Joan Vassos has unveiled the "disturbing and creepy" flood of DMs she's received on Instagram since being announced as the first-ever Golden Bachelorette . Since starring on last season of The Golden Bachelor and being announced as the new Bachelorette spin-off lead , Joan has received an influx of alarming and disturbing messages. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , the 61-year-old reality star opened up about the inappropriate DMs describing some of the content as “scary.

” She told the news outlet: “[With DMs] they're just total strangers messaging you. I didn't really respond to those much. Or I would have little conversations and say, 'Thank you, you're so flattering,' or whatever.

” Golden Bachelorette fans gush as they declare Joan's suitors 'hotter' than Jenn Tran's Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos gets 24 suitors - including Kelsey Anderson's dad And while Joan engaged with some interested men, she admitted that none of them worked out in the long run. And while she politely engaged with some of them, her children were the ones to step in and put an end to the madness. Joan admitted to the news outlet: “My kids were like, 'Give me your phone, mom.

We're blocking all this.” Joan is a proud mother of of four including her two daughters and two sons Allison, Erica, Nicholas, and Luke. She has previously described herself as “a loving mother and a hard worker” who is “happiest when she's at the beach with her family.

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