Joan Vassos is almost as happy as Us that The Golden Bachelorette is finally here. “I feel like I can breathe a little bit,” the 61-year-old lead exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the Wednesday, September 18, premiere. “There’s been a lot of lead-up.
I taped the whole season and had a little break, but there’s been a lot of hype now, so I am happy it’s finally here. I am dying for this to not just be about me [and] for it to be about the journey and the men too. We’re dating for a million other people [and] to show them that when you’re in your 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s or whatever, that it still could be fun.
Dating can be fun, and finding love is worth the journey.” Joan met 24 men during Wednesday’s premiere. When asked whether night one was easier or harder than she expected, Joan told Us “a little bit of both.
” “It’s a really long night, and you have to be on your game the whole night because every conversation is important, because at the end of the night, you have a rose ceremony,” she said. “Every single time that limo door opened, I was excited to see who was gonna get out. I was excited to see if they had something fun as their entrance or did they just have something really sincere to say.
” Among the limo entrances was Captain Kim showing up in uniform, Jack singing “My Way,” David bringing a horse and Bachelor season 28 winner Kelsey Anderson showing up to introduc e dad Mark . The man who stood out most to Joan, however, was Keith.