“The Golden Bachelor” couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist recently announced on Good Morning America that they were getting a divorce.
The couple, fell in love on the first season of “The Golden Bachelor” last fall before tying the knot in a televised wedding earlier this year.
“Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations, and we’ve looked closely at our situation, our living situation, so forth and — and we’ve kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it’s probably time for us to — dissolve our marriage,” Turner told Juju Chang in an interview for “Good Morning America.”
“Get a divorce?” Chang clarified. “Yes,” Turner said.
“We have received so much love and support from so many people who watched ‘The Golden Bachelor,’ and I don’t think we can tell you how many people told us that it gave them so much hope,” Nist said. “We want none of that to change for anybody.”
When asked how everything fell apart, since they both said they were 100% committed to making this work, Most said that was their plan all along.
“We looked at homes in South Carolina, we considered New Jersey, and we just looked at home after home, but we never got to the point where we made that decision.”
The pair, holding hands during the interview, said they were still in love.
“I still love this person,” Turner said. “There’s no doubt in my mind, I still am in love with her. I root for her every day.”
Nist added, “Yeah, I still love him.”
The pair will give their rings back, “I think that’s the rule,” Nist said with a laugh. “But you know what? We don’t have to give back the memories,” Turner added.
The couple had a prenuptial agreement and said they highly recommend it to others.
