Rome Says There’s “No Love Lost” for His ‘Big Brother’ Showmance Lyric After She Didn’t Vote to Save Him From Eviction

Jack “Rome” Seymour fell instantly for Lyric Medeiros when she entered the BB28 house, and their showmance quickly became a hot topic.Rome was voted out 12-1 during Thursday’s live eviction, with only Taylor Brown voting to save him—a betrayal that “stung” since Lyric voted against him.In an exit interview, Rome revealed he understood Lyric’s vote was strategic gameplay and held no grudges, explaining their PDA and love confession were genuine moments that would’ve happened regardless of circumstances.Jack “Rome” Seymour and Lyric Medeiros wasted no time when it came to their showmance on Big Brother. No, seriously—the second she walked into the BB28 house, he pretty much fell head over heels for her.Though their relationship kept budding on the fan-favorite reality series, not even their showmance—and Rome’s public declaration of love for Lyric—could save him from being voted out on Thursday’s live eviction episode. He was sent home after a 12–1 vote, with Taylor Brown being the only houseguest voting to save him.During an exit interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rome got candid about how Lyric’s vote “stung,” but ultimately understood that she had to play her best game, no matter the betrayal.“I always told her, ‘Do what’s best for your game at the end of the day. I don’t want you having a huge target on your back because of me.’ That’s why we were trying to separate here and there inside the house. But when she told me to my face that she was gonna vote for me no matter who was next to me, I believed her,” he explained.Rome continued, “And it stung a little bit seeing that the vote wasn’t from her. But then after a little reflection, I understand fully. She needed to gain some sway with the other side. It’s all good. All’s forgotten. No love lost.”Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.As for his grand gesture, telling Lyric he loved her in front of the whole house? It came nearly a week after Lyric predicted it on the July 15 live feeds.Elsewhere during his EW interview, Rome also claimed their PDA wasn’t premeditated, admitting that it would have happened whether he won the Blockbuster or not.“Either I won the Blockbuster, she was gonna run into my arms, and we were gonna kiss there, or if I was getting kicked out of the house, it was gonna be a big show in front of everybody,” he explained.Wondering whether there’s a future for these two? In a separate interview with Parade, Rome referred to Lyric as “the sweetest angel on Earth,” so I’d say there a chance. As he told EW: “As great as it would be to have her back and talk to her again, I want her to go as far as possible in this game, and I really wanna see her at least get to the jury house. But afterwards, hopefully, we can go on her very first date.”Well, there ya have it. Seems like there are no hard feelings…for now, anyway.