The Golden Bachelor’s Gerry Reveals Age Range He Gave Casting

Most particulars about The Golden Bachelor are nonetheless shrouded in thriller, however star Gerry Turner is spilling a number of secrets and techniques — together with the potential ages of his contestants.

“I think I said 60 to 70, but feel free to blur the lines,” Gerry, 71, instructed Variety on Thursday, August 10, when requested concerning the “general age range” he gave casting administrators.

Gerry, who hails from Indiana, mentioned that he additionally gave producers a number of briefs about what he hoped to search out on the present. “They’d ask several questions and some of the things that I said were I’d like someone who enjoys activity [such as] golf or pickleball or some sport and they use that to stay fit,” he defined.

Aside from these parameters, Gerry wasn’t involved in taking part within the casting course of as a result of his previous makes an attempt to discover a accomplice haven’t been so profitable.

“My wife’s been gone six years — of that six, I’ve dated about four [years], and I wasn’t very good at casting for myself, so I’m happy that I don’t have that job,” he quipped. “I think that the process that they’ve used in the past and they’ve refined will bring some really fantastic candidates.”

ABC introduced Gerry as the primary ever Golden Bachelor in July. The information got here after a seek for senior contestants went on for years, main some followers to wonder if the spinoff would ever actually occur.

“It feels amazing and it’s still sinking in,” Gerry mentioned on Good Morning America final month, including that he’s hoping to discover a “high-energy” accomplice.

Before his entrée into actuality TV, Gerry was married to his highschool sweetheart, Toni, who died in 2017. In July, he instructed “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast cohosts Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt that he thinks Toni could be “very pleased” by his participation within the present.

“I have a picture of her in my walk-in closet, so every night I’m in there and I see her picture. It’s the only one now that I have in the house and in the mornings, I see her picture and you know, we talk,” he defined. “I’ll make a brief comment — or sometimes that talk is silent. But here, lately, in the last couple of months, you know, my question for her is always, ‘So, what do you think of this? Am I doing the right thing?’ And I really have strong positive feelings about it. I think she would be very happy.”

The couple shared two daughters, Jenny and Angie. According to Gerry, his daughters and granddaughters are all “very excited” about his upcoming Bachelor Nation debut. “They send me a lot of positive reinforcement,” he instructed Variety.

Production on The Golden Bachelor is at the moment underway, with former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe filming a date with Gerry’s contestants earlier this week. The spinoff premieres on ABC this fall.