WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! Do not learn on when you haven’t seen The Golden Bachelor Season 1 finale.
The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner has doled out his closing rose and requested one hopeful contestant to be his spouse.
During Thursday’s season finale, Turner, 72, had the choice to pop the query to both Leslie Fhima, a 70-year-old financial-services skilled from New Jersey, or Theresa Nist, the 64-year-old health teacher from Minneapolis.
Though each ladies tried to win Turner’s affections by way of 9 weeks of TV flirtation, it was Nist who stole Turner’s coronary heart in the long run.
Turner popped the query in Costa Rica. Prior to getting down on one knee, Turner’s daughters Jenny and Angie, in addition to his granddaughters Payton and Charlie, helped him make the seemingly tough resolution.
He informed his household each Nist and Fhima individually confessed their like to him, and he had returned the sentiment to every of the ladies.
Then lastly, within the massive reveal, Turner requested Nist to be his spouse. On a big, flower-covered out of doors stage, Turner obtained onto one knee and introduced Nist with a glowing princess-cut diamond ring from jeweller Neil Lane. He then introduced Nist with the season’s closing golden rose.
“I love you 1,000 per cent, and I’m never going to stop believing,” Turner mentioned as he proposed. “Every day I choose you.”
When Turner requested Nist to marry him, her reply was an enthusiastic “Yes!”
During an in-studio filming session after the proposal, Turner mentioned he and Nist can be marrying in January.
“We’re going to do it as quickly as we can because at our age, we don’t have a lot of time to waste,” he mentioned.
The Golden Bachelor followers will be capable to witness the ceremony throughout a reside TV particular, known as The Golden Wedding, set to air on ABC on Jan. 4.
Where did issues go flawed with Leslie Fhima?
For Fhima, the ending wasn’t practically as candy. Though Turner as soon as informed her she was “the one” throughout the present’s Fantasy Suite week, that didn’t show to be true when it got here time to suggest. As a part of the two-hour finale particular, Turner additionally needed to name off his romance with Fhima. While standing exterior her lodge suite, Turner informed Fhima that he’d determined to suggest to Nist.
Fhima, by way of tears, accused Turner of mendacity to her about his earlier emotions.
“At that time, that was the truth. Things have changed; things have evolved,” Turner defended, additionally visibly emotional.
“I’ve worked hard to learn as much about you and about Theresa as I possibly could,” he defined. “You’re both wonderful, but only one of you is right. Leslie, I am so sorry. Believe me, had I known this would be how much pain I would cause someone, I would’ve never taken the first step on this journey.”
Fhima mentioned Turner’s resolution not to decide on her was “mind-boggling” given he’d earlier mentioned he liked her. “You said things to me that made me think that this was going to be it,” she mentioned. “You led me down a path and then you took a turn and left me there and that’s how I feel.”
After their emotional breakup, Turner walked away from the lodge to embrace The Golden Bachelor host, Jesse Palmer. Turner mentioned he hated himself for breaking the guts of a “really good person.”
“I think the only time I’ve ever felt worse in my whole life was when my wife passed away,” Turner mentioned. “And this was a goddamn close second.”
Later, throughout an “After the Final Rose” phase that noticed the pair reunite, Fhima mentioned she was “blindsided” by Turner’s resolution.
“I picked out a dress, blue like your eyes. I wrote our vows. It was the happiest day of my life, except for the day I thought was coming,” Fhima mentioned. “Right now, I’m heartbroken.”
Turner mentioned he “got caught up in moments” whereas filming the present.
“You were the person I believed was my person until I suddenly knew you weren’t,” he defined.
Turner mentioned their romance didn’t “go wrong,” however relatively his connection was “better with someone else.”
What do Bachelor Nation followers suppose?
As regular with Bachelor Nation, not all viewers have been glad with the tip consequence. Much of The Golden Bachelor‘s viewers had appeared to favor Fhima over Nist.
Sorry, Bachelor Nation followers, however the coronary heart desires what it desires, and Turner made his alternative.
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