As the first ever season of The Golden Bachelorette quickly approaches, ABC has released their first set of promotional photos of leading lady Joan Vassos . The 61-year-old bombshell made her Bachelor Nation debut on Gerry Turner 's season of The Golden Bachelor , but was forced to leave abruptly due to her daughter facing complications during delivery. After fans were disappointed to not see more of the beauty, the Maryland native was tapped to fill the shoes as the first woman to take the 'golden' journey.
Golden Bachelorette fans fume as they say new promo is 'inauthentic snoozefest' Joan Vassos drops PDA bombshell on her family before Golden Bachelorette The Golden Bachelor's Instagram page shared the promo flicks of Joan, who became a widow after her husband John passed in 2021 following a battle with pancreatic cancer . In the promo poster for the new season, Joan is found holding up a golden rose while looking into the distance, as several gold petals fall around her shoulders. Sign up to The Bachelor newsletter HERE for the latest news and updates View this post on Instagram A post shared by ABC (@abc) The post was captioned: "Love never ages.
Joan’s journey as #TheGoldenBachelorette begins September 18 on ABC, and stream on Hulu ." Followers blasted the franchise in the caption for the Photoshop filtering they added to the photos, comparing the snaps to AI generated photos. One critic shared to Reddit: "Everything about this Golden Bachelorette season is giving ove.