Bachelor Nation was first introduced to Joan Vassos, the lead of the inaugural season of The Golden Bachelorette, on Gerry Turner’s season of the senior-centered reality dating show.
Gerry Turner ended up proposing to Theresa Nist — a resident of New Jersey — on The Golden Bachelor’s finale and marrying her on live TV just months later.
We’ll see what happens when The Golden Bachelorette premieres on the 2024 TV schedule this fall!
At least The Golden Bachelorette contestants will presumably know this from the outset.