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Gerry Turner, 72, and Theresa Nist, 70, revealed the news on
ABC's "Good Morning America." Turner said they each wanted to be
near their families and could not agree on a place to live.
Turner resides in Indiana and Nist in New Jersey.
"Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart
conversations, and we've looked closely at our situation, our
living situation," Turner said. "We’ve come to the conclusion
mutually that it’s probably time for us to dissolve our
marriage."
Turner, whose first wife died in 2017, starred in the inaugural
season of "The Golden Bachelor," a dating competition for people
over 60. He and the 22 female contestants aged 60 to 75
frequently talked about the hopes, and challenges, of dating as
an older person.
"We have received so much love and support from so many people
who watched 'The Golden Bachelor,'" Nist said on "Good Morning
America." "I don't think we can tell you how many people told us
it gave them so much hope. We want none of that to change."
The series on Walt Disney's ABC network reinvigorated "The
Bachelor" franchise, drawing nearly 7 million viewers to the
season finale in which Turner proposed to Nist in Costa Rica.
The audience was the highest for any "Bachelor" episode since
2020.
The couple tied the knot in a ceremony broadcast live on ABC in
January.
ABC plans to continue the series with "The Golden Bachelorette"
in the fall.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Mary Milliken and Diane
Craft)
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