REVEALED: Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner, who captured viewers’ hearts with a story about failing to find love since his wife’s death in 2017, has a secret past that includes three years of romance — and ‘dumping his girlfriend because she gained 10 pounds’ had arrived’

Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner has a secret past that includes a three-year relationship after the death of his wife and multiple jobs, a new report has revealed.

The 72-year-old captured the hearts of millions when he was introduced as a loving retired restaurateur who hadn’t had a single date since his wife of 45 years died suddenly from an infection in 2017.

But a new investigation by The Hollywood Reporter has discovered that Turner has a professional and personal history that does not match the personality of a grieving man who hasn’t had a first date in forty years.

Turner reportedly had a three-year relationship with a woman who claims she was dumped because she gained five pounds. The woman, whose name is Carolyn and who is 14 years younger than Turner, said she lived with Turner at his lake house in Indiana for more than a year.

While Turner was introduced on the show as a “retired restaurateur,” his LinkedIn profile shows he hasn’t owned a restaurant since 1985, when he sold his Mr. Quick hamburger franchise in Iowa, where he had worked his way up since high school.

The 72-year-old was introduced as a loving retired restaurateur who had not had a single date since his 45-year-old wife Toni died suddenly of an infection in 2017.

An ex-girlfriend of Turner painted a picture of him that is a far cry from the man featured on the ABC show who won millions with his emotional awareness and health

Since then, he has held various sales and management positions in the meat industry, as shown in his resume on the website. Despite the show claiming he has been retired for decades, Turner worked installing hot tubs and as a handyman in Iowa after selling his restaurant.

It was during his time as a handyman at the Vera French Mental Health Center in Davenport that he met Carolyn, but the two did not reunite until two months after his wife’s death.

Carolyn told The Hollywood Reporter that the two started dating after Turner called her following the death of his wife Toni to ask for help donating some clothes to charity.

She claimed she quit her job to move in with Turner in July 2018, but the situation quickly changed when his demands emerged. For example, he quickly informed Carolyn that she would have to pay about $1,000 a month for her share of the costs, which she managed to negotiate down to $850.

The image of Turner painted by Carolyn is a far cry from the man presented in the show who won over millions with his emotional awareness and health.

While Turner was introduced as a “retired restaurateur,” his LinkedIn profile shows he hasn’t owned a restaurant since 1985, when he sold his Mr. Quick hamburger in Iowa (stock photo)

Turner can be seen with finalist Leslie Fhima, 64, on the ABC show

Turner was reportedly so concerned about splitting costs that Carolyn would pay for her meals at restaurants in advance so that Turner could pretend at the check game that he was paying the entire bill.

The reality star was also said to be obsessed with cleanliness and demanded that Carolyn make the bed every morning before they had breakfast.

The romance ended in late 2019, when, according to Carolyn, Turner said he wouldn’t take her to his high school reunion because of her weight.

The Golden Bachelor reportedly said, “I’m not taking you to the reunion like that.”

Turner then told Carolyn that she needed to be out of the house by January 1, 2020, according to THR, which reviewed emails and text messages between the former couple and spoke to people who witnessed the relationship.

Carolyn fell down the stairs while packing and had to undergo emergency surgery, but says Turner accused her of using the fall as an excuse to extend her stay at his home and claimed she planned to sue him for it .

Turner wouldn’t even let Carolyn stay in the house until she served the two-week notice period for her new job in Indiana, forcing her to stay in a hotel, she claimed.

The bombshell report comes as The Golden Bachelor will choose between finalists on Thursday’s finale

Top two: Gerry has whittled the field down to his final two, including Leslie Fhima, 64

Also a finalist: Theresa Nist, 70, was also among Gerry’s final two

The bomb report comes next The American sun previously reported that Turner’s claim that he had not dated since his wife’s death may not have been accurate.

The outlet spoke with a friend of Turner’s, Heather Lanning-Adams, who said he had dated a few women over the past six years.

The report also comes just a day before The Golden Bachelor is chosen between finalists Leslie, 64, and Theresa, 70, on Thursday’s finale.

Turner spent the night with both Leslie and Theresa in the Fantasy Suites episode filmed at Springs Resort & Spa in Costa Rica.

In the Fantasy Suite, Gerry told Leslie, a fitness instructor from Minneapolis, Minnesota, that he thought she was “the one.”

Theresa, an effects professional from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, also spent the night in the Fantasy Suite with Gerry after declaring her love for him.

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