diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-subscribe-slashes b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-subscribe-slashes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..61d21c9a19aed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-subscribe-slashes
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: bugfix
+
+Subscriptions: fix added slashes to the Follow Blog widget.
diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/subscriptions/views.php b/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/subscriptions/views.php
index a689e203bf5ea..3ef2fde1e05be 100644
--- a/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/subscriptions/views.php
+++ b/projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/subscriptions/views.php
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public static function render_widget_subscription_form( $args, $instance, $subsc
 		$show_subscribers_total       = (bool) $instance['show_subscribers_total'];
 		$subscribers_total            = self::fetch_subscriber_count();
 		$subscribe_text               = empty( $instance['show_only_email_and_button'] ) ?
-			wp_kses_post( $instance['subscribe_text'] ) :
+			wp_kses_post( stripslashes( $instance['subscribe_text'] ) ) :
 			false;
 		$referer                      = esc_url_raw( ( is_ssl() ? 'https' : 'http' ) . '://' . ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ) : '' ) . ( isset( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ? wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) : '' ) );
 		$source                       = 'widget';