'Perfect Match' Isn't Over, But Harry Jowsey and Jessica Vestal Are Already Opening Up About Their Fling on TikTok (2024)

Spoilers for Perfect Match season 2, episodes 1-9 ahead. Finding love on reality television is a hard task in and of itself, but it's an even taller order for Perfect Match season 2 couple Harry Jowsey and Jessical Vestal. The former's reputation (and complicated dating history) precedes him. He says it best himself in episode 3 when he admits that he's "slept with pretty much every person on a Netflix reality show." Enter Jessica, who had a fan-favorite turn in the recent season 6 of Netflix's biggest reality hit Love Is Blind, and whose season hadn't even arrived on Netflix when Perfect Match was filmed around summer 2023.

From what we've seen of Perfect Match season 2 so far, Vestal may be the woman to turn Harry from an infamous bachelor to a committed, therapy-going partner (at least, if you still believe in the Netflix dating series' ending). We won't know the couple's fate until the Perfect Match finale airs on June 21, but some clues were dropped about the couple's relationship status long before the show arrived on our screens. Read on to see what we could find of whether Harry and Jessica's romance made it outside of the Perfect Match villa.

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What happened between Harry and Jessica on 'Perfect Match' season 2?

From the moment he entered the villa in Perfect Match's season 2 premiere, the biggest obstacle to Harry finding love would be his reputation. After all, he was the man who got between Perfect Match season 1 winners Dom Gabriel and Georgia Hassarati. (The truth in that statement can only be known by the three people in question, but Harry leans into his lady-killer identity in his intro, so we'll go with it.) Despite his past, he claims that therapy and self-help books have helped him embrace a new era of dating for long-term commitment and marriage. The shadows of doubt first crop up in his match with Too Hot to Handle alum Elys Hutchinson; when Harry tells her that he wishes she was more physically affectionate, Elys points out that she finds it hard to trust him because of his history (fair), he seems quite wounded and indignant in response (perhaps less fair?).

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When they're set up on a date, Jessica and Harry quickly hit it off, and she is perfect for him within the Perfect Match bubble—in the sense that she's committed to giving him a chance without other people's opinions of him affecting her judgment. As a blank slate, she seems to lean into their connection, allowing Harry to try to be the more mature man, ready to date a single mom like he says he is now. However, she's also not afraid to stand up for herself when he exhibits questionable behavior. There's the solid line she says when she learns Harry misrepresented his friendship with Elys: "I will not be in the graveyard of relationships that were ruined being associated with you."

Later, when Harry's "best friend" Dom makes a comment that doesn't bode well for how Harry was moving before filming—"Everyone's so genuine, why did you come here?" which, yikes—she refuses to drop it before they process her wariness. Harry becomes emotional in response, and Jessica apologizes, even saying the next morning that she was overthinking it. After they seem to work through the incident (either on or off-camera), they're one of the strongest couples by the end of episode 6.

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Little did the couple (or viewers) know that Harry's reckless side would come out to play once the coupled men and women are separated for chances to mingle without their matches around in episode 8.

Late in the season, the remaining uncoupled singles from season 2 all return to shoot their shot, and on the boys' side, Harry quickly falls into conversation with Too Hot to Handle alum and Dated & Related host Melinda Berry (a.k.a. Melinda Melrose). Despite saying in a confessional that he's gone to therapy and is the "best version of himself," during his boys' day, Harry takes a body shot off Melinda's belly and carries her with her legs wrapped around him. Everything comes to a head when Melinda says that she and Harry kissed off-camera, and Harry denies it, even though Holly Scarfone says that she saw the kiss herself. Once news of the kiss news goes around the party, Harry says Melinda is lying to get clout and more screen time.

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That night, when the couples reunite at the villa, Harry admits to Jessica that he carried Melinda to the bathroom, and says that Melinda was trying to "set him up in a situation ... even though nothing happened." Jessica doesn't let Harry down easy, and disparages him for worrying after the fact about how he acted instead of showing control. Still, after he apologizes, Jessica says that she is disappointed in him, but that she appreciates him taking accountability and acknowledging that she and her daughter deserve better. The matter is settled—for a total of about 12 hours before all the cast members, including Melinda, return to the villa the next day for another matching mixer.

