‘The Golden Bachelor’: Gerry Teases How Fantasy Suites Will Be ‘Quite Different’ Than Past Seasons (Exclusive)
etcanada.comGerry Turner has some thoughts about Fantasy Suites. Ahead of the start of his journey on “The Golden Bachelor”, the series’ inaugural star told ET’s Denny Directo how his overnights with several lucky ladies may look different than fans of the franchise have come to expect. “I just think that a Fantasy Suite for someone of my age may look quite different,” Gerry, 72, told ET. “The activities could be quite different than for someone in their 20s and 30s.” While Gerry said the potential Fantasy Suite activities “really don’t” make him nervous, he quipped that “they make my daughters a lot more nervous than me.” Gerry shares two daughters, Angie and Jenny, with his late wife, Toni, and is also grandpa to two girls, Charlee and Payton.
Fantasy Suites traditionally take place when the lead has narrowed down their suitors to three, but physical moments, including kissing, have been known to happy as early as night one. “That they said absolutely none of that.
They said don’t do it,” Gerry joked of his daughters, before noting that he’s “been ignoring that part of the advice.” All jokes aside, Gerry noted that his loved ones have “given good advice” as he prepares to embark on this life-changing journey. “They said pick your moments.
They said enjoy every minute you can,” he said. “… They are very much fans of the show. They got me started watching it. They were the ones that motivated me to respond early on to the casting call.” As for what his late wife would think of the whole thing, Gerry said, “She would be thrilled for this.” “We talked frequently as time went on… about what we expected for the other if one of us didn’t live forward, and it was, like, we both wanted the other to be happy,” Gerry added of Toni, his high
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