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Warning: Spoilers ahead!
In the Nov. 9 episode of The Golden Bachelor, subtitled The Women Tell All, the 14 women who vied for and cried over Gerry Turner, 72, reunited — and gave him a piece of their mind. And he revealed more of his own feelings than ever.
Gerry confessed that the thought of his granddaughters watching him perform as a serial kisser did not faze him in the least
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“Granddaughters be damned!” he said. “I was having the fun time of my life. They’re all glamorous and glorious. It’s like, yeah, I’m not gonna pass that up!”
The downside? After all those sweet smooches, spurning and hurting women hurt him too. “I physically felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest.”
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The most emotional moment of all was Faith’s reunion with Gerry
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In last week’s cliffhanger, he was supposed to send one of three remaining contestants home roseless and woebegone: financial services pro Theresa, 69, fitness instructor Leslie, 64, or singer Faith, 60. But he couldn’t bring himself to do it, so he fled the room in tears.
This week, he faced up to his responsibility and gave Faith the bad news that she’d lost out. She took it hard. “I was ready to marry the dude,” she said in a quavery voice. It was the first time in 30 years she’d felt safe in a man’s arms. And on top of her own heartbreak, she was heartbroken that her kids would feel heartbroken on her behalf.
“I had told you that I loved you,” Gerry told her. “And in those moments I did — I genuinely loved you.”
Sometimes, the past tense isn’t what a person really wants to hear. But she’s not bitter. “I know your heart is true,” she told him. (To find out why she thinks they were wrong for each other even though Gerry’s a right kind of guy, read Faith’s interview with AARP.)
Gerry’s kiss gave Joan a new lease on life
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Private school administrator Joan, 60, who left the show early to tend to her daughter with severe postpartum depression, spoke to an issue that resonates with the AARP demographic. “As you get older, you become more invisible … like you’re not as significant as when you’re young. Society makes us feel like we’ve had our chance and we’ve raised our children,” she said, and that “now it’s time to kind of take a back seat.”
But not for Joan, not anymore. Gerry taught her “that I am worthy. I can enjoy my life and live it to the utmost and find happiness — and I’ll tell you the truth, I can’t wait to get started!”
Nancy’s kids see her in a whole new light
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“They’ve always seen me as Mom,” said retired interior designer Nancy, 60. “And now they’ve seen me as a single woman, someone who’s ready for love.”
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