Gerry Turner secretly dated this Golden Bachelor contestant after Theresa Nist split

Gerry Turner’s journey to love continued after Theresa Nist.In fact, the 73-year-old secretly dated another “Golden Bachelor” contestant following his divorce from the New Jersey native, 72, in 2024.Turner and Nist first got engaged at the end of 2023 on the show before exchanging vows on a TV special in January 2024.But by April of that year, the exes announced in an interview with “Good Morning America” that they were divorcing.While on Wednesday’s episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast, hosts Susan Noles and Kathy Swarts asked Nist about her ex-husband’s dating history.“Theresa, I think you know, Gerry dated Christina from our show for a while after…” Noles claimed.Christina Kempton was another contestant competing for Turner’s love on the series in 2023.Nist replied that she “now” knew it was true, alleging it happened “a while ago.”“I’m actually the one who suggested he go out with Christina,” she revealed.”We’re all on the same page.

They went out for, like, six months,” Swarts chimed in, which surprised the finance whiz.According to Kempton’s bio from the “Golden Bachelor,” the then-73-year-old is a retired purchasing manager who lived in Sierra Madre, Calif.Turner sent her home during week three.The Post reached out to Turner’s rep for comment.

Turner, meanwhile, revealed in April, per TMZ, that he’s dating a retired school teacher named Lana, who also lives in Indiana.“I really am happy for him,” Nist, who’s also dating, stated on an episode of “The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast” in June.“And if he had to find his person by going this circuitous route, then he did, then it was successful.

He found someone that really suits him, and that’s wonderful.So I think it worked out the way it was supposed to work out.”While on the mic, Nist also addressed rumors that she and Turner split over his cancer diagnosis.“It was a zero factor, zero.

Absolutely.I was just...