{"id":53554,"date":"2026-05-15T12:39:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=53554"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:39:48","slug":"perfect-match-star-seems-to-have-been-caught-waving-a-maga-flag-and-people-are-not-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/15\/perfect-match-star-seems-to-have-been-caught-waving-a-maga-flag-and-people-are-not-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Match star seems to have been caught waving a MAGA flag and people are not happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/15\/right-are-ally-lewber-and-jimmy-presnell-actually-still-together-after-perfect-match\/\">Perfect Match<\/a> star, namely <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/14\/jimmy-sotos-reveals-how-he-was-casted-for-perfect-match-despite-not-being-on-a-reality-show\/\">Jimmy Sotos<\/a>, has seemingly been caught on a boat waving a <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/27\/erm-it-turns-out-taylor-frankie-paul-is-actually-a-huge-maga-supporter\/\">MAGA<\/a> flag. There&#8217;s been talk recently about a lot of the Netflix dating reality show stars being <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/21\/members-only-palm-beach-cast-members-mortified-after-gale-vaped-in-front-of-donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> supporters, and now an old video from 2024 has resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>A TikTokker called @himmothychalamet has claimed a video of a man on a yacht and smiling is Jimmy, the only non-reality TV show star to appear on Perfect Match season four, and the first in the show&#8217;s entire run so far. He appears to jump up and try to rip the flag down.<\/p>\n<p>The flag states &#8216;TRUMP 2024: TAKE AMERICA BACK&#8217; in big white writing. One person commented, &#8220;Looks like he\u2019s trying to take it down after getting noticed \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d,&#8221; while the TikTokker said: &#8220;Jimmy is a repeat offender of using his Blaccent constantly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@himmothychalamet\/video\/7530702657233653047\" data-video-id=\"7530702657233653047\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@himmothychalamet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@himmothychalamet?refer=embed\">@himmothychalamet<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"greenscreenvideo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/greenscreenvideo?refer=embed\">#greenscreenvideo<\/a> <a title=\"greenscreen\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/greenscreen?refer=embed\">#greenscreen<\/a> <a title=\"jimmysotos\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/jimmysotos?refer=embed\">#jimmysotos<\/a> <a title=\"blaccent\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/blaccent?refer=embed\">#blaccent<\/a> <a title=\"trump\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/trump?refer=embed\">#trump<\/a> <a title=\"magasupporters\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/magasupporters?refer=embed\">#magasupporters<\/a> <a title=\"jmmmysotosboat\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/jmmmysotosboat?refer=embed\">#jmmmysotosboat<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Himmothy chalamet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7530702683859209015?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Himmothy chalamet<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy, who states he <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/14\/lets-talk-about-whats-really-going-on-with-jimmys-chicago-accent-on-perfect-match\/\">talks in the way he does<\/a> because he&#8217;s from Chicago and grew up around people of colour, has come under fire for his accent. But he&#8217;s now come under fire, with the TikTokker adding, &#8220;I am in no way surprised Jimmy would be flexing a Trump flag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Him and his Dad in the car miraculously, we heard Jimmy&#8217;s real voice, and it sounds nothing like the voice he just used. I don&#8217;t care, cosplaying Black people is really weird, it has nothing to do with playing basketball. Literally just be yourself,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRsNAgFkY55\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRsNAgFkY55\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jimmy Sotos (@jsotos1)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>Jimmy got outed for being spotted on the boat in Lake Michigan two years ago, but it&#8217;s resurfaced now he&#8217;s on Perfect Match. He told VoyageKC: &#8220;I\u2019m confident in my ability to command a room, voice my opinions, and convince people I\u2019m worth working with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Whether that confidence is irrational or not, it\u2019s necessary in order to create opportunities, so even at times where I\u2019m doubting myself, I try to fake it til I make it. You have to step outside of your comfort zone sometimes and will it out of yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reality Shrine has contacted Jimmy&#8217;s representative for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like they tried to rip it 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