‘Golden Bachelor’: Gerry Turner Sobs While Talking About His Late Wife In New Teaser

Tatiana Siegel Since January 2022, Jesse Palmer has fronted ABC’s lucrative “Bachelor” franchise as host of the flagship reality show as well as offshoots “The Bachelorette,” “Bachelor in Paradise” and the upcoming “The Golden Bachelor.” After taking the reins from Chris Harrison, who was ousted in 2021 after facing criticism for defending a contestant accused of racism, the former NFL quarterback and ESPN college football analyst has helped expand the show’s female-skewing audience to include more men. “I have this theory that the dirty little secret in Bachelor Nation was that men were always watching anyway,” says Palmer.

Jesse Palmer is opening up about The Golden Bachelor.

“The Golden Bachelor” recently revealed the 22 women who’d be competing for the heart of Gerry Turner on ABC’s upcoming spinoff, and one of them has another connection to Bachelor Nation.

The Golden Bachelor contestants have been announced!

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent Ever since “The Golden Bachelor” was announced, fans (and critics) have been wondering if the female contestants would be well, age appropriate, for the show’s senior citizen star. Or, would executives cast women of a different generation to date 72-year-old leading man, Gerry Turner? Now, that question has been answered, and these ladies are indeed fabulously mature, showing that age is nothing but a number. Love knows no limits, and “The Golden Bachelor” will showcase love stories for the golden years in life — something that is rarely seen in Hollywood, a notoriously ageist town.

EXCLUSIVE: Four years after his last full-length feature — the black comedy Greed, starring Steve Coogan as a venal business tycoon — Michael Winterbottom is back, this time with a political drama set in Tel Aviv, based on real-life people and events that occurred during the 1930s, in the run-up to the foundation of Israel in 1948.

Ariana Madix has thoughts on Bethenny Frankel’s interview with Rachel Leviss.

This fall will be full of the “Bachelor” franchise!

Gerry Turner's family isn't shy about teasing him. In a new promo for, the spinoff series' inaugural lead sits down for a conversation with his daughters, Jenny Young and Angie Warner, and his granddaughter, Charlee Young, about his upcoming journey, which will premiere Sept. 28 on ABC.«Dating on this show is going to be an altogether new experience,» Gerry tells his family, which also includes a granddaughter named Payton Young, who was not in the clip.

Thursday’s “The Challenge: USA” episode revealed a new chapter for reality star Paulie Calafiore. In the ep, which unfortunately saw the New Jersey native get the boot, he told his cast mate Tori Deal: “I came through athletics, so that forced me to repress who I was sexually. I didn’t know if I was attracted to women, attracted to men, or if it was just like an energy thing.”

Gerry Turner is moving forward after the difficult loss of his wife, Toni, six years ago. In a new sneak peek clip, the 72-year-old first star of opens up about the painful death of Toni in 2017, shortly after she retired. Noting they had a «typical but beautiful life, full of love, full of activity,» Gerry shared that he and his late wife closed on their dream property on June 6, the same day that Toni retired.

The inaugural Golden Bachelor, Gerry Turner, is ready to embrace the reality TV process with one exception.

Gerry Turner has some thoughts about Fantasy Suites. Ahead of the start of his journey on “The Golden Bachelor”, the series’ inaugural star told ET’s Denny Directo how his overnights with several lucky ladies may look different than fans of the franchise have come to expect.

Gerry Turner is teasing his journey on The Golden Bachelor!

Gerry Turner has some thoughts about Fantasy Suites. Ahead of the start of his journey on, the series' inaugural star told ET's Denny Directo how his overnights with several lucky ladies may look different than fans of the franchise have come to expect.«I just think that a Fantasy Suite for someone of my age may look quite different,» Gerry, 72, told ET.

Gerry Turner is sharing what “Bachelor” nation fans can expect from the women vying for his love on the first-ever season of “The Golden Bachelor”.

Gerry Turner opened up about the women who will be competing for a chance to steal his heart on The Golden Bachelor.

Most details about The Golden Bachelor are still shrouded in mystery, but star Gerry Turner is spilling a few secrets — including the potential ages of his contestants.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent After years in development, ABC’s senior citizen spinoff of “The Bachelor” is finally underway — and Variety has the first interview with the leading man himself since production has begun. Still weeks away from “The Golden Bachelor” premiere this fall, Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old grandpa from Indiana, is currently filming his season at “The Bachelor” mansion in Los Angeles, Calif., in hopes of finding love later in life.

“There are portals in this world that we may never know we’ve trespassed through,” says a character in the trailer for Apple TV+’s new fantasy-horror series, “The Changeling”.