‘Golden Bachelor’ star Theresa Nist addresses Gerry Turner’s rocky dating history after shocking divorce news

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Theresa Nist, who’s divorcing “Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner after only three months, said his previous behavior did not factor into their split.In November, the LA Times published a report — just days before “The Golden Bachelor” finale on ABC — claiming that Turner had dated multiple women after the death of his first wife, Toni, who passed away in 2017.

The Hollywood Reporter published a similar report.One of the women claimed that Turner fat-shamed her.“My only response is that I have so many posititive things in my life right now,” Turner told The LA Times. “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.”Nist said on Friday’s “GMA” that she was good with Turner’s dating history before they tied the knot.“Gerry had already discussed that with me,” Nist, 70, said on “GMA,” where the couple appeared together to announce their shocking news.“He had explained it to me before the report was ever released,” Nist said, “so we were good with that.“That didn’t play into it.”“The Golden Bachelor,” which premiered last fall, helped revitalize “The Bachelor” franchise in featuring people of a certain age looking for love (as opposed to the show’s usual much-younger star and contestants).

The show’s ratings shot up as viewers were riveted with Turner’s search for a partner, and with his back story.ABC will air a spinoff show, “The Golden Bachelorette,” this fall (but has yet to name who will star).Turner proposed to Nist during “The Golden Bachelor” finale in November and they married Jan.