After The Golden Bachelor season 1's marriage ended in divorce, there is speculation Gerry Turner may have married Theresa Nist for fame, not love. Hopes for the love story were sky-high from the moment 72-year-old Gerry Turner was chosen as the first lead of the Bachelor spinoff. The tall, attractive widower immediately captured the nation's imagination, and older single women across the country flooded the ABC casting office with applications. Over 20 older women were selected to date Gerry on national television, including 70-year-old fellow widower Theresa Nist. After a thoroughly entertaining season of septuagenarian dating adventures, Gerry gave Theresa his final rose, as well as a diamond engagement ring. He proposed during the season finale, and the two wasted no time planning the dream wedding neither had for their first marriage.
In the rush to make dreams come true, Gerry and Theresa were married in a televised and star-studded Golden Bachelor wedding a few weeks after the finale aired. Sadly, the marriage lasted about as long as the courtship, and the pair announced their divorce after only three months of matrimony. The couple said they couldn't decide on a place to live, with Gerry not wanting to leave Indiana and Theresa wanting to stay in New Jersey. The bottom line is that the couple rushed into marriage and didn't know each other well enough. Though both parties were equally to blame for the divorce, Gerry's behavior since appearing on The Golden Bachelor season 1 has led to speculations that he was always more interested in fame than in true love.
