I don’t think Joan Vassos will find the man of her dreams at her golden bachelorette party (True Love’s Elusive)

With The golden bachelorette With the first season coming to an end, I’m not completely convinced that Joan Vassos will find the man of her dreams through this process. True love is elusive, and from what I’ve seen, Joan didn’t meet her perfect match during the female-led film. Bachelor spin off. This wasn’t the first time Joan, 61, tried to find love on network television. She had been a contestant on The golden bachelor season 1, and was one of 22 singles Golden women who traveled to the iconic Bachelor mansion to this day with 72-year-old retired widower Gerry Turner.

Although Joan and Gerry hit it off during their first one-on-one date, Joan received a call from home and had to leave the season early due to a family emergency. It seemed like Joana Bachelor The journey was over, but little did she know it was just beginning. Joana was announced as The golden bacheloretteand she was soon greeting her 24th single Golden men outside the same Bachelor mansion where she began her journey. Joan narrowed the field to two menbut I don’t think she’ll find true love with any of them, and here’s why.

Joan knows what true love is

She met once before

Some say it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved, and Joan would know because she once found true love. Long before being cast as a competitor in The Golden BachelorJoan was a widower and lived a life of relative obscurity. Joan was married to John Vassos (with whom she had four children) for 32 years before passing away in 2021. When her late husband was diagnosed with cancer, Joan didn’t fully accept the fact that he wouldn’t survive.

The death of Joan’s husband John devastated her, and it is clear that Joan loved her late husband very much. From the first moments of her season, Joan spoke about her late husband at every opportunity. She struggled with survivor’s guiltdoubting his participation in the show. Before he died, John sat down with Joan and told her that he didn’t want her to spend the rest of her life mourning him. He wanted her to find love again and try to be happy.

Joan’s late husband passed away in 2021, which wasn’t that long ago. Considering she filmed The Golden Bachelor in 2022, this means she was involved in the Bachelor franchise for most of her time as a widow. Joan may currently be swept away and carried away by the excitement of being The golden maiden, but your feelings may change when the cameras stop rolling. I don’t think Joan was ready to be the Bachelor the spin-off’s first female protagonist.

Dude there’s skeletons in the closet

Disturbing allegations

One of Joan’s last two men is emergency room doctor Guy Gansert, 66, of Reno, Nevada. According to PeopleGuy’s ex-wife, Heidi O’Gara, filed for a temporary protective order in October 2021. She had the order dismissed a month later and was never granted, but Some of your accusations are quite disturbing. She accuses her ex-husband of being angry, of making threats and alleges that he “He made a sign as if he was going to shoot me with his pistol-shaped hand..” Heidi backed out of the proposal a month later, but Guy having a contentious relationship with his ex-wife is not a good sign.

The golden bachelorette the other restraining order from the first season involved 60-year-old Gil Ramirez, an educator from Mission Viejo, California. According to PeopleGil’s ex-girlfriend filed a precautionary measure against him, accusing him of persecution, claiming he made unwanted contact with her and her family. Gil was eliminated at the beginning of the season.

Chock fights with commitment

He is shy

Joan’s other finalist in The golden bachelorette season one is 60-year-old Chock Chapple, an insurance executive from Wichita, Kansas. Although Chock is very fond of Joan, his romantic history makes him a questionable choice. Chock was married to Heather Chapple for 12 years and they had two children who are now in their late teens.

After his divorce from Heather, Chock met Katherine Elizabeth White Goree. The couple fell in love and were engaged for nine years before she passed away in 2022. During Joan and Chock’s first solo, he tells her that losing Heather was the most devastating loss of his life. While it’s clear that Chock loved his late fiancée deeply, their nine-year engagement has led to doubts about his ability to commit. It’s possible that the divorce left him too embarrassed to enter into a relationship, which I think could be devastating for Joan.

Joan sent Mark home

The one who ran away

Although Joan’s two finalists have serious disadvantages, there was a The golden bachelorette Season 1 contestant who could have made Joan happy. Mark Anderson, 58, made his television debut in The Bachelor season 28. His daughter, Kelsey Anderson, brought Joey Graziadei to her hometown for a date, and a star was born.

I really thought that Mark would certainly win Joan’s heart, but my expectations were quickly dashed. Joan and Mark never got along, and after a painfully awkward one-on-one encounter, she told him there was “something missing” between them, and I sent him home before the rose ceremony that night. I think The golden bachelorette made a mistake sending Mark home before hometown dates. His personality would have been much clearer in a family setting, and she may have liked him more than her two current finalists.

The golden bachelorette season one airs Wednesday night at 8pm on ABC.

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