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It\u2019s time to stop and smell the roses because the inaugural season of The Golden Bachelorette<\/em><\/a> is underway! ABC announced the season\u2019s stunning lead after Gerry Turner<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s wild journey on The Golden Bachelor<\/em> and fans want all the details about the upcoming season.<\/p>\n Joan Vassos<\/strong><\/a> was named the first Golden Bachelorette<\/a> during the ABC upfront on May 14, 2024.<\/p>\n The school administrator reacted to the news the following day via Instagram and shared her excitement heading into her new journey of love.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first Golden Bachelorette \u2026 I truly can\u2019t believe it! I\u2019m positively overwhelmed by the love and support you are all sending my way. Thank you @abc for picking me and @bachelornation for rooting for me!\u201d she gushed in her caption<\/a>. \u201cAs I embark on this journey, I hope to make you all proud, follow my heart, and have a lot of fun along the way. I\u2019m honored to represent all of the golden ladies out there, turns out we aren\u2019t invisible after all.\u201d<\/p>\n ABC spoke highly of the Rockland, Maryland, resident in her official biography online.<\/p>\n \u201cJoan is really something special. She has four kids and two grandkids and is looking for love again after losing her husband of 32 years to pancreatic cancer. Joan is proud of herself for starting a new career in this chapter of life and for how resilient she\u2019s been through many unexpected life changes,\u201d the introduction reads. \u201cWhen she\u2019s not working, Joan loves listening to Elton John, hanging with her dog, and cooking a delicious meal. Joan describes herself as a loving mother and a hard worker who would love to find someone with whom to enjoy life.\u201d<\/p>\n Joan built a connection with Gerry as a contestant on The Golden Bachelor<\/em>, but a family emergency back home gave her no choice but to self-eliminate. Upon her exit during the October 2023 episode, Joan shared that her daughter faced health complications after giving birth.<\/p>\n \u201cA huge thank you to everyone expressing their concern for my family,\u201d Joan wrote via Instagram after the episode aired. \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to be a mom to four amazing kids and a grandmother (they call me Jojo) to two beautiful grandchildren. But once a mom, always a mom and sometimes the timing doesn\u2019t work out with finding love.\u201d<\/p>\n Although their romantic relationship didn\u2019t end in an engagement, Joan and Gerry remained on good terms. In fact, the retired restaurateur congratulated Joan<\/a> on her new title.<\/p>\n \u201cDear Joan, Congratulations on being named the first-ever Golden Bachelorette. You will be phenomenal as the new representative of a generation,\u201d he wrote via Instagram<\/a> on May 14. \u201cFrom one Golden to another \u2026 relax, breathe and enjoy. Gerry.\u201d<\/p>\n ABC has not yet announced the premiere of the Bachelor<\/em> spinoff series. However, the network confirmed that it will be coming in \u201cfall 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWho Is \u2018The Golden Bachelorette\u2019 \u200bSeason 1 Lead?<\/h2>\n
What Happened to Joan Vassos on \u2018The Golden Bachelor\u2019?<\/h2>\n
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