Golden bachelor Gerry Turner and his new wife Theresa Nist enjoyed a date night with a group of friends amid news that they are in a long-distance relationship.
Theresa shared an adorable clip about her. Instagram Stories on Friday, showing the couple sitting with five women at Terra Rooftop in Los Angeles.
Among them were some of Gerry and Theresa’s co-stars from the reality dating show, including rumored Golden Bachelorette and runner-up Leslie Fhima, 65.
The Indiana restaurateur, 72, got cozy with the New Jersey financial genius, 70, as he put his arm around her, flashing his megawatt smile.
The post comes just days after it was reported that Gerry is living at his lake house in northern Indiana, while Theresa is in New Jersey with her family three months after getting married.
Golden bachelor Gerry Turner and his new wife Theresa Nist enjoyed a date night with a group of friends amid news that they are in a long-distance relationship.
Theresa shared an adorable clip to her Instagram Stories on Friday, showing the couple sitting with five of their Golden Bachelor co-stars at the Terra Rooftop in Los Angeles.
Despite their geographical separation, there are no problems in their relationship, TMZ reported.
Sources close to Gerry and Theresa have indicated that they are happy with their current living situation.
The couple finds the idea of moving more trouble than it’s worth, especially considering their frequent visits to each other, according to insiders.
While there have been discussions about the possibility of purchasing a home together in South Carolina in the future, nothing has been finalized yet.
Given Theresa’s family ties in South Carolina, such a move would seem to be the logical next step for the couple.
The couple’s whirlwind romance, which began just over three months ago, culminated in a sunset wedding live on ABC.
Their ceremony, attended by several Bachelor Nation guests, featured a touching family mix, with Nist escorted by her son Tommy, 46, and accompanied by her new stepdaughters Angie Warner, 43, and Jenny Young, 49 , along with Turner’s granddaughters, Charlee, 16, and Payton, 22.
For her special day, Nist selected an elegant ivory tulle dress from New York’s Badgley Mishka, accessorized with a white veil and elegant gold satin sandals.
The post comes just days after it was reported that Gerry is living at his lake house in northern Indiana, while Theresa is in New Jersey with her family three months after getting married.
Despite their geographic separation, there is no confusion in their relationship, TMZ reported.
The financial professional won Turner’s heart last year on the inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor.
Turner, on the other hand, looked dapper in a sharp black tuxedo, surrounded by his groomsmen, including his best man and son-in-law Rob, 44.
The Coachella Valley wedding marked the grand finale of ABC’s Golden Bachelor series, a spinoff of the immensely popular Bachelor and Bachelorette franchises.
Like its show counterparts, the Golden Bachelor faced its share of controversies, particularly when retired Indiana restaurateur Turner revealed himself to be a former hot tub maintenance man who sold his last restaurant, Mr. Quick, a hamburger joint, in 1985. .
Despite professing to be single since the unexpected death of his wife Toni in 2017 after 43 years of marriage, Turner’s romantic history reveals that he has dated several women, and even split from an ex-girlfriend in January 2020 over an alleged increase. of weight.
Even his courtship with Nist had setbacks, and an emotional Turner was about to hand the rose to finalist Leslie Fhima, 64.
Meanwhile, ABC has confirmed that a Golden Bachelor spinoff is in the works.
The golden bachelorette party will give a woman, age 60 or older, the chance to find love.
The new show will premiere in the fall and more information about the spin-off will follow later.
After getting engaged in the August 2023 finale, Nist and Turner, 72, tied the knot at a Golden Anniversary event televised live on ABC in January.
The Golden Bachelorette will give a woman 60 and older the chance to find love
According VarietyLast September’s Golden Bachelor debut yielded the largest multi-platform audience for the franchise since 2020.
The show garnered an impressive viewership of 43.4 million after 35 days across linear and streaming platforms.
It also ranks as the top new unscripted series show this season among adults 18-49, with a 0.84 rating, ABC reported.
Additionally, Golden Bachelor marked ABC’s most successful unscripted series premiere on Hulu to date.