a bunch of the solid members adopted me, sending some DMs,” Jimmy, 30, mentioned in a TikTok video shared on Saturday, September 20. “I simply wish to come on right here and say [that] I can’t be answering any questions. I can’t be giving out any recommendation.”
He continued, “I acquired burned the final time round, and we’re retiring from session [in the] world of actuality TV. So, don’t look to me for solutions.”
Jimmy appeared on season 6 of Love Is Blind, the place he acquired engaged to now-ex Chelsea Blackwell sight unseen. The pair finally known as it quits earlier than their scheduled marriage ceremony day.
Within the seasons since Jimmy’s activate the pod experiment, he was open to debate the present and share recommendation with different contestants. In the course of the season 8 reunion, Sara Carton claimed her ex-fiancé, Ben Mezzenga, wished them to get on the identical web page forward of the tell-all taping after receiving recommendation from a former Love Is Blind participant. Whereas Ben, 30, declined to disclose the title of his supply, Sara, 29, revealed that it was, certainly, Jimmy.
The ninth season of Love Is Blind will premiere on Netflix subsequent month, opening the pods to a crop of Denver-based singles.
“When you’ve already DM’ed me and also you simply get a thumbs-up otherwise you don’t get a response, I’m sorry, [but] I’m not involving myself in that world,” Jimmy added in his TikTok add. “I actually want I might allow you to, however the risk-reward shouldn’t be value it for me. Better of luck, you’re by yourself buddy.”
Whereas Jimmy received’t reply any private questions from beginner solid members, he did supply a generic piece of recommendation in his Saturday submit.
“It’s going to really feel like the entire universe is watching you for a three-month interval, perhaps stretching to 6 to months relying on how a lot the season pops,” he quipped. “It’ll be over earlier than you realize it [and] my recommendation is to benefit from the experience, attempt to be taught, take accountability the place you tousled and attempt to perceive everyone’s acquired their very own opinion on the web — and quite a lot of eyeballs will likely be on you.”
Jimmy conceded, “It’s a wild experience, but it surely’ll be over earlier than you realize it so take advantage of it, have enjoyable with it, snigger at it and also you’ll be wonderful.”
Simply as Jimmy plans to remain out of the fray, present cohost Nick Lachey — who helms the present alongside his spouse, Vanessa Lachey — beforehand teased what followers can count on within the new episodes.
“I type of know the way it finally ends up, however I’m definitely not going to provide that away, but it surely’s attention-grabbing,” Nick, 51, solely advised Us Weekly in August. “It’s such a particular venture for Vanessa and I, however we actually don’t know the ins and outs of the season till we get to look at it ourselves. … So for us, we’re as anxious and as curious as anybody else about how all the things type of performed out. We all know the start, we all know the tip, however we don’t know the center.”
Love Is Blind season 9 premieres on Netflix Wednesday, October 1.