The first-ever Golden Bachelorette , Joan Vassos, has revealed some of the kind advice that she got from the first-ever Golden Bachelor , Gerry Turner. Vassos opened up about her upcoming journey to find love, as part of her season with the ABC franchise, during a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight . The 61-year-old first appeared on Turner’s season of The Golden Bachelor , but she ultimately went home early due to a family emergency.
In The Golden Bachelorette , fans will see Vassos date a series of men who are in their sixties and over, before getting engaged during the season finale. Speaking to Entertainment Tonigh t, Vassos confirmed that she’s still in touch with Turner, while praising the type of leading man that he was on The Golden Bachelor . “We text all the time.
He’s a very, very good friend,” she said. “He did this so well. He kind of created the road map that we have now.
There’s no rulebook, and he kind of wrote it a little bit.” She went on to detail the approach he encouraged her to take when dating , before acknowledging how fast relationships can progress on the show. “He exemplified somebody who is very open and vulnerable.
He said that’s what you need to be from day one, because you don’t have a lot of time,” she explained about Turner, who recently finalized his divorce from Golden Bachelor contestant Theresa Nist. “This is a quick journey. You can’t leave anything on the table.
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