Joan Vassos has already made a terrible mistake.

Joan Vassos might need an issue. She has been forged because the lead of The Golden Bachelorette , which premiered Wednesday. She’s lovely, completed, and eloquent.

Her story of affection and loss is compelling; she was fortunately married for many years earlier than her husband died of pancreatic most cancers in 2021. She’s acquainted to followers of the franchise for her endearing look on The Golden Bachelor final yr, by which she left the present early to look after her daughter, who was fighting postpartum despair. Now, because the Golden Bachelorette, she will get one other shot at discovering love on tv.

However she could be damned from the beginning. Not one of the males vying for her hand dwell wherever close to Rockville, Maryland, the place she resides, works as a faculty administrator, and has raised a household (that she clearly cares about!). After all, every of the 24 males who stepped out of the limo is aware of the place Vassos lives however has determined to take part anyway.

Maybe they’re ready to go away their very own properties, their very own households, their very own lives to start out one thing new with Vassos. However ..

. maybe they’re not. On The Golden Bachelor , which ran final fall, main man Gerry Turner, a septuagenarian from Indiana, discovered love with Jersey Shore native Theresa Nist.

Turner proposed, Nist accepted, and the 2 married in a televised wedding ceremony spectacular in January. However then they only stored dwelling in Ind.