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In the Nov. 2 episode of The Golden Bachelor, Gerry Turner, 72, fielded some pointed questions from the families of horse- and motorcycle-riding teacher Faith, Prince’s ex Leslie, and financial services pro Theresa. But the real stars of the episode were the grandkids.
Gerry faces the toughest love jury: the relatives
Gerry knows you don’t marry a woman, you marry a family. “It’s going to look a lot different from someone who’s in their 20s and 30s,” he said, “because I will be meeting the children instead of meeting the parents.”
If you think the Golden Bachelor and the women are cute, wait until you meet the grandkids
“Gerry, how old are you?” demanded Leslie’s blond granddaughter.
“Seventy-two,” he replied.
“How much girls have you kissed?”
“I don’t know, but a lot of them.”
"Do you actually love my grandma? And are you a couple?” He confirmed that they were.
“I think Grandma really likes you. Do you like to dance?”
The little girl got up and danced more adorably than any bachelorette yet, her blond curls flying.
“Yeah, very good!” Gerry accurately said.
At Theresa’s picturesque home in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, she ran to embrace Gerry like they were both made of magnets
Gerry met Theresa's daughter, Jen, Jen’s husband, Matt, their three boys and Theresa’s two sisters, and Theresa was even more lit up with love than when she’s alone with him. “I want to make sure that they like him," she said. "But how could you not like Gerry?”
Theresa’s daughter put Gerry on the spot
Jen wanted to know what Gerry saw in her mom.
“The first thing is how she looks at me,” he said. “And she’s always leaning in listening. And she’s so sweet.”
“So are you falling in love with my mom?”
“That’s such a hard question. And I’m not even sure I know what it feels like to fall in love again," Gerry said with a worried look — but not as worried as the look on Jen’s face.
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