‘The Golden Bachelorette’ Names 61-Year-Old Joan Vassos as First Leading Lady

While Susan Lucci is a fan of "The Golden Bachelor" franchise, she's not ready to step into the lead role. In an interview with People, the acclaimed actress revealed she was contacted to star as "The Golden Bachelorette" for its upcoming debut season. "I believe that they contacted my publicist, and it wasn't for me," Lucci told the outlet.

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ABC announced that fan favorite Golden Bachelor contestant Joan Vassos has been chosen to be the very first Golden Bachelorette.

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Turner’s “The Golden Bachelor” was cut short.Vassos, 61, left Turner’s season early in the third week to care for her daughter who had recently given birth. Vassos is a mother of four, grandmother of two and a school administrator. Her late husband John, whom she was married to for 32 years, died in January 2021 from pancreatic cancer.

Joan Vassos is getting another shot at love.

Joan Vassos has been named the first Golden Bachelorette!

The Golden Bachelorette was officially a go, fans have been waiting forever (well, more like three months) to find out who the lucky lady would be, and now we know: Joan Vassos, from Rockland, Maryland.Joan was a fan-favorite and front-runner , when she and Gerry had a heart-warming one-on-one date (like Gerry, Joan is also a widow). It seemed like she and Gerry had what it took to go the distance, but the morning after their date, she made the important—and right—decision to leave the show to care for her daughter, who was struggling with postpartum depression.Gerry was understanding—and devastated. But to make matters even more surprising, Joan told me at the Women Tell All taping in October 2023 that she was actually scheduled to return to the show, and even had a plane ticket.

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