Does Theresa End Up With Gerry on The Golden Bachelor? This TikTok Holds the Clue
As one of the most controversial contestants this season, Bachelor Nation members have been desperate to know if Theresa ends up with Gerry on The Golden Bachelor Season 1 and if they’re still together now. Keep reading for what to know about Theresa.
Theresa Nist is one of 22 contestants on the first season of The Golden Bachelor, a spin-off of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette featuring single men and women aged 60 and older. “Some of the casting interviews we got, they were just so touching,” ABC unscripted executive Rob Mill told Variety in 2020 about why the network wanted to create The Golden Bachelor. “It’s such a different way of doing The Bachelor because these people are just at a totally different place in their lives. There is an interesting thing about people who have hit the other end of the spectrum, who’ve lived their lives, they’ve raised their kids, some have been widowed or divorced and maybe some have never been in love. We thought that would be an interesting dynamic through the Bachelor prism.”
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Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old restaurant owner from Indiana, was announced as the Season 1 Golden Bachelor on Good Morning America in July 2023. “It’s never too late to fall in love again,” he said. Gerry is a father, grandfather, and widower. He married his wife and high school sweetheart, Toni, in 1974. They share two daughters, Angie and Jenny, and two granddaughters, Charlee and Payton. Gerry and Toni were married for 43 years until her death from an illness in 2017, six weeks after her retirement. “She got robbed,” Gerry told Good Morning America about Toni. “Every day that goes by, that’s the thought I have.”
When asked what Toni would think of him starring on The Golden Bachelor, Gerry told Good Morning America that he believed his late wife would be “rooting” for him. “I have her picture on a dresser in my closet,” he said. “Every morning I give her the nod, ‘So what do you think about this?’ For a while it was like I was having a hard time figuring out if she would be OK. But we always told each other, when one of us goes, we want the other one to be happy.” He continued, “She’s saying, ‘Yeah Gerry, do this.’”
But back to Theresa on The Golden Bachelor. So who is Theresa from The Golden Bachelor and does she end up with Gerry? Read on for what happens to Theresa on The Golden Bachelor and where she is now.
Who’s Theresa from The Golden Bachelor?
Who’s Theresa from The Golden Bachelor? Theresa Nist is a 70-year-old Financial Services Professional from Shrewsbury, New Jersey. She was born on August 4, 1953. Her Instagram handle is @theresa_nist. “Hi! I’m Theresa. Look for me on #TheGoldenBachelor, premiering Thursday, September 28th on ABC. Wow, isn’t this exciting? @goldenbachabc @bachelornation,” Theresa captioned an Instagram post in September 2023 announcing herself as a contestant on The Golden Bachelor Season 1.
Read Theresa’s Golden Bachelor biography and fun facts ahead: “Theresa is a gorgeous catch with a huge heart. She is very close with her children and grandchildren and loves nothing more than seeing them all thrive. Theresa describes herself as optimistic, encouraging, and ready to love again after loss. She hopes to meet a partner who will be her best friend in this next chapter of life and will appreciate all the little moments with her. When she’s not spending time with her family, Theresa enjoys playing board games, gardening, reading romance novels, and doing the hula hoop. Theresa is here for the real deal and fingers crossed it’s all fireworks when she meets the Golden Bachelor!
Theresa loves to sing… alone in her car.
Theresa taught herself all about the stock market
Theresa loves 70’s rock, both soft and hard.”
Do Theresa and Gerry end up together on The Golden Bachelor?
Do Theresa and Gerry end up together on The Golden Bachelor? The answer is unclear, but it seems like no. Theresa is one of two finalists on The Golden Bachelor Season 1, along with Leslie Fhima, a 64-year-old Fitness Instructor from Golden Valley, Minnesota, according to Reality Steve.
Reality Steve hasn’t confirmed Gerry’s winner on The Golden Bachelor Season 1 yet. However, fans speculate that Gerry didn’t pick Theresa and picked Leslie based on a TikTok video Leslie posted in September 2023 of her and her granddaugther, Kiki, dancing, which fans believed Gerry recorded. “Whoever is filming starts to laugh and it weirdly sounds like Gerry’s laugh,” a Reddit user wrote. “I think he ends up with Leslie just from that video… that’s my guess!” Another commented on Leslie’s Instagram, “Ummm did I hear a tiny Gerry laugh from behind the camera?”
Fans also suspected that Gerry chose Leslie based on a video interview Gerry did with Us Weekly, which showed a woman in a mirror behind Gerry that looked like Leslie. “From the hair color, I think it’s Leslie,” a user commented on a video of TikTok account @ShesAllBach’s repost of the video.
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