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‘Big Brother’: Are Vince Panaro & His Girlfriend Kelsey Still Together? Where They Stand Now
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Big Brother Season 27.]
Big Brother fans, we finally have the update you’ve been waiting for, and it’s coming from Vince Panaro himself. On September 30, Vince was spotted outside of the Big Brother house with his girlfriend, Kelsey, following the Season 27 finale and “cheatmance” rumors. However, on October 20, Vince finally broke his silence, posting a ten-minute video giving BB fans an inside look at his relationship with Kelsey today.
After 83 days of gameplay, Vince Panaro finally stepped out of the Big Brother house at the end of the September 28 live finale as the runner-up of Season 27, leaving fans with one question: Was his longtime girlfriend, Kelsey, there to greet him? During Vince’s chat with Swooon, we found out the answer.
During Season 27 of Big Brother, 34-year-old houseguest Vince entered the house gushing about his girlfriend of over seven years. However, fans quickly took note of Vince’s close connection with his fellow houseguest, Morgan Pope, dubbing their cozy relationship the season’s “cheatmance.” After all, as Zingbot put it, “What do you call someone who lights up when Vince enters the room, gives him long, passionate hugs, and warm, affectionate cuddles?”
As the two dominated the latter half of the game, winning the majority of HOH and Power of Veto competitions, viewers watched the live streams as Vince and Morgan shared the HOH bed every night, using the privacy to seemingly talk in code about life outside of the house — all while Vince still believed he had a girlfriend back home.
Now that this whirlwind of a season has come to an end, viewers continue to ask: Are Vince and his girlfriend Kelsey still together? Scroll to find out everything we know about Vince and Kelsey’s relationship status today.
Are Vince and Kelsey still together?
Vince finally revealed his relationship status on October 20 in a YouTube apology video. Vince confirmed that he and Kelsey are currently separated. As he put it, “We are currently taking time to process everything individually, and you know, figure out what things look like after that.”
On October 15, Vince deleted years of anniversary posts with Kelsey from their seven years together, wiping all of the pictures of her from his social media feed. It became clear to fans that the breakup writing was on the wall. As of now, Vince and Kelsey do not follow each other. However, he does still follow a couple of her family members.
On September 30, Vince and Kelsey were spotted in Malibu by The Sun. “He appeared solemn as he ran errands with Kelsey on Tuesday,” the outlet reported. The duo was spotted visiting the bank and grabbing acai bowls in Malibu. “As the two walked together, they didn’t show any PDA – there was no hand holding or moments of embracing each other. Neither Vince nor Kelsey appeared to crack much of a smile during their emotional reunion,” the outlet added.
Vince had confirmed to Swooon that Kelsey was not at the live finale. Vince’s close connection with Morgan, along with Kelsey’s notable absence from Vince’s friends and family messages from home, caused viewers to question their relationship. During his time in the house, Kelsey managed Vince’s social media account. However, fans noticed on September 4 that Kelsey had unfollowed Vince and removed herself as a follower on his account.
On September 24, the final five houseguests received a message from their loved ones, cheering them on as they prepared for the final week of the competition. While other houseguests’ significant others appeared in the videos from home, Vince quickly noticed that Kelsey did not join his parents to send well wishes his way. He told viewers, “It was great seeing my parents, but I was kind of surprised it wasn’t from Kelsey. I am getting a little worried.” He even added, “Am I single right now? Did Kelsey dump me?”
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Are Vince and Morgan together?
Vince and Morgan are not dating. During an exclusive interview with Swooon, the two confirmed that they are a “strictly platonic” duo. While other houseguests, such as Ashley Hollis and Mickey Lee, have theorized that they will start to date outside of the house, Morgan and Vince have only discussed their relationship status in code. Gamewise, Vince also confirmed that Morgan was his number one by far. After the season, we sat down with Ashley to discuss her take on Vince and Morgan’s relationship.
During a conversation that viewers believe was Morgan and Vince discussing the likelihood of dating outside of the house, Morgan told him, “I guess I’m not allowing myself to have a percentage because I feel like that would be something that obviously can’t be fully dove into, if that makes sense? But that doesn’t mean that the percentage would be nonexistent.”
When host Julie Chen Moonves asked Morgan about her relationship with Vince after her eviction, she called him her “best friend.” She was also the sole juror to vote for Vince to win Big Brother.
Was Kelsey at the Big Brother finale?
During an exclusive interview with Swooon, Vince confirmed that Kelsey was not at the Big Brother finale. He stated, “My parents were [at the finale]. I’ll probably see [Kelsey] tonight, maybe, or whenever I’m done with all of this.”At the beginning of the episode, both of Vince’s parents were shown in the audience, and Kelsey was not with them.
Vince has since revealed that Kelsey was the first person he saw after the finale. He told viewers, “She was there to first, above everything else, make sure that I was okay mentally coming out of there, knowing the backlash that I was going to be receiving.”
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