The Golden Bachelorette lead Joan Vassos reveals that her season might not end in an engagement because she believes that it takes time for people to really get to know each other, but she is open to a proposal at the end. Joan, a 61-year-old private school administrator from Rockville, Maryland, got her start on The Golden Bachelor season 1. Joan and Gerry Turner had a strong connection, but she ultimately left the show early when her daughter called her and said that she needed her back home. Now Joan is ready to continue her journey to find love on The Golden Bachelorette season 1.
In an interview with CNN, Joan revealed that she isn’t sure if she’ll get engaged during The Golden Bachelorette because she thinks that people need time to get to know each other. She explained, “If it ends up in engagement, I’m open to that. I do believe this process works. I’ve seen it work for so many couples on The Bachelor, so I believe in the process.” Joan added, “If it ends up in engagement, that’s great. If it ends up in, you and I are going to get to know each other better in the outside world, that’s perfect also.”
Although Joan is open to getting engaged, Gerry and Theresa Nist’s divorce is part of the reason that she won’t get married right away. Gerry and Theresa jumped into marriage a few months after their season finale aired, but they ended up announcing that they’re getting a divorce just three months later. Joan shared, “I probably won’t rush into a marriage right away – and not only because of what happened with Gerry and Theresa. I think it takes some time to really get to know somebody. Out in the wild, in the real world, you need to spend some time there.”
Joan was the perfect choice for the first-ever lead of The Golden Bachelorette. Her husband, John, passed away due to pancreatic cancer in 2021. They’d been married for 32 years. Joan is now ready to find the next great love of her life, and she’s thought through how she’d like to navigate the process of the show. It’s good to see that she isn’t set on getting engaged. When the lead goes into the show solely focused on an engagement, it often leads to her forcing the relationship, which, in the past, has resulted in heartache. It’s clear that Joan wants to find her perfect person, and not just a ring.
It’s wonderful to see that Joan has learned something from Gerry and Theresa’s divorce. They got caught up in the fantasy of the show, but then couldn’t figure out the logistics of their relationship in the real world. They couldn’t decide where to live because neither one of them wanted to leave their family. Joan knows that, even if she does get engaged, she’ll need time to get to know her fiancé before she gets married. This will help her relationship to last. Joan’s mature thoughts about marriage give hope that the groundbreaking first-ever season of TheGolden Bachelorette could end with a happily after after.
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