5 days Ago By Just Jared
Gerry Turner has found love again. The 73-year-old The Golden Bachelor alum recently revealed that he currently has a new partner after his divorce from Theresa Nist . “At this point, it’s going well, but I don’t wanna say too much and jinx it.
And I’m trying to respectfully get to a point where there’s an acceptable amount of time from my divorce. Maybe that’s an old-fashioned thought. Maybe it doesn’t matter as much as I think it does, but to be respectful, I kind of want to slow roll this,” he said on a new episode of The Bachelor Happy Hour podcast.
He also clarified that Theresa is aware of the situation, and that the anonymous woman has even met his family. Keep reading to find out more..
. “I think the fun part there is, she has daughters that I really relate to, and her daughter, she relates well to my daughters. So we’ve been around each other briefly, but it’s been fun.
It’s been a very enjoyable encounter,” he said. If you didn’t know, Gerry gave Theresa his final rose on season one of The Golden Bachelor . They married in January of 2024 , and announced their split three months later.
In the interview, Gerry also gave more details about the nature of the divorce. “I withdrew from her. I felt like maybe I was a source of bad feelings and the negativity that came out of the show and so forth.
So I kind of avoided talking to her and not out of, ill will or being combative at all. Just, I thought it was better if we gave each other space,” he said. He continued, “Her being a brand-new grandmother and me having gone through the loss of a spouse and feeling the support of my daughters, it almost created a situation where we recognized fairly quickly that we weren’t going to find that spot where we could be together.
I really feel like there was a mutual admiration and respect and empathy in both ways that we kind of understood the other person’s situation.” Last year, Gerry revealed that he has a health condition that also contributed to his and Theresa ‘s decision to break up..
