Rome Seymour
The All-Around Athlete
WHERE THEY STANDEP 7
Gone 2nd, 12–1, on the wrong end of a backdoor. Declared his love for Lyric and kissed her goodbye moments before learning she'd voted him out — but left them laughing: "I was a puddle."
SEASON JOURNEY
total pts
Three Timelines, Three Safe HGs
Rome (1988 mall), Chuk (2018 Fiji), and Jason (2010 Vegas) each won their era's safety trip, locking immunity from the first eviction and +3 to whoever drafted them.
Rome Rings Up the First Win
Rome balanced his way through the Long Beach mall comp for the season's first safety and dragged BB26's Angela Murray back to the present as his prize.
12 Vials, 14 Houseguests
Enzo's Meow Meow Industries sent the house scrambling for 12 vials of BB-Tonium, and the math was brutal. Barrett and Ashley came up empty, locking them out of the night's time-travel comps entirely. Barrett spent his sidelined evening clocking a possible Ashley-and-Rome spark before week one's dust had settled.
Rome Gets Weird While the Toolshed Meets
While the eight-person Toolshed huddled in the dead of night to plot his exit, Rome Seymour prowled the house sensing the freeze-out — drifting into rooms that went quiet, striking up conversations nobody wanted, and getting louder and stranger as the 3 a.m. meeting he wasn't invited to ran on without him.
The Cover Story on the Block
Devens nominated Melody, Lyric and Jason, telling them they “didn't talk enough game,” while the real plan hummed underneath: if the veto gets used, Rome goes up as the backdoor target.
The Fake Breakup That Fooled No One
Together since Day 2, Rome and Lyric staged a very public split to drop Lyric's threat level so she could work votes freely. Drew clocked it the instant it happened — “why now?” — and warned Devens the whole thing was a con.
Rome Boils Over
Sensing the freeze-out, a spiraling Rome turned on Chuk — “You are unbearable as a human being!” — and nearly came to blows with Haley over a “small balls” jab, his chair tipping as Barrett, Kamu and Chuk stepped between them.
“I'm Sorry and You're Welcome”: The Backdoor Lands
Devens used the veto to pull Lyric off the block, then slid Rome — never nominated, always the target — into the seat beside Jason and Melody. He pulled Rome aside first: “I'm sorry and you're welcome.” The plan, executed clean.
So Many Waterworks
The tears came in waves. Melody broke down after the noms held (“the kid sitting alone at lunch”); LaTrice cried over Rome's betrayal while Taylor whispered to lay low and “let them kill each other”; then Rome and LaTrice cried it out in a hug. The recap didn't name itself Waterworks for nothing.
Down to Two
With Jason safe, the block came down to Melody and Rome — and the Toolshed's math never wavered: Rome was the target, and the votes were counted before the house sat down.
"I Am in Love With You"
Before the vote came back, Rome went all in: "I don't care who knows it now, but Lyric Medeiros, I am in love with you," pulling her in for a grand goodbye kiss on his way out the door.
The Cruelest Reveal
Julie broke the news on the exit couch: the lone vote to keep Rome wasn't Lyric or Jason — it was Taylor. Rome learned the showmance he'd just kissed goodbye had voted him out. "She batted her eyes twice and I was a puddle."
Week 2 came down to a live Block Buster, and Jason De Puy — the self-styled "cursed" houseguest — picked the worst possible night to get lucky, solving the "Pirate's Booty" gemstone-stacking race to rip himself off the block. That left Melody Morris and Rome Seymour, and the Toolshed's plan never flinched: Rome went home 12–1, with Taylor Brown casting the house's only vote to keep him. Then the twist of the knife. Before the results, Rome laid it all on the line — "I don't care who knows it now, but Lyric Medeiros, I am in love with you" — and kissed her goodbye on his way out. Only on the exit couch did Julie reveal that his showmance had voted him out, and that his lone supporter was Taylor, not Lyric. Rome took it with grace, saying he was "honored" that a legend like Devens thought he had to get him out, that "Devens didn't lie, so no hard feelings," and delivering the season's most quotable surrender: "Lyric batted her eyes twice and I was a puddle." As the door closed, Lyric was already in Angela and Devens' ears doing damage control — while Drew, safe in the Toolshed, was quietly telling anyone who'd listen he wants the next HOH to blow the whole alliance up. Devens' reign ends here; 15 houseguests remain, and the Week-3 HOH is up for grabs Sunday.
