The Golden Bachelor’s Kathy Swarts is considering a return to the franchise. Speaking recently to People, Kathy discussed the forthcoming season of The Golden Bachelorette, revealing she’d be open to appearing on the show — on one condition.
“I would be the Golden Bachelorette, but I am an incredibly active, adventurous person,” she said. “I think they would have a hard time finding 20-some-odd guys that could keep up with me.”
If selected as the first-ever Golden Bachelorette, Kathy added that she’d do things differently than Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, who announced their divorce on April 12. “I would do the televised wedding,” she conceded. “I just think for me, I’d want to be engaged longer.”
Kathy appeared on The Bachelor’s first-ever senior spinoff alongside Gerry and Theresa, who got engaged during the show’s November 2023 finale and tied the knot in a televised wedding ceremony on January 4. The Golden couple confirmed their divorce in joint GMA interview, citing not being able to decide on a forever home as a major factor in their breakup.
Commenting on the split, Kathy also told People that “life goes on” for Gerry and Theresa, adding, “We all wish them a lifetime of love, but they’re doing what they have to do in their life. And I think that’s the message here, is everyone’s doing the best they can.”
Commenting further on the upcoming Golden Bachelorette, which ABC confirmed will debut in Fall 2024, Kathy said, “It’ll be fun to watch love unfold from a woman’s perspective,” and joked that she’d like to meet any of the eliminated contestants if she isn’t cast on the show. “I want all the rejects,” she added. “I’m willing to take sloppy seconds.”
Meanwhile, she recently launched a new podcast, Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour, with her former co-star Susan Noles. After Gerry and Theresa’s divorce announcement, the podcast co-hosts were among the first to share their reactions.
“It is sad, it is tragic,” Kathy said at the time. “Please people be kind. These are our friends. The love didn’t work out, but they’re great people. Our hearts are breaking for them.”
