The golden bacheloretteJoan Vassos and Chock Chapple got engaged at the end of the season, but if they’re not careful, their relationship could destroy their reputations and hurt the franchise. Both Joan, 61, and Chock, 60, suffered major losses before deciding to look for love on reality TV. Joan has already tried this once, making her television debut during the inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor. She was one of 22 older single women who wanted to date 72-year-old Gerry Turner, a retired restaurant owner from Indiana. Just as Gerry finally noticed Joan’s soft-spokenness, she had a family emergency and had to make the difficult decision to leave Gerry’s season early. Although she Bachelor The journey seemed to be over, it was just beginning.
After the enormous success of The Golden Bachelorthe network announced that there would soon be a female-led version of THE Bachelor spin off. Although there were many excellent choices among the women Gerry rejected, Joan was chosen to be The golden bachelorette. Chock was among the 24 singles Golden men who traveled to the iconic Bachelor mansion to date Joan. After a competitive season, Joan gave her final rose to Choc and the couple got engaged during the final rose ceremony. Although Joan and Chock seem happy, it can sometimes seem like they are trying too hard to appear like a happy, loving couple.
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Joan will never get over her late husband
Chock will never be able to replace John Vassos
Joan knows what it’s like to find true love, only to lose it. Before joining the cast of The Golden Bachelor season 1, she was a lonely widow mourning her late husband. Joan was married to John Vassos for 32 happy years before passing away in 2021 after a battle with cancer. With her four children grown and out of the house, Joan was alone for the first time since meeting her late husband. She loved him deeply and never expected to find herself reentering dating later in life.
Joan decided to dive into the deep end of dating and restart her love life on national television. There is even speculation that Joan left Gerry’s season The Golden Bachelor early because it was very difficult to start dating again so soon after her late husband’s death. She seemed more ready in time to The golden maiden, but she spoke constantly about her late husband with deep affection throughout the season. Joan often expressed deep guilt about dating other men, despite John being long gone. Now that the cameras are gone, it’s unclear whether Chock will be able to replace John.
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Chock could end up divorced again
The odds are not in your favor
Long before joining the cast of The golden bachelorette In the first season, Chock was married to Heather Chapple (with whom he had two children) for twelve years. Joan met Chock’s college-age sons, Tyler and Taylor Chapple, when she traveled to Kansas for Chock’s hometown reunion. According to Chock, he and Heather have always co-parented their children without any problemsand maintain friendly relations with each other.
The fact that Chock gets along with his ex-wife is a good sign, but the fact that he is divorced is not.
According to census data, second marriages carry a higher risk of divorce than first marriages, so the odds are already stacked against Joan and Chock. Although Joan is taking a big risk by getting engaged to a divorced man, they are not yet married. Joana can be tempted to let ABC pay for a luxury Golden Bachelor marriage like they did with Gerry and Theresa, but it would be best to avoid walking down the aisle with Chock.
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Joan will regret getting serious
She should have listened to her instincts
After ABC announced that Joan would be The golden bacheloretteshe was interviewed by CNNand she told the interviewer that she had no intention of rushing into marriage. She argued that people needed more time to get to know each other before making such a serious commitment. Joan’s reluctance to get engaged disappeared when Chock got down on one knee and pulled out a sparkling diamond ring.
The golden bachelorette The first season ended with Joan enthusiastically accepting Chock’s proposal as he slipped the ring onto her finger. It’s possible that Joan changed her mind about getting serious after meeting Chock, but the excitement may be temporary. As soon as the first wave of new love passes, Joan may come to her senses and realize the showmance was never real.
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Joan may realize she chose poorly
Chock wasn’t Joan’s best option
Joan has uploaded many impressive singles men home on their way to give their final rose to Chock. Several incredible suitors, like Charles Ling, 66, and Jordan Heller, 62were sent home for the season. The saddest elimination was that of Mark Anderson, 58 years old. Mark, who made his television debut in The Bachelor season 28 alongside his daughter, Kelsey Anderson, was cast as a contestant on The Golden Bachelor.
