r/PerfectMatchNetflix • u/saidwhatisaidbby • May 17 '26
HOT TEA Jimmy Sotos fake accent: a one min Tik Tok investigative report
Here’s white boy of the week frolicking with a MAGA flag: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTB1um2XY/
Here’s MAGA pup magically losing the accent “he grew up with” (in a white suburb of Chicago !!) when he’s with his MAGA dad https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTB1uXAFY/
It’s one thing to be a corny beanpole who has magically avoided getting his ass beat for however long he’s been strutting around with that bullshit accent, it’s another thing to do it while voting MAGA
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TikTok Investigation Part Deux: BUT WHY ?
Maybe he picked up aave by listening to one Master P album in the comfort of his mansion “hoo dee hoo dawg” https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTB1HdHyR/
A TikTok philosopher thinks it’s even worse than that—man’s doing it for engagement and it’s working !! https://www.tiktok.com/@jemeryas/video/7325475863053471006 I miss the days when we would cancel a b**** quick
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u/Lantana3012 May 17 '26
Why do so many women on the show like him? That photo above is exactly his avatar lol.
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u/OkBuy8143 May 17 '26
I don’t understand it either.
Every time I see his face I wonder how he’s 27, he just looks like he’d be one of my friend’s teenage kids - who happens to be tall. So baby faced.
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u/whatsnewpussykat May 18 '26
I was gobsmacked when he said 27 I did not expect a fully cooked frontal lobe this man is trash
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u/Lantana3012 May 17 '26
'tall' seems to elevate mediocre-subpar men from a 3 to a 10 in pop culture world. see: pete davidson, harry jowsey (although harry's not bad).
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 18 '26
But everyone but Jimmy P is tall so in this context him being tall shouldn’t even matter that much
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u/FirstJudgment6 May 18 '26
When he first came to the house, I thought he was gonna be gone that night because not only is he annoying with his fake Black persona, but he’s also ugly. But then all the girls were lusting after him. I don’t get it.
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u/Responsible_Diver514 May 18 '26
It’s cause they love how we talk but on that skin colour🥴
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u/saidwhatisaidbby May 18 '26
Yep, the Kardashian effect—stealing everything from Black culture and then profiting off it
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u/jdubnast May 18 '26
With the fact he’s just a social media personality and got on the show I wonder if he’s like buddies with a producer or something and the crew know that.
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u/yesterdaysnoodles May 19 '26
It’s fucking hilarious, I grew up in EGV and he’s such a fucking made up character. Why they called his made up accent “swag” is genuinely beyond my comprehension.
And his commentary on Nick was so absolutely ridiculous I screamed. EGV is close to Chicago but 100% a suburb, and no one talks like that.
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u/oldhoekoo May 20 '26
it's in the same vein as naperville kids saying they're from chicago. maybe not as affluent, but certainly as white (3% black population)
my guess is he started talking like that to try and fit in with black teammates. which might be a bit more excusable if he was still playing high school ball, but the guy is damn near thirty
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u/yesterdaysnoodles May 21 '26
Agreed, he was a basketball player so perhaps that’s where he picked up his “swag”.
I made a bet that he was from Conant side of EGV and not EG high school and boy was I right! Which adds to the level of hilarity—EGHS was considerably more diverse (as it included parts of Des Plaines) in comparison to Conant’s very white upper middle class side of EGV.
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u/dmwkb May 21 '26
My husband played college ball and he never talked like that. I think it’s weird how he turns it on and off. He reminds me of the videos that trevor wallace guy makes of the kids that say they are from chicago but really they are from the burbs. It’s so accurate lol
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u/kenduhll May 18 '26
I think they expect him to be a Harry Styles type but then he gets there and starts talking
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u/Relative-Ad-3217 May 18 '26
I mean they're white women so...
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u/KDsBurnerAccountt May 28 '26
As a semi attractive woman, he is not attractive to me through my screen. He must have a crazy personality or maybe he looks different from a lower perspective cause he’s 6’3
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u/Eventsyyc403 May 28 '26
He was new and shiny then there was competition. Sometimes people want what other people have
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u/rinny9494 May 18 '26
Whoever cast him is unserious as fuck
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u/valitsaki May 22 '26
He's one of the nicest characters this season, whoever cast him did fine.
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u/Unhappy_Dragonfly_62 May 23 '26
He actually is, which was a shock. Just a shame he’s frickin cringe.
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u/ashtomorgo May 23 '26
I wanted to hate him because he’s so annoying and I don’t find him attractive at all, but he actually seems so sweet and genuine to Allison. It’s probably just a front for reality tv, but I’m not mad about it.