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The Perfect Match women quickly congregate for a girls' chat, and Melinda eventually asks Jessica what Harry said about the party. Melinda is the one to tell Jessica about the kiss, and at that same time, Harry walks by the table. Jess makes him share his side too, and he claims again that Melinda is lying to get her "15 minutes." Then, Jessica turns to Melinda and gets defensive, saying Melinda was trying to embarrass her by bringing up the kiss in front of a group and that she could've "been a lady" about it. The two women get into a heated argument, but as they calm down, Jessica says she'll have a private conversation with Harry about the kiss claims, adding, "I'd be doing both of us a disservice by sitting here and disrespecting him."

As the mixer goes on, Jessica eventually talks to Melinda and Melinda shares more details of her and Harry's conversation at the party, including a moment where Harry allegedly told Melinda, "I'll put a baby in you." Jess also talks to Dom, who backs up Harry's claim that Melinda may only want attention, and shares that Harry's feelings for Jessica are real.

Meanwhile, Harry says he spent the night throwing up and "feeling sick about the situation." Once Harry and Jess sit down together, he says that he wants to move forward and show her that he can be a good man, but Jessica acknowledges that if what Melinda says is true, she doesn't want to have to explain to her daughter that she stayed with a man who did that. The conversation cuts off before Jessica gives her answer, so we'll have to see in the finale whether Jess leaves him or gives him another chance.

Are Harry and Jessica still together after 'Perfect Match' season 2?

Unfortunately (or predictably, if you know the fate of Perfect Match season 1's batch of couples), it seems that Jessica and Harry's relationship does not last the test of time. The biggest clue comes from Harry himself, as he shared a piece of gossip in the premiere episode of his podcast Boyfriend Material. In the episode, Harry recalls his time competing on Dancing With the Stars in fall 2023 and admits that he had a secret relationship while he filmed the competition dance show.

At the time, DWTS fans had been widely speculating that Harry was dating his dance partner, 18-year-old professional dancer Rylee Arnold. (To be fair, the series has a history of relationships among its cast.) However, according to Harry, the rumors came between him and his then-girlfriend, whose identity he kept a secret, and contributed to their breakup. He didn't reveal his ex's name or any details about her on the podcast episode, but he did take a moment to tell her, "I miss you."

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It seems as though the two may have briefly dated after Perfect Match ceased filming and called it quits in the early fall of last year. According to TMZ, Harry and Jessica were spotted cozying up to one another and looking happy in love in Mexico last September. The photographs didn't surface until March of this year when reality TV fans learned of the Love Is Blind alum's identity once season 6 aired in early 2024, piecing together she was linked to another Netflix star. Considering when the photos were taken, the timeline would add up to when they continued seeing each other and called things off.

So, did Harry spoil Perfect Match before it even hit streaming? In the literal sense, no—he and Jessica could have still gone the distance on the show. But it is difficult for a cast with such public-facing careers to stay hush-hush about their relationship status for nearly a year after filming. As for Jessica, she revealed at the time of Love Is Blind season 6's airing that she was single.

Have Harry Jowsey or Jessica Vestal spoken out about their relationship since 'Perfect Match' season 2 aired?

Now that Perfect Match is out, Harry and Jessica have been teasing on TikTok that they're preparing to open up about their romance sooner or later. (We're guessing they'll get candid once the full season is out on or after June 21.)

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On June 14, Harry shared two TikToks that he and Jess filmed during a beach getaway. Although, judging by another clip, the pair appeared to have been hanging out with the rest of the Perfect Match cast. In one video, though, Jessica mouths along to the audio, "Naughty little Australian boys scurry to me like little white mice," while the other TikTok shows the pair using aging filters paired with the sentence, "I can't wait to grow old with her."

Jessica has also sounded off on social media. The Love Is Blind alum has posted TikToks implying that she has finally processed the red flags regarding Harry's past that she once looked past. She even teamed up with her Perfect Match costar Micah Lussier to share a handful of videos in which they gently roast their past selves for trusting their respective matches.

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On Micah's page, Jessica and Micah appear in a video with the caption, "when everyone warned you about your man but you're a lover girl at heart so you're gonna stick beside him against your better judgment." Meanwhile, on Jessica's page, she and Micah voice along to gossip-like audio in a clip paired with the text, "Us gossiping about our matches knowing we're going to stick beside them anyway." Jess also added the caption, "The way we were 20 toes down for them 🫠 like sis get up."

So, it looks like Perfect Match once again spawned a memorable, but temporary, romance. (And hopefully, Jessica's daughter fast-forwards past Harry's blunt confessionals if she ever watches the series.)

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