The Golden Bachelor winner Theresa Nist has shared that Gerry Turner had secretly dated another woman from his season of the show following their divorce.
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Kathy Swarts told Theresa on a recent episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour" podcast, "Theresa, I think you know, Gerry dated Christina from our show for a while after."
Theresa responded, "You know, I know that. But, I mean, a while ago, I'm actually the one who suggested he go out with Christina!"
Kathy replied, "[My co-host Susan Noles] and I did as well, so we're all on the same page. They went out for, like, six months."
Hearing Gerry and Christina had dated for a whopping six months, however, shocked Theresa.
"I didn't know that," Theresa confirmed.
Kathy then continued to spill the tea.
"Oh, yeah, and he let her read part of [his] book," Kathy said, referencing Gerry's upcoming memoir titled Golden Years: What I've Learned from Love, Loss, and Reality TV that will hit shelves on November 4, 2025.
"Yeah, he did! And I said, 'He better have said nice things about all of us.' So who knows!"
Although Gerry and Christina didn't work, he's now in a happy relationship.
One year after filing for divorce from Theresa in April 2024, Gerry went public with a new romance and also made it Instagram official.
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Gerry began dating Lana Sutton, a retired school teacher in her 50s whom he had met on Facebook, in March.
But before Gerry introduced Lana to the world, he reached out to Theresa to tell her first. Theresa recalled being nothing but supportive of Gerry finding love again, especially since he's living with an incurable cancer.
Theresa, for her part, revealed that she's currently single.
"There was something, but it wasn't for me, so I'm not [dating anyone]," Theresa said.
"And actually, right now, I'm not really actively looking. If it happens, it happens. I'm very at peace with my life; I'm happier now than I've ever been."
Although Theresa didn't find The One on The Golden Bachelor, she gushed about how the show has enriched her life and been so fulfilling.
Gerry starred on The Golden Bachelor after the death of his late wife Toni Turner, and he ultimately proposed marriage to Theresa during his season finale that aired in late 2023.
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But Gerry announced his split from Theresa and filed for divorce in April 2024, explaining that the distance between them was an issue. Their divorce was finalized two months later in June of last year.
While Theresa has yet to publicly disclose the real reason, in her opinion, why her relationship with Gerry didn't work out, she has suggested multiple times in media interviews that they didn't have enough time to get to know each other.
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"The amount of time that I was with him was what you saw on TV," Theresa told Us Weekly in May.
"There was no other casual interaction, like, there might be on Bachelor in Paradise where you can hang out."
Theresa said she learned not to rush into another relationship after what she experienced with Gerry.
The Golden Bachelorette star Joan Vassos, meanwhile, praised Gerry and Theresa for not dragging out their marriage.
"They knew where their hearts were and they both stepped away, and good for Gerry. He found somebody," Joan noted.
Joan added that Gerry was "really cute" when talking about how he fell in "love at first sight" with his new girlfriend.
"I felt that sense that he really needed somebody in his life that he wanted to love again. And he had a lot of love to give. I think he dove into this really quickly, but I think it's a great relationship from what I can tell," Joan shared.
"She's phenomenal. They talked about really important things, his [incurable bone marrow] cancer. And she is all onboard and she's like, 'Whatever years I have with you are perfect.' They've talked really long-term."
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