‘Golden Bachelor’ couple announce they are divorcing

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Golden Bachelor couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist have announced they are calling it quits just three months after they said, “I do.”

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“Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations, and we’ve looked closely at our situation, our living situation, so forth and — and we’ve kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it’s probably time for us to — dissolve our marriage,” Turner, 74, said.

“We have received so much love and support from so many people who watched The Golden Bachelor, and I don’t think we can tell you how many people told us that it gave them so much hope,” Nist added. “We want none of that to change for anybody.”

In the GMA interview, Turner said, “The thing that strikes me the most in our conversations, it’s been how dedicated both of us are to our families … So we look at these situations and I think we just feel like it’s best for the happiness of each of us to, to live apart.”

“Their journey captured the hearts of millions. Now Gerry and Teresa have something new they want to share. Their emotional all new interview that will have everyone talking,” GMA teased in an Instagram post promoting their appearance.

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Turner was the lead of The Golden Bachelor’s first season, and he picked Nist as the winner. But even though they are heading their separate ways, there’s no hard feelings.

“I still love this person. There’s no doubt in my mind, I still am in love with her. I root for her every day,” Turner said, pointing to Nist who replied, “I still love him.” 

In the leadup to his reality TV debut, Turner told Us Weekly that he had no plans to get engaged again after the death of his first wife. But that all changed after he began his journey on The Golden Bachelor.

“I think it was a natural progression of the season,” Gerry told Us last year. “We came out of that knowing each other so well and have learned so much more about each other with every passing day, and when the opportunity came around that we could do this, it just seemed like the right thing to do, the natural thing to do. And Theresa has said this very well — we’ve impacted so many people with the show that we wanted that to continue through the rest of our journey.”

They wed Jan. 4 in a televised special.

The spinoff was a hit and ABC has given the greenlight to The Golden Bachelorette, which will air this fall. The network hasn’t yet named the lead.

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