‘The Golden Bachelor’ Recap: Competition Heats Up With Pickle Ball Tournament & Gerry Addresses Tiff Between 2 Women
20.10.2023 - 02:11
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SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Thursday’s episode of ABC‘s The Golden Bachelor.
After an emotional and somewhat stressful week, Gerry is ready to take his relationships to the next level as his journey on The Golden Bachelor reaches the halfway point.
That’s right, folks. Next week is the last dates before hometowns, which means that the pressure is on for the nine remaining women. The episode begins with a fun surprise for the ladies. The OG Bachelorette, Trista Sutter is here!
And if you thought that the drama from last week was all water under the bridge, you’d be wrong. As the women are chatting with Trista, she reminds them that the process can work if they stay true to themselves. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Teresa takes this as an opportunity to tell Trista that she so agrees with the sentiment, especially since she went on the first one-on-one date with Gerry.
Well, this sets off Kathy, who complains in confessional that Teresa can’t “seem to find the off button.”
But Trista isn’t there to play into the drama. She’s actually there to invite eight of the women on a group date. Ellen, Sandra, Susan, Nancy, April, Teresa, Kathy and Faith will be participating in a pickle ball tournament — and the winners get to be featured alongside Gerry in In Pickleball magazine. Exciting! That also means that Leslie has been chosen for a one-on-one this week.
Upon arriving at the courts, the ladies learn they’ll be getting some pointers from tennis pro and soon-to-be Season 28 Bachelor, Joey Graziadei. Of course, there’s plenty of swooning over Joey but, ultimately, they’re there to vie for Gerry’s attention….and apparently, they’ll do whatever it takes. So, when April takes a tumble during practice, it’s pretty