Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner’s ex accuses him of fat-shaming and lying
The golden bachelor star Gerry Turner isn’t focused on his ex speaking out about the ups and downs of their nearly three-year relationship.
“My only reaction is that I have so many positive things going on in my life right now,” Turner said The Los Angeles Times on Thursday, November 30, when asked about the recent report about his past relationships. “I have the wonderful love of Theresa, my partner. I don’t have time to think about comments like this. I like to look ahead.”
According to The Hollywood ReporterTurner dated a handful of women after his wife Toni died in 2017. One of those women, identified by name Carolyn The story published on Wednesday, November 28, alleged that Turner once fat-shamed her before joining him at his high school reunion.
“I’m not taking you to the reunion if you look like that,” said Carolyn, who told the newspaper she recently gained 10 pounds due to stress, as she pointed to her body. The comment served as the catalyst for their breakup in January 2020.
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Turner then asked Carolyn to move out of his lake house in Indiana and while packing, Carolyn told the outlet that she fell down the stairs and was taken to the emergency room, something Turner thought was an excuse to get her postpone the move and sue him. The injury. As a result, Turner asked her to leave the property a week earlier than planned and stay in a hotel.
“I really wish this could have worked out,” Carolyn claimed Turner told her as he helped her to her car with her walker. “Call me when you get to your hotel so I know you’ve made it safely.”
Carolyn, who is 14 years younger than Turner, met the Bachelor Nation star while working at the Vera French Mental Health Center in Iowa and claims they started dating a month after Toni’s death. Their relationship contradicts Turner’s claims The golden bachelor that his love life had been on hold since his wife’s death.
“The idea of dating a recent widower just terrifies me,” she told the outlet. “I just didn’t see it. Until I went back and looked at my text messages, I never realized that Gerry’s text messages had become intense and heavy so relatively quickly.
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She also claimed Turner repeated sweet comments to his own Golden bachelor participants he said to her earlier. Carolyn further claimed that he had lied about not having been kissed in six years. “And I’m like, ‘What?’ He needs to know that people are paying attention to this show,” she stated. “I’m just stunned.”
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The outlet’s report came a day before Turner’s Golden bachelor trip ended on ABC. After weeks of romantic dates and heartfelt moments, Turner chose to spend the rest of his life with him Theresa Nist. A live wedding special is planned for January 4.