Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner Reveals Identification of New Girlfriend

• Former Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner is courting a retired trainer named Lana after assembly her on Fb
• In response to TMZ, Lana hails from Indiana, identical to the truth star
• The information comes one yr after Turner and his last rose recipient Theresa Nist introduced their divorce following three months of marriage

Gerry Turner has a brand new love in his life!

In response to TMZ, the previous Golden Bachelor, 73, has been courting a retired trainer named Lana who reached out to him on Fb.

Turner advised the outlet he ignored Lana’s first Fb message, however when she shared with him in a second message that she grew up in a city about 20 minutes from him in Indiana, he was intrigued and made plans together with her to satisfy up. They went on their first date at a restaurant in March.

The information comes one yr after Turner and his Golden Bachelor last rose recipient Theresa Nist introduced their divorce following three months of marriage. They settled the divorce in June 2024.

On the April 15 episode of Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt’s Bachelor Completely happy Hour podcast, Turner teased that his new relationship has been “going effectively.”

“I do not wanna say an excessive amount of and jinx it,” the retired restaurateur mentioned. “And I am attempting to respectfully get to a degree the place there’s a suitable period of time from my divorce. Possibly that is an old style thought, you realize, possibly it would not matter as a lot as I believe it does, however to be respectful, I sort of wish to gradual roll this.”

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The truth star shared that Lana, who’s in her mid-50s, has met his two daughters, Angie and Jenny, and that he’s been launched to her mother and father.

“I believe the enjoyable half there may be, she has daughters that I actually relate to, and her daughter, she relates effectively to my daughters,” he advised Amabile, 39, and Pitt, 27. “So we have been round one another briefly, however it’s been enjoyable. It has been a really satisfying encounter.”

Turner additionally mentioned that he advised Nist, 71, about his new relationship in order that it “will not be surprising information to her” when it goes public.

Earlier this week, ABC introduced that former NFL participant Mel Owens will step into the function of Golden Bachelor for season 2. Owens, 66, graduated from the College of Michigan and was chosen because the ninth general decide within the 1981 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. After retiring from soccer, he moved to Orange County, Calif. and started working towards regulation, throughout which era he met his old flame. They obtained married and had two sons collectively, however they’ve since break up up.

Now, Owens hopes to rediscover a love “rooted within the easy joys of companionship — sharing life’s on a regular basis moments, planning for the longer term and rising stronger collectively as a pair,” in keeping with ABC.

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Turner’s season 1 contestant Susan Noles additionally revealed just lately that she discovered love with a person she met on Tinder whereas on trip in Saint Martin with fellow Golden Bachelor alum Kathy Swarts.

“I discovered the love of my life,” Noles, 68, mentioned on the April 21 episode of her Bachelor Completely happy Hour: Golden Hour podcast.

The marriage officiant enterprise proprietor referred to as her boyfriend, French native Frédéric, “tall and good-looking,” “as foolish as I’m” and “an awesome cook dinner.”

“It’s plain,” she mentioned of their connection. “Simply while you assume it’s by no means going to occur, it occurs.”