Oh, he has choices!
“Golden Bachelor” star Gerry Turner will not be prepared for the relationship scene once more, however that isn’t stopping girls from reaching out.
The 72-year-old advised TMZ that the divorce from his ex-wife, Theresa Nist, 70, remains to be contemporary.
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Turner mentioned that girls ship him DMs on social media, and people who are daring strategy the truth star in public to provide him their numbers.
Although he’s flattered by the interactions, he’s cautious of those that attain out to him first.
Per TMZ, Turner says although he accepts the cellphone numbers, he hasn’t reached out to anybody simply but.
When he is able to return to the relationship scene, Turner will likely be on the lookout for a great buddy and somebody who loves journey, journey, and is ready to be on the transfer.
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Moreover, Turner prefers his subsequent associate to stay in his house state of Indiana as a result of it’s going to get rid of lots of the problems related to long-distance relationships — one thing he skilled with Nist.
The pair introduced their break up in April on “Good Morning America” after three months of marriage, saying that they couldn’t agree on the place to stay.
“We simply really feel prefer it’s greatest for the happiness of every of us to stay aside,” Turner mentioned on the time. “I nonetheless love this particular person. There’s little question in my thoughts.”
He added: “Theresa and I’ve had quite a few heart-to-heart conversations … and appeared carefully to our residing conditions.”
Earlier than the pair determined to name it quits, they advised ET in December that they deliberate to maneuver after tying the knot on stay TV.
“On the primary date, he spoke to me about probably transferring to the Charleston space. I mentioned, ‘Nicely, wow.’ I’ve a son who lives in South Carolina. I mentioned, ‘That may work,’” Nist mentioned. “It wasn’t till the Fantasy Suite that the dialog got here again to that and we realized South Carolina might be the place we’re going.”
However issues didn’t go as they’d deliberate.
“We checked out houses in South Carolina, we thought-about New Jersey, and we simply checked out houses after house, however we by no means acquired to the purpose the place we made that call,” Nist mentioned.
Turner filed for divorce the identical day the “GMA” episode aired. They finalized their divorce on June 13.
ABC not too long ago introduced the first-ever “Golden Bachelorette,” 61-year-old Joan Vassos from Maryland, who left through the third week of Turner’s season.
Turner reacted to the information on Instagram with encouraging phrases.
“Expensive Joan, Congratulations on being named the primary ever Golden Bachelorette. You can be phenomenal as the brand new consultant of a era. From one Golden to a different….chill out, breathe and revel in,” Turner wrote in Could.
Vassos is a mom of 4 and grandmother of two. She was beforehand married to her late husband, John, for 32 years, earlier than he died from pancreatic most cancers in January 2021.
“The Golden Bachelorette” will air this fall on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.