The “Golden Bachelor” is also coming out with a memoir later this year, titled “Golden Years: What I’ve Learned from Love, Loss, and Reality TV.”
Watch: ABC ‘Golden Bachelor’ divorce reveal, Al Roker’s reaction
On ABC, “Golden Bachelor” stars Gerry and Theresa announced their divorce, after marrying in January. On NBC, Al Roker reacted.
Inaugural “Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner is once again off the market.
The 74-year-old widower-turned-reality TV star revealed in an Oct. 3 Instagram post that he is engaged to girlfriend Lana Sutton, writing in the caption: “We’ve got BIG news. The Golden Bachelor is OFF the market. I found my perfect match and she said ‘YES.’ I love this woman.”
Sutton also posted about the proposal, writing, “BIG announcement……we’re ENGAGED!💍🎉❤️ The Golden Bachelor Season 1 led me to the man of my dreams…..Gerry Turner!!!”
She added, “I love you, Babe, more than I ever thought possible! We are perfect together! I am so proud of US as a couple. ❤️💍”
The two went public with their relationship in April by sharing photos from a getaway to Charleston, South Carolina.
Turner, who is coming out with a memoir titled “Golden Years: What I’ve Learned from Love, Loss, and Reality TV” later this year, split from his “Golden Bachelor” wife Theresa Nist in April 2024, three months after they married on national TV.
Their divorce was finalized two months later.
Eight months after the duo called it quits, Turner revealed he’d been diagnosed with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, an incurable bone marrow cancer.
The septuagenarian has maintained the upbeat persona he debuted on “The Golden Bachelor” in 2023, telling the official Bachelor Nation podcast in April that he feels “really good.”
“I mean this sincerely: From the time I got this diagnosis, it’s a privilege to live like you’re dying,” he told the “Bachelor Happy Hour” hosts. “I don’t turn down anything. I feel like I’m more open to emotions. I’m more open to experiences.”
Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY