Joan Vassos found the love of her life by the end of The Golden Bachelorette, but some Bachelor Nation fans are still curious whether she remains in touch with The Golden Bachelor's Gerry Turner.
Before she became the "Golden Bachelorette," Vassos was one of the contestants in The Golden Bachelor, but she abruptly left the series to take care of her daughter who gave birth.
Turner eventually proposed to Theresa Nist by the season finale and got married in a televised event. However, they divorced just a few months later.
Joan Vassos on Her Current Status with Gerry Turner
In a recent podcast interview, Vassos was asked whether she remained in touch with Turner after filming The Golden Bachelor.
"We are really good friends still. Yeah, we stay in touch," she revealed.
When the idea of having another shot of romance with Turner after his divorce from Nist was brought up, Vassos quickly remarked, "I’m not gonna comment."
Nevertheless, The Golden Bachelorette star's past fling with Turner made her realize that she can open her heart to find love again.
"Even if it wasn’t with him, I started realizing that I was going to be able to do that. My heart was going to be able to get there," Vassos said. She also described her goodbye to Turner in The Golden Bachelor as "painful."
Fortunately, Vassos found the love of her life by the end of The Golden Bachelorette with Chock Chopple, who she is currently engaged with.
When Are Joan Vassos and Chock Chopple Getting Married?
Chopple recently opened up about the latest update on his relationship with Vassos including when they are planning to get married.
He shared that the process of finding an apartment together in New York City has been "difficult."
"We’ve kind of narrowed it down to Soho, and there’s just not a lot of places there. But we’re going [this week]," Chopple explained at that time.
"I get in [Wednesday] evening, late. Joan has a dinner with some friends in New York City. And we’re looking on Thursday and Friday. We’ve got a couple of places to look at. We’re getting closer, yes we are."
Chopple also revealed that there is a possibility that they might walk down the aisle by the end of this year or sometime next year.
"Somebody today at lunch said, ’25?’ and I said, ‘Maybe at the end of ’25 or ’26.' We’re getting closer. We’re having a lot of fun together just getting to know each other. So it’s time well spent," he said.
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