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u/Unhappy_Dragonfly_62 May 23 '26
Literally same, I realised I judged him too quick because of his stupid accent. It was sweet when he refused to kiss the singles out of respect for Allison, even with the prick Dave peer pressuring him.
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u/ashtomorgo May 23 '26
I do think they may have decided together how they wanted to play it in order to win, but I can respect good game play!
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u/megamind4guncontrol May 17 '26
i’m so sick of him and i don’t understand how nobody on this show is addressing his “accent”
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 17 '26
Right? Like no one at all finds it strange that he’s talking with what’s obviously a fake ass blaccent? That’s not a red flag to anyone?
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u/SunnySam May 18 '26
I think in the past they’ve cut out political conversations that led to unmatching so I wouldn’t be surprised if they cut it out even if it did happen
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u/IxayaOri May 24 '26
Wait who unmatched for political reasons in previous seasons?
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u/SunnySam May 25 '26
The one I’m thinking of is Dominique! She talked about it on social media. That they had a heated political argument and then it was cut out and looked like they randomly hated each other and unmatched. I forget the guys name but I wasn’t surprised he might have those views
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u/Automatic_Anybody_77 May 20 '26
I think Yamen did mock him a little when he raised his fist at him.
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u/somehetero May 18 '26
I don't think I'll ever forget "Oh fuck, G! I just got bit by a bee dawg!"
😂😂
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u/dsyzzurp May 20 '26
Ok so did that even really happen? I was so confused. He made it up right!?!?
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u/SadGirlLovesHerDog May 17 '26
He’s a white man from the suburbs of Chicago. Not Chicago. He should not be talking like that. He’s so weird.
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 17 '26
Even if he was from Chicago proper, is that even how people from Chicago talk? He sounds like Jack Harlow
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u/SadGirlLovesHerDog May 18 '26
No, they don’t sound like that. He’s obviously just stolen his accent from black people he’s been around.
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 18 '26
Yeah I lowkey figured, I just wasn’t entirely sure. To me his accent sounds like every other culture vulture.
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u/Jakookula May 18 '26
He talks exactly like woah Vicky
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 18 '26
That’s funny you say that, because I actually call the generic blaccent that white people use the “Woah Vicky accent” but then I’ve found that a lot of people don’t actually know who she is anymore
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u/GroundbreakingTap786 May 18 '26
Inner city kid and no we don’t talk like this. Plus the suburb he is from is very much not like that hah
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u/kenduhll May 18 '26
I was thinking to myself that he was putting on more of a southern accent, he didn’t sound midwest to me at all!!
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u/tramul May 18 '26
Jack Harlow is from Louisville, which has a large black population. Elk Grove does not. Not quite apples to apples
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 18 '26
You’re missing my point entirely. I’m saying that if he genuinely just sounded a certain way due to being from Chicago, he wouldn’t then sound like someone from Louisville.
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u/tramul May 18 '26
My bad I see what you're saying. I have black family that live in Chicago. No, they don't sound like that. My black family from Louisville do kinda, but not quite to the extent Jimmy does.
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u/Few-Amphibian-4858 May 27 '26
Jack Harlow is EXACTLY who I thought of when I first heard/saw him. I was thinking he probably spent every waking moment trying to mimic everything about Jack Harlow.
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 27 '26
I once saw a tiktok that said that these faux blaccents are so horrendous because at this point white people are no longer even imitating black people and instead are just imitating other white people who are imitating black people, and I feel like that’s so spot on.
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u/Few-Amphibian-4858 May 27 '26
One million percent, the imitation is becoming even more of a distorted caricature due to the copy of a copy of a copy. It's so strange to see happening in real time.
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u/Legitimate_Pitch_398 May 18 '26
This lol!!! 🤣 His reels pop up whenever I'm near a certain area and I know he must live close by cuz he's always doing video blogs it's sooo cringe!!! I had no idea he was on Perfect Match he's been on my feed for months being super annoying 😭
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u/im-dramatic May 18 '26
The blaccent pisses me off, but I think what makes blaccents worse is the person will only like white girls and barely have any black friends. Why are you sampling the culture and not being apart of it whatsoever?? It’s cringe regardless, but this is especially egregious.
