Are Vince & Kelsey Still Together After His ‘Cheatmance’ With Morgan on Big Brother? Where His Girlfriend Stands Now…
Jason Pham
Ashley may have pulled a surprise win in the Big Brother Season 27 finale, but the real twist is what happened between runner-up Vince Panaro and his girlfriend, Kelsey, after his “cheatmance” with third-place finalist, Morgan Pope.
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So are Vince and Kelsey still together from Big Brother? Here’s where she stands with him after mysteriously missing the finale. “It was great seeing my parents, but I was kind of surprised it wasn’t from Kelsey. I am getting a little worried,” he said during the finale after learning that Kelsey wasn’t in the audience. “Am I single right now? Did Kelsey dump me?”
Are Vince and Kelsey still together after his Morgan drama on Big Brother 27?
A source told The Sun in September 2025 that Kelsey felt “humiliated” by Vince’s behavior with Morgan during Big Brother Season 27. “Kelsey feels humiliated. She has had to watch in real time her boyfriend, who she basically considers her husband, get deeper and deeper involved with another girl,” the insider said. “She never gave him an okay to flirt or date anyone to win the game. He knows she is not okay in any capacity with that. It’s embarrassing, and he’s going to have a lot to answer to when he gets out.”
While the insider reported that Vince and Kelsey’s relationship wasn’t officially over, the source confirmed that “serious discussions” needed to be had between the couple once filming ended. The report came after fans noticed that Kelsey, who had been managing Vince’s Instagram account since he was in the Big Brother house, had unfollowed him on social media.
Vince also confirmed to Swooon that Kelsey wasn’t at the finale, but he planned to see her that night. “My parents were [at the finale]. I’ll probably see [Kelsey] tonight, maybe, or whenever I’m done with all of this,” he said.
In an interview with Us Weekly after the finale, Vince also confessed that he didn’t regret his behavior with Morgan during Big Brother. “I didn’t think anything of it. I just was living in the Big Brother house,” he said. “I just figured that’s how everyone was, I don’t know, and [didn’t] think anything of it.”
He continued, “It’s Big Brother. I just assumed everyone would lay around. Everyone lays on top of each other. Past seasons that I’ve watched live feeds, it’s just kind of the vibe, and that’s how some people are more affectionate with their closeness to you. And some people are not.”
Morgan, for her part, also doubled down that she and Vince only had a strictly “platonic” relationship in her own interview with Swooon. “I stand by what I said to Julie [Chen Moonves], like it was a strictly friendship, platonic relationship for me,” she said. “I mean, I can’t speak for him. You know, that would be something that you’d have to ask him specifically. But for me, it was a platonic friendship that was game-related.”
Vince added, “[Morgan]’s an awesome friend. She is such a good friend, and she’s a local to LA. So I hope that we’re friends outside of this. And I hope that I’m friends with Keanu [Soto] outside of this. I hope I’m friends with Lauren [Domingue] outside of this. You know, really the good people that I felt really close to in the house.”
Morgan also explained why she and Vince were so close in the house. “I mean, when you come into the house, you try to find allies. We’re the only two in the house that were from LA, so we naturally connected, just on our favorite places, and where we lived, and things like that. We just grew together,” she said. “[Vince] loved to strategize, just like me. It just kind of worked, and especially someone who won HOHs, you know, it was nice to have someone who was in power. I had won four HOHs. That’s a full month of safety for me, and then I was able to win my own stuff and protect him. So it was just kind of like this mutual agreement of a great friendship.”
