The Golden Bachelor Star Gerry Turner Took His First STD Test to Get on the Show

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, we're glad to hear the show invests in STI () tests for participants, according to The Golden Bachelor himself, Gerry Turner.“I was actually traveling with an old girlfriend—we were just friends—and I got a call from ABC wanting me to initiate the process to go get a STD test,” Turner recounted on Justin Long's podcast, per .

Turner explained that testing felt unnecessary during his decades-long marriage to his late wife, so he didn't know what to expect when he went in for a sexual check-up.“That may have been my very first STD test…I had no idea what was gonna happen," he said. "I didn’t know if they were gonna look in the iris of my eye, take a urine sample [or] a blood sample.

I had no idea. Did not know.” ( Nice!)The reality dating show required some less awkward, though no less invasive, “background tests” before proceeding with Turner as The Golden Bachelor's lead. “I had to send my fingerprints to the FBI, there were numerous background tests," the revealed. "There was a psychological evaluation that was like 360 questions and then another hour of interview.

The vetting process is ridiculously thorough.”Plus, he previews the finale. “You'll see things that haven't happened before.”By Clearly, everything worked out and Gerry Turner was able to win over America's hearts through weeks of group dates, roses, and .