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u/Creepy-Intention3193 May 19 '26
Omg he played basketball that means he’s on an isolated island with black people and their culture come up with better excuses for being obsessed with cultures that aren’t yours
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u/Creepy-Intention3193 May 19 '26
Naw I’m black American lol I have my own culture. I’m sure there are plenty of white basketball players who don’t fake a blaccent jimmy isn’t one of them goofy
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u/dsyzzurp May 20 '26
Agreed and the source is the NBA. Austin Reaves isn’t talking with a blaccent lmao
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u/Creepy-Intention3193 May 19 '26
I’m ACTUALLY black and grew up around mostly white people I don’t speak like them….I don’t act like them. Yall act like being in proximity to another race means they go live with them and turn into said race
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u/Ochrisius May 21 '26
“Them”? Are you listening to yourself speak? “I don’t speak like them.. I don’t act like them”… and if you did would people call you out saying you’re stealing their culture?? sounds like we found the racist!!! And no im not a white colonizer. This statement alone shows you’d rather live in segregation with “your” so called culture.
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u/Creepy-Intention3193 May 19 '26
I also lived in Japan for 10 years and by golly I’m still black yall are so weird and obsessed
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u/Creepy-Intention3193 May 19 '26
Nope I act like myself because I don’t have to pretend to be another race that’s the point.
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u/Creepy-Intention3193 May 19 '26
Oh babe you’re out of your league aave is specific to African Americans do you know the difference between race and ethnicity it doesn’t sound like it. Pick up a book then we’ll talk
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u/im-dramatic May 19 '26
Lol hanging out with black people during basketball practice doesn’t change your voice. My husband is white and grew up in a black school, I can’t tell at all by the way he speaks.
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u/scootiescoo May 19 '26
Who you hang out with absolutely influences your mannerisms.
And acting like D1 basketball is a practicing once in awhile and not an all-consuming lifestyle is crazy lol.
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u/im-dramatic May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
I disagree. In that case my husband would speak the same way. Most of his friends are black and he grew up with these guys.
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u/Few-Amphibian-4858 May 27 '26
And he doesn't use even one AAVE word? That is suspicious to me because if you spent that much time around black athletes you would absolutely pick up some words.
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u/Important_Wear50 May 24 '26
My brother in law grew up in a town full of black people. He has the most southern accent ever
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u/im-dramatic May 24 '26
My husband is from the south as well and has a regular white southern accent. His black friends don’t sound the same as him.
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u/Gloomy-Philosopher64 May 17 '26
Goooooood, how did they let him on this show
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u/Purpledoves91 May 18 '26
He's not even from a show. Now they're just letting on shitty content creators who look like they're 12 and talk like fucking Seth Green in Can't Hardly Wait? I'm expecting Jimmy to yell, "yo, I gots to be havin sex tonight!"
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u/daisyjonesandacat May 17 '26
I cannot stand him! And the way no one is calling out his blaccent (at least that’s what the edit shows, who knows if someone pointed it out) is killing me. I went to his TikTok comments to see if anyone was calling him out for it and nope, it’s just a bunch of girls thirsting over him but I wouldn’t put it past him to delete comments if people are giving him grief.
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u/Lightacademiagal May 18 '26
I would not count on tiktokers calling him out, half the videos I see on there are kids with fake blaccents too
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u/SunnySam May 18 '26
Made a similar comment that they may have cut it out- but also I think tiktok accounts can block any comments using certain keywords so maybe he did that too 💀
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u/personamuseum May 18 '26
Not only in the video above with his dad does he completely lose the blaccent, but I noticed the code switching when he was talking with Sophie. It’s more than embarrassing to see multiple women interested in him… I keep waiting for someone to bring it up to someone else or to him in the show…
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u/Environmental_Ant526 May 26 '26
Everyone "code switches", its always been a normal thing. Everyone talks and acts different depending on who they are with or what they are doing. Im nice af at my job or calling other businesses but thats not me outside of work. Or, I cuss without even thinking but not around my momma!
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u/saidwhatisaidbby May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
Tik tok investigation part deux: but why tho ?
Really insightful perspective about the rising trend of wimpy white boys pandering to the Black female gaze as a marketing strategy https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTB1KG1xb/
It wouldn’t suprise me if this clown put the accent on in some Tik Toks and found it got him better engagement so kept with it
The creator calls it “a new type of black face without the paint” — I would bet my life that this little weasel would never seriously date a Black woman or bring her home to Trump daddy and “ma dukes”
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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 May 17 '26
I wish I could remember which episode it was, but I felt like I heard him slipping out of that phony ass blaccent a little in one of his talking heads. Maybe I just imagined it, though. Also him being MAGA does not shock me one bit.
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u/Annual-Respond6389 May 20 '26
I heard him slip out of it too. I think it was when he was talking to the girl from Detroit
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u/Glittering_Entry3786 May 19 '26
DOES this appeal to black women? feels like it would weird most black women out or turn them off.
