The Golden Bachelor’s post-show romance rumors are conserving the highlight on Gerry Turner.
Through the Wednesday, August 20, episode of the “Bachelor Pleased Hour” podcast, Susan Noles and Kathy Swarts introduced up Gerry’s rumored relationship with Christina Kempton whereas chatting with Theresa Nist.
“Theresa, I feel , Gerry dated Christina from our present for some time after…” Kathy mentioned.
Whereas Theresa, 72, admitted she “now” knew the data, she claimed she was “truly the one who instructed he exit with Christina,” including that the connection occurred “some time in the past.”
Kathy went on to share that the 2 dated for “like, six months.” When Theresa reacted with shock, Kathy doubled down. “So did Susan, so did I. So we’re all on the identical web page,” she mentioned. “They went out for, like, six months.” Theresa responded, “I didn’t know that.”
On prime of that, Kathy additionally claimed that Christina acquired an early take a look at Gerry’s upcoming memoir, Golden Years: What I’ve Realized from Love, Loss, and Actuality TV, which hits cabinets in November. “And I mentioned, ‘He higher have mentioned good issues about all of us,’” she quipped.
For longtime viewers, it’s a tangled internet of Golden Bachelor historical past. Christina was eradicated in week three of the present, whereas Susan and Kathy left simply earlier than hometowns. Theresa, after all, made all of it the best way to the finale, the place Gerry proposed and the pair married in early 2024.
However three months after tying the knot, Gerry and Theresa introduced their divorce. By June, it was confirmed that they had signed a marital settlement settlement, formally closing that chapter.
Since then, Gerry has gone public together with his new girlfriend, Lana Sutton. “I can’t consider how many individuals in Charleston acknowledged us and wished us the most effective,” Gerry captioned photographs of the pair on Instagram after sharing the information with TMZ.
To his credit score, Gerry informed Theresa about his relationship earlier than it made headlines. “He mentioned, ‘I simply wanna let I met somebody.’ I mentioned, ‘That’s great. I’m so pleased for you.’ He goes, ‘I used to be afraid to inform you.’ ‘Why would you be afraid? I solely need your happiness,’” Theresa informed Us Weekly in April 2025. “Like, if this was the best way it occurred for him to seek out his individual to go on the present, get married, after which discover his individual this manner, then it was meant to be.”
As for Theresa, she’s nonetheless searching for love on her personal timeline. “Nothing is solidified but. I’m conserving my choices open,” she added. “I need to take my time. I don’t need to rush into something.”