‘Golden Bachelor’ Gerry Turner calls fantasy suites ‘watershed’ moment — ‘avoided conversation’ with kids

The Bachelor” returns with a new leading man! Joey Graziadei, the 28-year-old tennis player best known as the runner-up from Season 20 of “The Bachelorette,” is searching for “The One” in ABC’s new trailer for the show’s 28th season. In the new footage, which aired during the “Bachelor in Paradise” finale, Graziadei attempts to find love — but his ending may not be a happy one. Graziadei had his heart broken by bachelorette Charity Lawson on the finale of “The Bachelorette,” which aired over the summer.

Gerry Turner may not be willing to look back and give specific answers about his controversial love life before starring on The Golden Bachelor… but someone in his life is!

How is The Golden Bachelor responding to the most upsetting part of that shocking exposé? Let’s put it this way… you know how the crazy part of how little accountability Tom Sandoval was taking was the reminder he’s 40 years old and should have better character by now? Gerry Turner is 72. And he’s showing less.

Gerry Turner’s “Golden Bachelor” runner-up Leslie Fhima claimed that the lead “lied” to her during their emotional breakup — and now viewers allegedly know why.The 64-year-old fitness instructor revealed what Turner told her behind closed doors (and off-camera) on the latest episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast, which dropped on Monday.“He made plans with me for [the] future. He said kind of, like, ‘Save the date, this is what we’re going to do. I can’t wait for us.

died in 2017. Chatting with Katie Couric one day after proposing to New Jersey native Theresa Nist, Turner came clean.“I guess I would say this: I dated a number of women, but then it becomes an issue of how you define whether you’re in a relationship,” Turner, 72, said while appearing on a Zoom call with Nist, 70.

The Hollywood Reporter piece, which includes allegations from a former flame simply named as “Carolyn,” was published just a day before the season finale aired this week, during which the 72-year-old widower proposed to Theresa Nist, 70. The pair will tie the knot Jan.

Things got SUPER intense during the After the Final Rose aftermath of The Golden Bachelor! And we are here for this drama just like we are for the regular seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette!!

Gerry Turner is reacting to a negative report that included some less-than-flattering allegations about his life before starring on The Golden Bachelor.

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe had audiences doing a double take as she was spotted at the live taping of Gerry Turner’s “Golden Bachelor” finale on Thursday.“Am I crazy or is Reese Witherspoons daughter at the golden bachelor finale??? #TheGoldenBachelor,” one viewer wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.ABC executive Robert Mills confirmed that Ava, 24, was indeed at the show — and she brought along a relative.“This is her,” he tweeted. “Her mother Betty is here as well.

Wow, the ABC machine is really trying hard to spin this one!

The inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor has officially come to a close, and Gerry Turner chose a winner!

The Golden Bachelor is getting married!

is a bachelor no more! After narrowing the pool of 22 eligible women to just two finalists—Leslie Fhima, 64, and Theresa Nist, 70—ABC's first-ever Golden Bachelor has proposed.On the finale episode of the inaugural season of The , which aired on November 30, Turner, 72, Gerry proposed to , the retired financial services professional from Shrewsbury, New Jersey.But first, he had to let Leslie down, and when we say it was brutal, boy was it brutal.After Leslie's last date with Gerry, she felt something was off. Even Gerry knew it, saying when you have a rhythm with someone, it made sense why Leslie felt something wasn't right. He returns to her hotel room and says, “When I left, you asked me if there was something I had to say to you…I've made a decision of how I want to go about this.

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the Season 1 finale of The Golden Bachelor.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the finale of The Golden Bachelor.

Gerry Turner was forced to choose between Minnesota native Leslie Fhima and New Jersey’s Theresa Nist. In the end, Turner went with Nist.“I came to the realization that you’re not the right person for me to live with,” Turner, 72, told Nist, 70, on Thursday night’s finale before getting down on one knee. “You’re the person that I can’t live without.”And save the date — Turner and Nist’s wedding will be broadcast live on ABC on Jan.

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “The Golden Bachelor.“ The first season of “The Golden Bachelor” came to quite an emotional conclusion. At the top of Thursday’s finale, Gerry Turner introduced the final two, Theresa Nist and Leslie Fhima, to his family. Both meetings went great, but since Theresa went first, it was a bit tougher for Gerry’s family to warm up to Leslie.

The Golden Bachelor is wrapping up tonight…and fans want a Golden Bachelorette announcement!

, we're glad to hear the show invests in STI () tests for participants, according to The Golden Bachelor himself, Gerry Turner.“I was actually traveling with an old girlfriend—we were just friends—and I got a call from ABC wanting me to initiate the process to go get a STD test,” Turner recounted on Justin Long's podcast, per . Turner explained that testing felt unnecessary during his decades-long marriage to his late wife, so he didn't know what to expect when he went in for a sexual check-up.“That may have been my very first STD test…I had no idea what was gonna happen," he said. "I didn’t know if they were gonna look in the iris of my eye, take a urine sample [or] a blood sample.

The Golden Bachelor has been one of the most successful installments of the Bachelor Nation franchise in years, but we still don’t know yet if the show has a future.