Big Brother season 27 runner-up Vince Panaro has split from his long-term girlfriend Kelsey.
During an interview with the reality TV show’s host, Julie Chen Moonves, for her “God 101” podcast — shared in part via an X fan account on Sunday, February 15 — Vince detailed the pair’s breakup. “We’ve talked about everything. I’ve had a lot of honest conversations with Kelsey and everyone else in my life and we’re not currently together. We’re taking time apart,” he said.
The split comes after Vince announced via an October 2025 YouTube video that he and his former girlfriend were “taking time” apart following speculation that he emotionally cheated with fellow housemate Morgan Pope while appearing on the show.
“I’m doing a lot of self-work and focusing on my areas of improvement,” Vince continued in his interview with Chen Moonves, 56. “While Big Brother was the greatest experience of my life, and I’m so grateful forever for it, it also did highlight some areas of opportunity within myself. I’ve just been spending a lot of time alone, also with family [and] friends, you know, trying to work on becoming the best version of myself I can be.”
He concluded, “At the moment, we’re not together, but last [time] I spoke to her, she’s doing well.”
Vince dated Kelsey for seven years before he joined the cast of Big Brother in July 2025. After settling into the social experiment, he struck up a close friendship with Morgan, 34, which drew chatter among viewers. Speculation of a romantic spark grew when Vince and Morgan were filmed getting cozy with one another on multiple occasions.
After he left the Big Brother house, Vince’s YouTube confessional found him explaining his experience on the show. “As far as probably the more common question that everybody is asking me, [it] is ‘What is my relationship like?’” Vince said at the time. “Kelsey and I have talked everything out. We have talked about everything and anything possible, and we’re currently taking time to process everything individually, and you know, figure out what things look like after that.”
The video also saw him acknowledge his close bond with Morgan. “The fact of the matter is that I was in a relationship entering that house … so that’s all on me. And I understand the way that it looked,” he said.
Vince admitted that during his time in the house, friendship “lines started to blur,” before he defended his stance. “I felt like any level of affection was normal in that alternate reality I was living in,” Vince said in the video. “And some people will say, ‘How could you be that stupid? How could you not see it?’ And I could only say, ‘Well, you’d be surprised.’”
Despite the explanation, Vince ultimately took the opportunity to apologize for his actions. “I’m sorry for that,” he said. “I’m the one who set the boundaries. I was the one who was in a relationship … But outside, I could see that’s not being respectful to having a girlfriend, and I should’ve been extra cautious. But, the fact of the matter is, I wasn’t.”
