While the Golden Bachelor alum is on the market following his breakup with Theresa Nist, he declined an offer to return to the franchise alongside other single seniors on the upcoming 10th season of Bachelor in Paradise, he told TMZ.
Gerry, 73, said he was recently approached by producers to consider joining the series—which sees fan favorites from seasons past pursue new relationships during a tropical getaway—but turned down the opportunity because he’s already dated all the Golden women who have been cast and determined he doesn’t have a romantic connection with them.
Nonetheless, Gerry—who announced that he and Theresa, 71, would be getting a divorce just three months after their televised wedding in January 2024—said he was open to making an appearance as a guest once filming gets underway.
The BiP plot twist was first announced during the March 24 finale of The Bachelor season 29, when host Jesse Palmer revealed that fan favorites from The Golden Bachelor and The Golden Bachelorette would get a chance to mingle in Mexico alongside other franchise alums.
Before Paradise heats up this summer, keep reading to see the current relationship status of your favorite Bachelor Nation couples.
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“For the first time ever,” he explained, “Golden men and women will be hitting the beaches of Paradise alongside all of your Bachelor and Bachelorette favorites of seasons past.”
In addition to previously announced participants including Hakeem Moulton and Jonathan Johnson, Jesse revealed that The Golden Bachelor’s Leslie Fhima and The Golden Bachelorette’s Gary Levingston would be taking part in the series as well. He also invited Bachelor season 29 star Zoe McGrady, who accepted the offer and shared what she’s looking for in a potential partner.
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“I really want a man who sees my value from the jump,” she shared. “I think I have a lot to offer and a lot of love to give, and I think being on this journey, I feel like I constantly had to prove myself and I know the right person will see that from the jump.”
Before Paradise heats up this summer, keep reading to see the current relationship status of your favorite Bachelor Nation couples.
Grant Ellis & Juliana Pasquarosa
Status: Engaged
Grant Ellis may have met 25 potential love interests on his first night in the Bachelor mansion, but in the end, it was Juliana Pasquarosa who scored his final rose. And as the couple look ahead to their nuptials, the bride-to-be revealed her top priority for her wedding day.
"The most important thing, no matter where or what it looks like, is that it's surrounded with love and that all of our family is there," she told E! News in March 2025. "We're going to have a good time no matter what we do."
Joan Vassos & Chock Chapple
Status: Engaged
After appearing on the first-ever season of The Golden Bachelor and leaving Gerry Turner's season early, Joan Vassos handed out the roses on the debut season of The Golden Bachelorette. It was there that she met and got engaged to contestant Chock Chapple.
"We are living proof that no matter what life throws at you that there is still hope, even at our age," Joan said on The Golden Bachelorette's November 2024 finale before Chock proposed in Bora Bora. "I waited 'til this moment in this amazing location to tell you that I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to wake up next to you in the morning, and I want to kiss you when I go to bed at night.
Jenn Tran & Devin Strader
Status: Split
During the season 21 finale of The Bachelorette, it looked like The Bachelor alum Jenn Tran was finally getting her happy ending with her final pick Devin Strader. But Jenn, 26, revealed on After the Final Rose back in September that Devin, 28, gave her the cold shoulder as soon as the cameras stopped rolling.
"He was making bold proclamations of love and then suddenly the next day he was like, nothing and he denied ever being in love," Jenn told host Jesse Palmer during the Sept. 3 episode. "All the promises he had made to me, all of the love that he had wanted to give to me wasn't there anymore."
Drama continued to play out when Devin shared a 13-minute video recounting his side of the story to Instagram, where in addition to taking "accountability” he shared insight into why he ended the relationship in a 15-minute phone call.
While Jenn alleged he dumped her during the call in August, he claimed that Jenn demanded to know what was wrong as he tried to find a way to break the news in person.
"I didn't really know what else to do," he explained, noting he had been waiting to tell her in person. "She kind of forced my hand."
Since then, Jenn waltzed over to Dancing With the Stars and possibly into the heart of her partner Sasha Farber as they have continued to spark romance rumors since their Oct. 29 elimination.
Victoria Fuller & Greg Grippo
Status: Split
In November 2022, Greg Grippo (one of Katie Thurston's suitors on The Bachelorette a year prior) joined Victoria Fuller on the season eight finale of Bachelor in Paradise. There, the two announced that they were in a relationship. In April 2024, he revealed the two had called it quits.
Johnny DePhillipo & Victoria Fuller
Status: Split
Before Victoria Fuller and Greg Grippo went public with their romance on the finale of Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season, she and her costar Johnny DePhillipo ended their engagement.
Theresa Nist & Gerry Turner
Status: Divorced
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist got engaged in November 2023 during the finale of the inaugural
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