The Golden Bachelor contestants have been announced!
15.08.2023 - 14:09 / etonline.com
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.
«From June 6 on, it didn't go according to plan at all. She became ill and her situation got worse over a couple of weeks,» Gerry said, choking up as he recounted the difficult period. «We went to the emergency room and she had a bacterial infection that infected her kidneys and infected her liver.
I took my wife to the emergency room on July 7. She passed away on July 15.»As he moves forward, Gerry notes, «No one's ever going to replace Toni, but the love of my daughters and my granddaughters pulled me out of a dark spot.»The retired restauranteur says he's hoping to find the person he'll spend the rest of his life with. «Best case scenario is I find out Helen Mirren's on the market, and she's really happy to be on ,» Gerry quipped.
The new reality star recently spoke with ET's Denny Directo about how his family inspired him to sign up for the show. «They were the ones that motivated me to respond early on to the casting call,» he told ET of his two daughters and two granddaughters. As for how his wife would react to him being on the show, Gerry quipped, «Being a bit of a hot head as she was, she'd say, 'Get the hell out there and get going with this.' But I think in reality, she'd be thrilled for this.» The Golden Bachelor will premiere this fall on ABC.'The Golden Bachelor': How Fantasy Suites Will Be 'Quite
.The Golden Bachelor contestants have been announced!
Nick Cannon a proud brother on. In an interview with ET's Denny Directo, the winner of the second season of the hit ABC competition series revealed how his famous brother reacted to him joining the show.«At first, Nick is like, 'A reality show?' You see the eyebrow raise. He wasn't sure.
Charity Lawson and Dotun Olubeko are ready to start their life together. ET's Denny Directo spoke with the couple on Tuesday, following the season finale of, which saw the child and family therapist get engaged to the integrative medicine consultant.«It's a sigh of a relief,» Charity told ET of being out in the open. «We're just so excited.
Dotun Olubeko was guarding not one secret but two ahead of Monday's season finale of. The integrative medicine consultant had to work with Charity Lawson to keep their engagement under wraps until the finale aired, while also keeping the fact that his fiancée had been tapped to compete on from the child and family therapist herself.Dotun finally got to come clean about both secrets on Monday, happily showing off his relationship with Charity during the live finale, before spilling the beans about his fiancée's exciting new gig.«I just knew two hours before.
Dotun Olubeko to see Charity Lawson's love for another man. Following Monday's season finale of, ET's Denny Directo spoke with the happy couple, and Dotun admitted that seeing his now-fiancée's feelings for other guys — mainly her runner-up, Joey Graziadei — was challenging to say the least.«It started off kind of easy and light, like, it's all goofy and we're in Barbie outfits, but then it gets more real and you see her feelings start to develop for someone else and that's tough,» he confessed.
In this season of the Nick and Vanessa Lachey-hosted series, five couples will have eight weeks to either get engaged or break up. But to test their commitment, they will each live with a new potential partner for several weeks.As it turns out, this kind of drama can prove to be too much for some couples, while others learn just how important their relationship is to them.Ahead of the season 2 premiere, ET's Denny Directo spoke with three of the cast members, who opened up about what the experience was like and what they discovered about themselves and their partners.Lisa Horne — who has been in a relationship with Brian Okoye for over a year and a half — admitted that seeing their romance tested proved to be more difficult than she imagined.«To see him talking to another woman, I did feel a little bit of jealousy,» Lisa admitted to ET.
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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.
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Gerry Turner may be looking for late-in-life love as “The Golden Bachelor”, yet the memory of his late wife is never far away.
Charity Lawson has some feelings about her ex. On Monday night’s “Men Tell All” special of “The Bachelorette”, the leading lady confronted Xavier Bonner for the first time since she sent him home after he confessed to infidelity in a past relationship.
Charity Lawson has some feelings about her ex. On Monday night's «Men Tell All» special of, the leading lady confronted Xavier Bonner for the first time since she sent him home after he confessed to infidelity in a past relationship.Throughout the season, Charity, who was cheated on in a past relationship, continuously noted that the biomedical scientist reminded her of her former beau. In retrospect, it's a gut feeling she should've followed.«With Xavier, I felt like there were reminders of my ex.
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 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 opened up about the women who will be competing for a chance to steal his heart on The Golden Bachelor.
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.
Charity Lawson had a surprise visitor on Monday night’s episode of “The Bachelorette”. After the leading lady pulled “the most absurd s**t” ever by sending Aaron packing after his Hometown date, she entered Fantasy Suite week with decision “weighing” on her.
Charity Lawson had a surprise visitor on Monday night's episode of. After the leading lady pulled «the most absurd s**t» ever by sending Aaron packing after his Hometown date, she entered Fantasy Suite week with decision «weighing» on her.Back in San Diego, Aaron was feeling it too, so he decided Charity was «worth fighting for» and hopped a plane to Fiji to win her back.«I was shocked. Literally, so shocked.