“Golden Bachelor” winner Theresa Nyst After announcing her divorce from Gerry Turner three months after saying “I accept”, she is choosing to look on the positive side.
On Monday, Nist shared a famous quote by Dr. Seuss on Instagram. The quote reads, “Don’t cry that it’s over, smile that it happened.”
Along with the quote, the reality television star also wrote a long caption in which she thanked her fans for their support during this challenging time.
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nyst announce their divorce on the Good Morning America program. (John Fleener / Disney)
“To everyone who has shown love, support and kindness to me, I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart. You are all such amazing people,” Nist began her caption. “It means so much to me that you took the time to reach out to me, whether in person, on the phone, via text or direct message. You are all so kind to do so. To everyone else who is confused and angry and doesn’t understand, please find it in your heart to understand and try to show some kindness. Not just to me, but to the world and everyone you meet.”
‘Golden Bachelor’ stars Gerry Turner and Theresa Nyst divorce 3 months after televised wedding
He added, “It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life, something I never expected would happen at this point in my life and I really thought it would last forever. But it turns out that even at 70 you don’t know everything.”
Nyst added that “sometimes things don’t go the way you planned” and reassured his followers that that’s OK.
“There are so many positive things that I have taken away from this experience, most importantly and above all, the incredible friends I now have in all of these amazing, wonderful women, Angie and Jenny, Payton and Charlie, the producers, production crew and so many of you,” she wrote. “I ask that you please remain open to all the experiences, opportunities and love that comes your way. Keep smiling, keep laughing… I will keep laughing. I love you all.”
Gerry and Theresa went on “Good Morning America” on Friday and during their joint interview they declared that love alone isn’t enough to keep their marriage going.
The wedding of Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist will be broadcast live on January 4, 2024. (Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images)
Turner admitted on “GMA” that after “many heart-to-heart conversations,” they came to the mutual decision that “End our marriage.”
What do you like to read? Click here for more entertainment news
“We’ve received so much love and support from so many people who have watched ‘The Golden Bachelor,’ and I don’t think we can tell you how many people have told us that it has given them so much hope. We don’t want that to change for anyone,” Nyst said.
It appears that their split was mainly due to their inability to settle on a permanent place of residence. The headquarters of Nist is new Jersey, While Turner has called Indiana “home.”
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist split up primarily because they couldn’t come to an agreement on permanent residence status. (Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images)
“We looked at houses in South Carolina. We considered New Jersey, and we looked at house after house, but we never got to the point where we could make that decision,” Nist said.
“I still love this man. There’s no doubt in my mind, I still love him. I pray for him every day,” Turner said.
Cast members of the “Bachelor” franchise started to weigh Former “Bachelor” star Bob Guiney gave his opinion on the couple’s divorce announcement on Friday’s episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast.
Former “Bachelor” star Bob Guiney expressed his opinion on Theresa Nyst and Gerry Turner’s divorce shortly after it was announced. (Photo: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)
“There must have been some fundamental error from the start, because you don’t allow someone to spend millions of dollars on their wedding and televise it for the world to see, only to have it suddenly be ruined,” he told Ashley Iaconetti and Trista Sutter.
Guiney, who was the star of Season 4 of “The Bachelor,” questioned whether Theresa and Gerry “were willing to go to couples counseling” before deciding to end their marriage and suggested they “probably should have put the brakes on” before agreeing to the marriage.
Gerry got down on one knee and proposed to Theresa during the season finale of “The Golden Bachelor” in November. The couple married in a televised wedding on Jan. 4.
Gerry Turner said that despite the separation he “still loves Theresa Nist.” (Getty Images)
Click here to sign up for the Entertainment newsletter
“Maybe they don’t live life like a married couple — like a hardcore married couple at this point because they’re already living separately,” Guiney added. “Maybe they just take a few minutes and, I don’t know, try to save this whole thing.”
Bob finished his season with Estella Gardinier in 2003. The former couple did not get engaged during the finale of “The Bachelor” and split shortly after the season ended.
Gerry Turner was the first “Golden Bachelor”. (RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images)
Click here to get the Fox News app
“If you’re a couple who have always lived separately, that is, they live separately, then I have a hard time,” Güney said. “I have a hard time accepting the fact that they were not going to live together, so they’re getting a divorce.”
