diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
index 446ea326ac9..c42be6e1d4e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
@@ -105,4 +105,7 @@ public class ReactFeatureFlags {
   public static boolean useDispatchUniqueForCoalescableEvents = false;
 
   public static boolean useUpdatedTouchPreprocessing = false;
+
+  /** TODO: T103427072 Delete ReactFeatureFlags.enableNestedTextOnPressEventFix */
+  public static boolean enableNestedTextOnPressEventFix = true;
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index a6d48f57d17..5d928bb9a31 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
 import android.text.util.Linkify;
 import android.view.Gravity;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
+import com.facebook.react.config.ReactFeatureFlags;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactCompoundView;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
@@ -382,6 +384,16 @@ public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundVie
     return target;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
+    // The root view always assumes any view that was tapped wants the touch
+    // and sends the event to JS as such.
+    // We don't need to do bubbling in native (it's already happening in JS).
+    // For an explanation of bubbling and capturing, see
+    // http://javascript.info/tutorial/bubbling-and-capturing#capturing
+    return ReactFeatureFlags.enableNestedTextOnPressEventFix;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected boolean verifyDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
     if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {