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‘Big Brother’: Was Vince Panaro’s Girlfriend Kelsey at the Live Season 27 Finale?
Leading up to the Big Brother Season 27 finale, fans have been eager to find out if Vince Panaro’s girlfriend would be in the live studio audience — especially after the home video drama in the September 24 episode. Days before the finale, Vince started to question his relationship with his longtime love and whether it still exists at all. Now that the finale is here, we finally have our answer.
Vince entered the Big Brother house expressing his love for his girlfriend of over seven years, Kelsey. However, the public perception of his relationship took a drastic turn as Vince grew closer to his fellow houseguest, Morgan Pope. As a result, Vince’s relationship status with Kelsey has been under heavy speculation from Big Brother fans, especially as the finale (and the highly anticipated reunion between the beanie-clad couple) loomed closer.
CBS did not confirm which friends and family members of the houseguests would be in attendance outside of the Big Brother house ahead of the live finale on Sunday, September 28. However, after the finale, Vince sat down with Swooon to reveal the truth.
Was Vince’s girlfriend, Kelsey, at the Big Brother finale?
During an exclusive interview with Swooon, Vince revealed that his girlfriend, Kelsey, was not at the Big Brother Season 27 finale. Fans speculated that Kelsey may not have been in attendance, especially after Vince’s parents were shown in the audience without her. As friends and family are often shown sitting together, it appeared that Kelsey was either not in the audience at all or opted to stay off camera. Giving official confirmation, Vince told Swooon, “My parents were there. I don’t think there were enough tickets for people to have, you know, a bunch of people there. I’ll probably see her tonight, maybe, or whenever I’m done with all of this.”
Leading up to the finale, fans speculated that Vince’s longtime girlfriend, Kelsey, would not be at the Big Brother Season 27 finale, as she did not send in a video for the houseguests’ messages from family and friends back home. While Keanu Soto and Ava Pearl’s significant others sent in videos alongside their respective houseguests’ families, Vince’s video from home only included his parents. After Vince watched his video from home, he admitted, “It was great seeing my parents, but I was kind of surprised it wasn’t from Kelsey.” He later questioned, “Am I single right now? Did Kelsey dump me?”
Leading up to the finale, live feed viewers noted that Vince had not received a letter from Kelsey the last two times he won HOH, nor had he received pictures of her in his HOH since the Vince and Morgan “cheatmance” rumors began. Some eagle-eyed viewers even noticed that the live feeds cut when either Vince or Morgan mentioned his girlfriend.
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Will Vince and Morgan address their relationship during the Big Brother finale?
After Morgan was evicted as the seventh juror, Julie Chen Moonves asked her about her close gameplay with Vince. After referring to her game with Vince as “our story,” Morgan told Julie that he is her best friend. Aside from that, Vince and Morgan did not explicitly talk about their “cheatmance.”
As Vince and Morgan’s cozy relationship has been a talking point for Zingbot, Julie Chen Moonves, other houseguests, and fans, it was hard to believe that it wouldn’t come up during the finale. Throughout the season, eliminated houseguest Jimmy Haggerty became very outspoken about the alleged “cheatmance,” as well as other tea from the season. If Julie didn’t pop a question about their in-house relationship, fans believed that Jimmy likely would. However, watching Big Brother, we’ve learned to expect the unexpected.
What has Vince’s girlfriend, Kelsey, said about attending the Big Brother finale?
Kelsey has not made any public comments about her relationship with Vince since she posted on his Instagram page two weeks ago. At that time, Kelsey made it clear that she had not spoken to any new outlets or social media personalities and did not intend to. Holding true to her promise, Vince’s followers have received radio silence since.
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