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ABC/Brian Bowen Smith
The very first Golden Bachelor has his loved ones’ full support as he prepares to embark on a unique new journey to find love.
With Turner’s grandchildren keeping him in the loop on his memes and mentions, his daughters — who are in their 40s — have been sharing their friends’ positive responses to his casting.
“That is genuinely part of the fun of this experience is seeing all the people that are my close circle having so much fun with it,” the series lead added. “[I’m] pleasantly surprised that there’s been almost no jealousy about it. No one’s saying I wish it was me and mentally wishing I wasn’t in that spot. Everybody is so positive and supportive.”
The Indiana native will lead the inaugural season ofThe Bachelorfranchise’s newest spinoff,The Golden Bachelor. The upcoming series will see those in their “golden years” looking for love.
Turner, himself, is a widow after his wife — and high school sweetheart — died early into her retirement in 2017.
“For a while, it was like, I was having a hard time figuring out if she would be okay. But we always told each other when one of us goes, we want the other to be happy,” he added. “She’s up there rooting [for me]. She’s saying, ‘Yeah, Gerry. Do this.'”
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The Golden Bachelor will premiere on ABC this fall.
source: people.com
