The Golden Bachelor’s Gerry Turner faced a scandal shortly before his Golden Wedding to Theresa Nist that involved his ex.
Golden Bachelor’s Gerry Turner has revealed whether drama with his ex factored into his decision to divorce from Theresa Nist.
The 72-year-old found himself in a deep scandal that involved the ex shortly before proposing to Theresa during the hit ABC dating show’s finale.
The Hollywood Reporter released a bombshell report, in which they claimed to have discovered several inconsistencies regarding both Gerry’s work history and recent romantic relationships that contradict the narrative he and the show’s producers (who may have been ignorant of the details) put forth to viewers.
He dated a woman for nearly three years, beginning a month after his wife’s death, but he told Entertainment Tonight: “I mean, I haven’t dated in 45 years.”
Gerry and the woman’s relationship ended on less than good terms and it cast a shadow over him as fans believed him to be wholesome and authentic.
However, the drama with the ex did not contribute to the couple’s divorce, which they annouced on Good Morning America on Friday.
“Gerry had already discussed that with me,” Theresa shared during the estranged couple’s TV appearance, referring to the bombshell report.
“He had explained it to me before the report was ever released, so we were good with that,” Theresa continued. “That didn’t play into it.”
In the aforementioned article, they claimed Gerry allegedly met a woman, whom he dated for nearly three years, beginning a month after his wife’s death.
She was 14 years younger and a staff accountant at a mental health center, and it’s claimed they dated for 10 months, and then lived together for one year and nine months.
This account comes from interviews with the woman (who requested not to be named to protect her privacy), as well as friends she confided in at the time and text messages with Gerry, among other documents.
The woman allegedly wasn’t the only relationship Gerry and the Golden Bachelor producers failed to mention.
This fall, the U.S. Sun spoke to Heather Lanning-Adams, a waitress at The Shady Nook, a bar and restaurant located next door to Gerry’s new lake house.
She claimed that in the last six years, Gerry allegedly “dated a couple of women. They weren’t all long-term, but they … weren’t short-term either…. He was with a couple of women for a decent amount of time, but it just didn’t work out.”
The first woman, meanwhile, didn’t want the years of her life as Gerry’s girlfriend to become national news fodder.
She also did not want to be the “invisible woman,” whispered about in Davenport as Gerry’s gullible duped and then dumped girlfriend.
The woman was allegedly embarrassed that her ex threw lines and moves on his many contestants throughout the show that he had used to seduce her.
While packing for Gerry’s high school reunion in 2019, he allegedly said to her: “I’m not taking you to the reunion looking like that.” She’d put on 10 pounds.
They broke up shortly after, with Gerry allegedly telling her to be out by Jan. 1, 2020.
“My only response is that I have so many positive things in my life right now,” Gerry told The Los Angeles Times about the claims. “I have the wonderful love of Theresa, my partner. I don’t have time to reflect on comments like this. I’m happy to look forward.”
Gerry had now officially filed for divorce from Theresa in his hometown Petersburg, Indiana.
During their appearance on Good Morning America earlier on Friday, Gerry said :”Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations.”
