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The Golden Bachelor alum Teresa Nissett She may not be on dating apps following her divorce Gerry TurnerBut she still gets messages from men.
“I’m being approached through direct messages on Instagram, but you wouldn’t believe how young these guys are,” Nissett, 71, said. people In an interview published on Saturday, December 14. “They are so young they are younger than my son!” (Nice shared Son Tommy and daughter Jen with the deceased husband William “Billy” Neestwho died in 2014.)
“But these young guys, I’m just blown away by it and they’ll keep going and keep going and keep going,” Teresa continued. “And I’m talking about 33-year-olds!”
Teresa admitted that she hasn’t gone on any dates following her divorce from Turner, 73. “They asked me, and I said no,” she said. “I don’t know. I’m more clear about what I want, so I don’t want to waste anyone’s time. I definitely want to be with someone. I do. I think life is much better when you’re with someone, but I know it’s hard even for young people to find people . Imagine how much harder it gets… I’m 71 years old. That number scares people.”
While Teresa said she’d rather “date someone younger,” she claimed she didn’t want anyone more than 10 years younger than her age.
“To me, age, it doesn’t matter up to a point,” she said. “(But) too young, we’re just not the same culturally, we didn’t experience the same things growing up, the same music, the same movies. It’s hard to have a conversation. And I don’t think anything is too old. It’s just your energy. It’s who you really are.”
Teresa stated that she is not sure if she would like to exchange vows again, but she has an idea of what characteristics she wants in her next partner.
“Like a passion for something you love to do, something that makes you wake up and want to get out of bed in the morning,” she said. “It’s intelligence. It’s being able to speak at the same level. And it’s really unique when you start talking to someone, whether you are or not, you understand each other at your core.”
After Billy’s death, Teresa was cast in Season 1 of The Bachelorette, where she competed for Turner’s affection. Teresa eventually received a proposal from Turner during the finale episode, which aired in 2023. Teresa and Trend tied the knot during a live television special in January 2024.
However, months later, the couple announced their plans to divorce. While Turner and Teresa have kept the reasons for their split private, the former Golden Bachelor recently revealed that he chose not to discuss the details due to a health battle.
“I think it’s about time, also because it will probably clear up a lot of mystery around what happened in February, March and April,” Turner said. people on December 11. “When Teresa and I were trying really hard to figure out our lifestyle and where we were going to live and how we were going to make our lives work, unfortunately I was Diagnosed with cancer.”
Turner shared that he was diagnosed with a slow-growing “bone marrow cancer” called Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia. He stated that there is no cure.
As Turner tried to live his life “as normal as possible”, he admitted to the publicity ears that he spent more time with his family – and his relationship with Teresa fell by the wayside. “And the importance of finding the way with Teresa was still there, but she became at least a priority” he said.
“When you come across this kind of news and the shock wears off after a few days or a few weeks and you regroup and you realize what’s important to you, that’s where you start to move forward,” he said. “And I hope people realize in retrospect now that it had a huge impact on my decisions and I think probably Teresa’s as well.”
However, Teresa dismissed the idea that his diagnosis had influenced their decision to divorce. In a separate interview with people On December 11, she claimed that his cancer “wouldn’t have ended the relationship, at least not for me.”
“If it was something on his part, maybe, I don’t know,” she said. “But no, it didn’t end the relationship. Part of it was the distance, but it wasn’t the only part. That’s really all I’ll say.”