US EditionWhy Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner Didn't Call Off Wedding to Ex Theresa Nist
Gerry Turner shares his struggles with suicidal thoughts following a brief marriage to Theresa Nist and his new engagement to Lana Sutton in a candid memoir.
- On Nov. 4, Gerry Turner, original Golden Bachelor, released Golden Years: What I've Learned from Love, Loss, and Reality TV, recounting challenges in his brief marriage to Theresa Nist.
- They met on the show's first season and got engaged in November 2023, married in a televised ceremony on January 4, 2024, and announced a mutual decision to divorce after less than three months, finalizing the settlement in June 2024.
- Turner recounts domestic disagreements over retirement and a prenup, telling Faith Martin he felt "completely trapped" and describing feeling like a trespasser in Theresa's small New Jersey home.
- Turner has moved into a new relationship, now engaged to Lana Sutton, and in April 2025 told the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast his dating "is going well."
- Turner decided to reopen the chapter with a memoir, noting they had drawn their children and grandchildren into the union, increasing the emotional stakes of the split.
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Theresa Called Out Gerry’s Account Of Their ‘Golden Bachelor’ Marriage
John Fleenor/ABCThe fallout from Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist’s breakup has outlasted the first Golden Bachelor couple’s three-month marriage. Though the two presented a united front when they announced their split in April 2024, they aren’t on the same page anymore. Turner brought their relationship back into the spotlight while promoting his new memoir, Golden Years, and Nist is now publicly disputing his recollections of their time together.…
Gerry Turner's tell-all book dives into his side of the 'Golden Bachelor' breakup
Gerry Turner, the original "Golden Bachelor" has a new book out about his experiences on the show and his life. The book is called "Golden Years: What I've Learned from Love, Loss, and Reality TV."
Why Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner Didn't Call Off Wedding to Ex Theresa Nist
Three months after Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist wed on TV, they announced their divorce. In his new memoir, he reveals why he went through with the ceremony despite having doubts.
Gerry Turner Says He Had Suicidal Thoughts After Theresa Nist Divorce
Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner reveals in his new memoir that he struggled with suicidal ideation in the wake of his split from Theresa Nist, Us Weekly can confirm. In an excerpt from the book, titled Golden Years: What I’ve Learned From Love, Loss, and Reality TV, and obtained by TMZ on Monday, November 3, Turner, 74, details his shame — and fleeting suicidal thoughts — after he and Nist, 72, announced their divorce in April 2024. (The Golden Bac…
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