Didn’t beat Jason while organizing Pirate’s Booty pieces
Rome leaves after announcing he’s in love with Lyric (even though Taylor was the single vote to save him)
FUN FACTS
Real name is Jack — he's gone by "Rome" for as long as he can remember and reveals "Jack" only to people he trusts.
BackstoryA self-professed "secret nerd" who collects trading cards.
QuirkDeclared "I am in love with you" and kissed Lyric goodbye on his way out the door — then learned on the exit couch that she'd voted him out. His verdict: "She batted her eyes twice and I was a puddle."
MomentEP 7Was kissing Lyric by Day 2; the two staged a fake breakup to lower her threat, and Devens backdoored him at the veto anyway.
ShowmanceEP 6Wasn't nominated, but is the Toolshed's real plan: Devens set him up as the intended backdoor target for the Week 2 veto.
MomentEP 5Rome named the "Mama's Angels" alliance in the gym and made Jason and LaTrice hit a Charlie's Angels pose to seal it. When Lyric walks in, the Angels talk stops dead.
AllianceEP 4Was kissing on the freakin' 2nd day with Lyric — BB28's first showmance.
ShowmanceEP 2Part of the early "Safety Trio" power bloc — Rome, Chuk, and Jason, safe by default on night one.
AllianceEP 1
IN THE NEWS
Latest articles & podcasts featuring Rome
Big Brother's Lyric Claims Drew Called Her ‘Homie Hopper’ After Rome’s Exit
Us Weekly Reality
‘Big Brother 28’s Rome Seymour On Angela’s ‘Roman Empire’ Accusation And If His Influence Was Overstated
Reddit r/BigBrother
Jerry O’Connell Has Thoughts About Rome and Lyric’s ‘Big Brother’ Showmance
Us Weekly Reality
BIO
A professional pickleball coach who wants to be a comp beast with the social game to match: "I'm extremely competitive and want to win all the challenges." The athlete part isn't a bit — he's coached for a living, and he intends to make the house feel it.
🎯 FANTASY TAKE
The backdoor claimed him in Week 2 — evicted 12–1 as the target of Devens' mega-alliance, he left declaring his love for Lyric moments before learning she'd voted him out. Gone before jury.
STRATEGY
Win the comps, work the house, and control who even knows his real name.
Rome Seymour
The All-Around Athlete
"A professional pickleball coach who wants to be a comp beast with the social game to match: "I'm extremely competitive and want to win all the challenges." The athlete part isn't a bit — he's coached for a living, and he intends to make the house feel it."
PLAYER INFO
WHERE THEY STANDEP 7
Gone 2nd, 12–1, on the wrong end of a backdoor. Declared his love for Lyric and kissed her goodbye moments before learning she'd voted him out — but left them laughing: "I was a puddle."
SEASON JOURNEY
total pts
Three Timelines, Three Safe HGs
Rome (1988 mall), Chuk (2018 Fiji), and Jason (2010 Vegas) each won their era's safety trip, locking immunity from the first eviction and +3 to whoever drafted them.
Rome Rings Up the First Win
Rome balanced his way through the Long Beach mall comp for the season's first safety and dragged BB26's Angela Murray back to the present as his prize.
12 Vials, 14 Houseguests
Enzo's Meow Meow Industries sent the house scrambling for 12 vials of BB-Tonium, and the math was brutal. Barrett and Ashley came up empty, locking them out of the night's time-travel comps entirely. Barrett spent his sidelined evening clocking a possible Ashley-and-Rome spark before week one's dust had settled.
Rome Gets Weird While the Toolshed Meets
While the eight-person Toolshed huddled in the dead of night to plot his exit, Rome Seymour prowled the house sensing the freeze-out — drifting into rooms that went quiet, striking up conversations nobody wanted, and getting louder and stranger as the 3 a.m. meeting he wasn't invited to ran on without him.
The Cover Story on the Block
Devens nominated Melody, Lyric and Jason, telling them they “didn't talk enough game,” while the real plan hummed underneath: if the veto gets used, Rome goes up as the backdoor target.
The Fake Breakup That Fooled No One
Together since Day 2, Rome and Lyric staged a very public split to drop Lyric's threat level so she could work votes freely. Drew clocked it the instant it happened — “why now?” — and warned Devens the whole thing was a con.
Rome Boils Over
Sensing the freeze-out, a spiraling Rome turned on Chuk — “You are unbearable as a human being!” — and nearly came to blows with Haley over a “small balls” jab, his chair tipping as Barrett, Kamu and Chuk stepped between them.