There were high hopes that the retired Army veteran would swoop in and easily win Joan’s heart, but those hopes were quickly dashed.
Joan never gave Mark a chance, preferring the company of other men such as Guy Gansert, 66, and Pascal Ibgui, 69, so they never connected. After a painfully awkward face-to-face encounter, Joan tells Mark that something is missing between themand, in a scene posted to YouTube by Bachelor Nation, she sends him home before that night’s rose ceremony. If things don’t work out with Chock, Joan may wonder if it was Mark who got away.
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The Bachelor’s Golden Curse Will Continue
Unlucky in love
The inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor It ended with Gerry giving his final rose to 70-year-old Theresa Nist. A few weeks later, the two were quickly married in a lavish televised wedding, generously paid for by ABC. They announced their divorce after three months of marriage. Gerry and Theresa should never have gotten marriedand they just got carried away by all the manufactured romance and excitement.
Once the cameras stopped rolling, the septuagenarian newlyweds soon realized they weren’t a good match. Now that the cameras have stopped rolling on Joan and Chock, they may meet the same fate. After The Golden Bachelor failed to result in a happy couple, there was a lot of pressure on Joan to right the ship and save the brand, but it’s unclear whether Joan and Chock will have better luck in love than Gerry and Theresa.
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Chock’s possessiveness will define him
Putting on a show
Joan and Chock had instant chemistry, and he even got his first solo date, a dream date at Disneyland. They met beloved Disney characters, enjoyed the rides and shared a romantic kiss under the Magic Kingdom’s famous fireworks display. The next encounter was decidedly less magical. During an episode of The golden bachelorette season 1, Joan took Chock and several of the men on a group date to a bowling alley. Everyone seemed to be having a great time, but it was clear that Chock didn’t like sharing Joan with the other men.
Chock got used to having Joan all to himself and couldn’t seem to adjust to the dynamics of the group date.
Chock continued to sit next to Joan and put his arm around her. It was disrespectful to the other men, but Chock didn’t seem to notice or care. As for Joan, she didn’t ask Chock to back down, and She seemed to enjoy his possessive behavior. It seemed like she felt special and wanted, but it’s unclear if she and Chock were putting on a show.
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Chock will continue to mourn his late fiancée
The most devastating loss of Chock’s life
Just like Joan, Chock lost a great love. After his marriage to Heather ended in divorce, Chock met Katherine Elizabeth White Goree. Chock and Katherine were engaged for nine years before she was diagnosed with cancer and passed away in 2022. During Joan and Chock’s first solo date, he said that losing Heather was the most devastating loss of his life.
Chock is still close with his late fiancée’s family. In fact, when Joan went to Kansas to meet Chock’s friends and family, Katherine’s father was still close to Chock and the Chapple family. It’s clear that Chock loved his late fiancée deeply, and the fact that he’s still close with her family could suggest that Chock isn’t ready to move on just yet. If Chock and Joan are mourning late love, their relationship could be fabricated, whether they know it or not.
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Joan and Chock will regret buying a property together
They should look for a short-term rental
After getting engaged during The golden bachelorette season 1 finale, Joan and Chock hoped to live happily ever after as they left the show arm in arm. The next day, the newly engaged couple was interviewed by People and shared their plans for the future. “We will be going back and forth between Kansas, Maryland and New York,” Chock said.
“We will have a full-time position in New York and whenever we have the opportunity we will be there.”
Since announcing their real estate purchase plan, Chock and Joana have been posting photos of themselves on Instagram in New York City, possibly looking for an apartment. Joan and Chock look extremely happy in all their photos the couple, but Buying a property together at this stage in the relationship is a recipe for disaster. Before making such a big purchase, they should spend more time together. Once the wave of new love passes, they may realize that their entire relationship has been manufactured by the producers of THE Golden Single.
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Joana Vassos |
61 years |
Private school administrator |
Maryland |
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Chapple shim |
60 years |
Insurance Executive |
Kansas |
Sources: CNN, Bachelor Nation/YouTube, People, Joana Vassos/Instagram