Here’s what ‘Golden Bachelor’ Gerry Turner told runner-up Leslie off-camera that led to blindside

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Gerry Turner’s “Golden Bachelor” runner-up Leslie Fhima claimed that the lead “lied” to her during their emotional breakup — and now viewers allegedly know why.The 64-year-old fitness instructor revealed what Turner told her behind closed doors (and off-camera) on the latest episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast, which dropped on Monday.“He made plans with me for [the] future.

He said kind of, like, ‘Save the date, this is what we’re going to do. I can’t wait for us. [In] two more days, we’ll be done with this [and] be together, start our life,'” she recalled to hosts and “Bachelor in Paradise” couple Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt.“Did he say, ‘Will you marry me?’ in there, no, but he all but said that,” Leslie claimed. “I would’ve been happy with just, ‘I love you,’ but he took it to a different level.”Last week, Bachelor Nation fans watched as the retired grandpa, 72, split from Fhima hours before proposing to Theresa Nist.

After speaking with her — and Fhima sensing something was off — he returned to her room after crying in the stairwell. As Fhima opened the door to let him in she knew she was going to hear bad news.“Your words just meant so much to me, and that’s why I was blindsided,” she said as they talked on a couch. “You made it sound like you chose me.