“I'm Sorry and You're Welcome”: The Backdoor Lands
Devens used the veto to pull Lyric off the block, then slid Rome — never nominated, always the target — into the seat beside Jason and Melody. He pulled Rome aside first: “I'm sorry and you're welcome.” The plan, executed clean.
So Many Waterworks
The tears came in waves. Melody broke down after the noms held (“the kid sitting alone at lunch”); LaTrice cried over Rome's betrayal while Taylor whispered to lay low and “let them kill each other”; then Rome and LaTrice cried it out in a hug. The recap didn't name itself Waterworks for nothing.
Down to Two
With Jason safe, the block came down to Melody and Rome — and the Toolshed's math never wavered: Rome was the target, and the votes were counted before the house sat down.
"I Am in Love With You"
Before the vote came back, Rome went all in: "I don't care who knows it now, but Lyric Medeiros, I am in love with you," pulling her in for a grand goodbye kiss on his way out the door.
The Cruelest Reveal
Julie broke the news on the exit couch: the lone vote to keep Rome wasn't Lyric or Jason — it was Taylor. Rome learned the showmance he'd just kissed goodbye had voted him out. "She batted her eyes twice and I was a puddle."
Week 2 came down to a live Block Buster, and Jason De Puy — the self-styled "cursed" houseguest — picked the worst possible night to get lucky, solving the "Pirate's Booty" gemstone-stacking race to rip himself off the block. That left Melody Morris and Rome Seymour, and the Toolshed's plan never flinched: Rome went home 12–1, with Taylor Brown casting the house's only vote to keep him. Then the twist of the knife. Before the results, Rome laid it all on the line — "I don't care who knows it now, but Lyric Medeiros, I am in love with you" — and kissed her goodbye on his way out. Only on the exit couch did Julie reveal that his showmance had voted him out, and that his lone supporter was Taylor, not Lyric. Rome took it with grace, saying he was "honored" that a legend like Devens thought he had to get him out, that "Devens didn't lie, so no hard feelings," and delivering the season's most quotable surrender: "Lyric batted her eyes twice and I was a puddle." As the door closed, Lyric was already in Angela and Devens' ears doing damage control — while Drew, safe in the Toolshed, was quietly telling anyone who'd listen he wants the next HOH to blow the whole alliance up. Devens' reign ends here; 15 houseguests remain, and the Week-3 HOH is up for grabs Sunday.
Didn’t beat Jason while organizing Pirate’s Booty pieces
Rome leaves after announcing he’s in love with Lyric (even though Taylor was the single vote to save him)
FUN FACTS
Real name is Jack — he's gone by "Rome" for as long as he can remember and reveals "Jack" only to people he trusts.
BackstoryA self-professed "secret nerd" who collects trading cards.
QuirkDeclared "I am in love with you" and kissed Lyric goodbye on his way out the door — then learned on the exit couch that she'd voted him out. His verdict: "She batted her eyes twice and I was a puddle."
MomentEP 7Was kissing Lyric by Day 2; the two staged a fake breakup to lower her threat, and Devens backdoored him at the veto anyway.
ShowmanceEP 6Wasn't nominated, but is the Toolshed's real plan: Devens set him up as the intended backdoor target for the Week 2 veto.
MomentEP 5Rome named the "Mama's Angels" alliance in the gym and made Jason and LaTrice hit a Charlie's Angels pose to seal it. When Lyric walks in, the Angels talk stops dead.
AllianceEP 4Was kissing on the freakin' 2nd day with Lyric — BB28's first showmance.
ShowmanceEP 2Part of the early "Safety Trio" power bloc — Rome, Chuk, and Jason, safe by default on night one.
AllianceEP 1
IN THE NEWS
Latest articles & podcasts featuring Rome
Big Brother's Lyric Claims Drew Called Her ‘Homie Hopper’ After Rome’s Exit
Us Weekly Reality
‘Big Brother 28’s Rome Seymour On Angela’s ‘Roman Empire’ Accusation And If His Influence Was Overstated
Reddit r/BigBrother
Jerry O’Connell Has Thoughts About Rome and Lyric’s ‘Big Brother’ Showmance
Us Weekly Reality
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🎯 FANTASY TAKE
The backdoor claimed him in Week 2 — evicted 12–1 as the target of Devens' mega-alliance, he left declaring his love for Lyric moments before learning she'd voted him out. Gone before jury.
STRATEGY
Win the comps, work the house, and control who even knows his real name.