EXCLUSIVE: Despite a difficult year for broadcast television, ABC can look back with confidence as it kicked off the year with some strong scripted content and was buoyed through a rocky fall season primarily by unscripted content.
01.12.2023 - 06:07 / perezhilton.com
Wow, the ABC machine is really trying hard to spin this one!
If you missed it, The Hollywood Reporter dropped a bombshell exposé on Wednesday pulling back the curtain on The Golden Bachelor. Basically they showed evidence this whole loveless widow narrative was total BS. Far from not having dated in four decades or having kissed a woman in six years, Gerry Turner has been dating since the month after his wife died!
Not only did witnesses from his neck of the woods say they’d seen him with multiple women, they said a few of the relationships “weren’t short-term either.” And one woman, whom the publication referred to as Carolyn told her entire story. Gerry turned their working relationship into a dinner — and before she knew it they were dating. She even started living with him, in that dream retirement home on the lake, the one he bought for his wife. She provided proof they were together for over TWO AND A HALF YEARS! Until, that is, he refused to take her as his date for his high school reunion because she’d put on 10 lbs. He allegedly told her:
So… how is the ‘Golden Bachelor’ responding to the not-so-shiny revelations?
Just hours after the article went viral, an exclusive People interview went live. Supposedly Gerry had given the talk “previously,” i.e. before the bomb dropped. See, that way he was being honest the whole time! Hmm…
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In the sitdown, Turner discusses his dating life after the passing of his wife of 43 years, and once again it’s a real sob story. He tells the mag:
OK, so he admits what he says on the show about not dating in 45 years is a lie? But if Carolyn is telling the truth (and THR says they’ve seen the text messages
EXCLUSIVE: Despite a difficult year for broadcast television, ABC can look back with confidence as it kicked off the year with some strong scripted content and was buoyed through a rocky fall season primarily by unscripted content.
Emily Longeretta It sounds like “The Golden Bachelorette” could be right around the corner. When it comes to focusing on a female lead, “nothing would make us happier,” executive producer and showrunner Bennett Graebner said during a Producers Guild FYC panel for “The Golden Bachelor” on Monday night. Newly engaged duo Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, as well as executive producers and showrunners Claire Freeland and Jason Ehrlich were also on the panel in New York.
The audience for The Golden Bachelor finale has only continued to grow since Gerry Turner concluded his second-chance quest for love with an engagement last week.
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.
Selome Hailu 6.1 million viewers tuned in to see who Gerry Turner would propose to on Thursday night after two month of wooing women of a certain age. That marks not only a series high, but the most-watched episode of any series in the “Bachelor” franchise since the conclusion of Matt James’ season in 2021. When “The Golden Bachelor” premiered on Sept.
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 saw his second chance at love come to fruition on Thursday night when he proposed to a very lucky lady on the inaugural season finale of The Golden Bachelor.
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.
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.