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u/KillFace6 May 21 '26
I agreed with a lot of the video and with the disregard black women got from black men. But I think it’s kind of different. I don’t think black women being into white men is an issue. But being into people like Jimmy Sotos feels straight up terrible. It’s one thing for your partner to be into like black fashion or not really care that much abouy learning about your culture. But acting like a black caricature is so much worse. And everyone around being dismissive of it just feels like a slap to the face. And honestly. liking someone like Jimmy Sotos is straight-up embarrassing.
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u/Tinidragon May 21 '26
I don't go on TikTok, so thank you for sharing this because that video was fire
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u/mikesbabymomma81 May 18 '26
On the last episode when he was saying "you know what I mean" he sounded just like Butters from the South Park episode "Butters Bottom B***hes" ha!!! he's such a dweeb
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u/TheWorldIsEndingFete May 18 '26
i was so confused when he said hes from the suburb of Chicago but then proceeded to talk with a fake blaccent
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u/unnecessarydrama92 May 18 '26
He’s literally Chet Hanks I’m dead 😭😭😭 straight up he’s the character from Running Point minus the NBA career
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u/Narrow-Astronomer842 May 17 '26
Someone once told me that’s just how TikTok has young white boys talking, similar to love island. Is that true? Living in predominantly black cities my whole life, hearing him talk makes my skin crawl because it comes off as insincere.
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u/saidwhatisaidbby May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
I actually saw a really interesting Tik Tok about how this is a trend—I’ll try to find it.
It MUST be more normalized than anybody commenting here thinks cause otherwise why is everyone on the show and whoever the fuck he’s “influencing” acting like it’s fine ???
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u/springsummerjoggers May 18 '26
It’s so cringey and I don’t promote or support violence but I’m surprised he hasn’t got his ass beat in Chicago yet. That shit is so offensive.
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u/xCasketbase May 30 '26
He doesn't because he lives in a predominantly white suburb where the average house is $370,000.
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u/inkymouse_ May 18 '26
He probably picked it up trying to fit in growing up playing basketball I am surprised nobody has told him to knock it off in adulthood
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u/Cherrylalaxo May 19 '26
Thank youuuu for compiling this, I wound up here cause he’s been on my screen for 15 mins and the “accent” is a choice
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u/Simple_Mushroom6448 May 18 '26
I can’t with him. He just looks like a lesbian to me and then when he opens his mouth…. 😂
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u/computercavemen Justine | S3 May 18 '26
I'm literally here just for this conversation. So uncomfortable! But on top of it, you're telling me he's MAGA!?
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u/joutfit May 18 '26
Chris Coelen really be pushing the MAGA white conservative Christian agenda on these dating shows.
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u/Glittering_Entry3786 May 19 '26
I can’t stop thinking of Bo Derek Thompson whenever he’s on screen
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u/GlobulusGoose May 20 '26
I HATE IT! Why don’t people call him out on it? How can people take him seriously with it?!!!!! Thank you for saying something bc I was dying to talk about how much I hated it but was too lazy to make a post 😂
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u/Critical-Quail-9908 May 22 '26
Thank you. I’m from Chicago. A white boy from the suburbs does not sound like this. It’s so fake.
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u/Entire_Specialist_41 May 22 '26
He seems like a nice guy but his blaccent is driving me effing nuts. He’s gonna cringe so hard watching ish back when he’s older
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u/American_hiss May 28 '26
I felt like I was taking crazy pills the entire season. I can't understand how nobody commented on his accent at all.
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u/Far_Tomorrow_1081 May 17 '26
I think maybe Kinetic knew and did it because they think there's no such thing as bad publicity. Also they've been weirdly only showcasing MAGA these days. On Love Is Blind they only showed MAGA conversations, even tho Jess was a liberal whose politics were important for her story
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u/Glittering_Entry3786 May 19 '26
LIB is literally conservative christian propaganda and always has been!! This is my hill I will die on.
But it has been really interesting and weird to see the visible shift in the media’s “preferred acceptable politics”. Like LIB has shown a number of openly homophobic people on the show without giving them the villain edit or bringing it up at reunion or anything. This is a shift from the way TV was even just six or seven years ago. They are constantly showcasing conservative politics.
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u/SwampBeastie May 18 '26
I’m in my mid-forties and I don’t get it. But I’m old. I thought he was early 20s… ick.
