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Are ‘Big Brother’ Season 12 Stars Rachel Reilly & Brendon Villegas Still Together?
Falling in love on reality television is all good fun, but it’s pretty rare that showmances actually last once filming is over. Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas met on Season 12 of Big Brother in 2010, but did their love make it in the real world?
Reilly finished the show in ninth place, while Villegas ended up in sixth, but finding each other was the real win for these reality stars. Scroll down to find out if they were able to make their relationship work once Big Brother ended and where they stand today.
Are Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas still together?
Yes, Reilly and Villegas are going strong! After getting out of the Big Brother house, they continued seeing each other and were engaged less than one year later. Villegas proposed on Valentine’s Day 2011.
On September 8, 2012, Reilly and Villegas married and televised their wedding. They have continued to show off their relationship via social media posts over the years, proving that they are still together.
Do Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas have kids?
Yes, Reilly and Villegas have two children. Their daughter, Adora, was born in April 2016, followed by a son, Adler, in November 2020.
“I’m really competitive on television, obviously, but when it comes to mom life, I don’t find myself to be as competitive,” Reilly told Yahoo! Life. “I’m not competitive with other moms at all. And my husband and I just kind of work together as a team.”
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She also opened up about her kids’ unique names. “Brendon is Latin, so we wanted kind of a Spanish name and then we wanted something that would be unique and fun,” she explained. “And so I was just like, ‘What about Adora? I don’t think that that’s a really popular name.’ And of course, she’s so adorable and we adore her, so it just made sense. … And then with Adler, we wanted his name to be similar to Adora’s name. We wanted the names to both start with A and then I found the name Adler and it means eagle. And I thought it sounded like a cool name.”
What other reality shows were Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas on?
One year after they met on Big Brother, Reilly and Villegas returned for Season 13 of the reality show. Reilly ended up winning the season, while Villegas came in ninth place.
In 2012, the duo competed on The Amazing Race as an engaged couple. They finished in third place. They returned for Season 24 in 2014 and came in third place once again. Meanwhile, Reilly was also on Season 31 of The Amazing Race with her sister in 2019. They ended the show in seventh place.
Both Reilly and Villegas were on Celebrity Fear Factor in 2018 and won against a group of other reality stars. She was on Snake in the Grass in 2022 and won with Janelle Pierzina and Cirie Fields, splitting a $100,000 prize. On Season 1 of The Traitors in 2023, Villegas came in eighth place, and she finished in eighth on Worst Cooks in America in 2025, as well.
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