'The Golden Bachelorette' star Joan Vassos tells us about tonight’s debut episode and the pressures of being the first Bachelorette of a certain age.
last year, attempting to win the heart of Gerry Turner before she left the show early because of a family emergency, she said something that resonated deeply with many viewers: “As you get older you become more invisible. People don’t see you anymore. You’re not as significant as when you’re young.”
“It was so surprising when he said it, because he’s a tall, good looking, handsome man,” Vassos tells. “He looks so young, he looks like he’s in his forties. It shocked me to hear that he felt that way. I thought that I was the only person feeling this way and I just kind of blurted it out in the limo on my way out of the mansion. So many people DMed me and messaged me and said, ‘You verbalized the way I’ve been feeling forever.
“I remembered how terrified I was when I was in the limo,” Vassos says. “I second-guessed why I was there, so I had such empathy for the guys each time the limo came up. I think about older men and how fragile they are when it comes to their feelings. They’re putting themselves out there in a big way and I was really conscious that they were going to get hurt. I just wanted them to do their best and I wanted them to feel really good about themselves when all of this gets shown on national TV.
“They all have really heartwarming stories and you could see how they suffered and how they’ve come out of it,” Vassos says. “And they are such good friends to each other. That happens on night one. They bond in the mansion and they support each other on their emotional journeys. They cry together, they laugh together, they tease each other, and they cook in the kitchen together. They are the story, honestly. I am a side note.
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