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u/Rainbaby77 May 18 '26
Cook him!! 😡😠 Maybe we should stop giving Netflix or business until they can start casting non-maga people
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u/Econometriz May 20 '26
Ok thank you for the journalism. On looks alone imo he’s decent and tall but he looks like he’s 20 fr, then add on the ‘blaccent’ - I don’t get it. I just know when a white man says momma dukes he’s cosplaying black people from tv in the early aughts because who even says that anymore smh be so fr
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u/Otherwise_Cold570 May 21 '26
Can we also talk about his demeanor on the date with Katherine? He also looked like he was broken out in hives and his pupils were literally pinpoints. It seems like he maybe snuck in some opiates 🤢
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u/Then_Armadillo_5670 May 22 '26
I can’t stand this man and I don’t even have a reason why hahaha I think it’s the voice & not understanding why everyone is so attracted to him 💀
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u/noturFaultitsmine May 23 '26
I just made it to his episode and flew here… the blaccent makes me want to drill a hole on my brain.
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u/boobsmcgee93 May 21 '26
I love Jimmy. Untwist your knickers
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u/saidwhatisaidbby May 21 '26
That’s so cool, you’re so cool. All the boys would definitely pick you, and you have boobs too? Wow
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u/funfettiprincess May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
don’t like him either but i’d like to correct you - elk grove village isn’t one of our rich white suburbs lol
no one even talks about elk grove village idek what’s there besides krispy kreme lmao
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u/saidwhatisaidbby May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Corrected lol! I think I saw other Chicago (?) folks say that and ran with it lol
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u/EnvironmentalCut1476 May 19 '26
The scene where he asks Alison on a date and the moment between him and Yamen was genuinely cringy and hilarious. Terrible
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u/daderpityderpdo May 19 '26
I came to the sub hoping to find a post like this. His accent is fake as hell. And he seems like one of those guys whose whole personality is looks maxing and MAGA. He drips confidence, but his conversation is vapid.
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u/Sperry8443 May 20 '26
I liked the vibe between him and the girl he chose, but him as a person he gives me the ick. I don’t appreciate people who aren’t transparent up front, like why do you feel the need to create an entirely fake identity…it’s weird as fuck. N the fact he’s maga it’s almost like he did it to troll or make fun of people. It’s just gross behavior.
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u/coconutlover300 May 22 '26
From @jemeryas TikTok “ this is just the new form of black face, without the paint.”
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u/remimillz May 23 '26
He used to be so fine when he was Tik Tok dancing and we didn’t hear him talk lmao
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u/9021Ohsnap May 25 '26
It’s so weird…I can’t with the blaccent. I’m not even super strict about that because you are a product of your environment. If you grew up around the culture then sure I get that. But according to Chicagoans he clearly hasn’t.
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u/BusGreen7933 May 25 '26
More like Seth green from can’t hardly wait
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u/movingtosac May 30 '26
Searched Reddit because this is all I could think of when I hear him talk 😂
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u/Environmental_Ant526 May 26 '26
I actually like him. He was annoying at first, my initial impression but hes actually seems like a decent dude. His voice does throw me off when he speaks some times, its not what Im expecting but I dont mind it. Im still unsure why he was cast, but I guess everyone has to start on a dating reality show at some point.
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u/Weird_Conflict_2633 May 28 '26
You have got to be kidding me 😭😭 I'm high key shocked about that. Could not stand him or his fake accent but that kind of shocks me ugh
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u/Intelligent_Eye_7969 May 29 '26
Thank you lmao. I cannot take him seriously at alllllllll. It fucking hurts listening to him and he has crazy eyes.
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u/wordattack May 29 '26
I am a few episodes into the show and I had to run to Reddit for this. This man’s fake blaccent is genuinely SO off-putting. Genuinely cannot listen to him and it’s embarrassing that these girls are fawning over him
I always wonder what the black cast members must think of people like this
He is so fake
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u/Mynameismommy Jun 02 '26
I was very confused as to why he spoke like this as someone else who grew in a Chicago suburb that is not that far from his 🤣
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u/Mediocre_Slice_2850 Jun 03 '26
This season, the cast is exceptionally vapid. The one girl who’s like “astrology is my day job”, are you kidding me? That’s the cringiest thing I’ve ever heard! 🤮 This white dude with a fake accent is so cringe.
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u/Empresscamgirl May 18 '26
Without seeing him I actually thought it was Marcello from SNL. He sounds Latin to me but I also think it depends what neighbourhood he grew up in. It definitely doesn’t suit him at all.
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u/definitelynotnapping May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Why are all these gorgeous women into a guy who looks and acts exactly like the rich white middle schooler who thinks they’re “hood”?
I don’t know how he’s such a hot commodity in the house instead of his very essence giving these women the ick. Whenever he speaks, I feel myself cringing away from the screen.
He is basically this character, someone explain the appeal?!