The production team behind The Golden Bachelorette had a tough decision to make when deciding which of Gerry Turner’s castoffs would become the first-ever golden bachelorette. Turner’s season of The Golden Bachelor was packed with gorgeous, vibrant, and interesting women, several of whom expressed interest in finding love on their terms after the season finale. Eventually, The Golden Bachelorette team landed on Joan Vassos, a contestant who left the competition early.
The way Vassos left the competition is partly the reason fans will see her date more than two dozen men soon. Joan Vassos’ early departure helped her get cast in ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ The way Joan’s The Golden Bachelor journey ended, with a self-elimination from the competition, is one of the reasons she was tapped as the first-ever Golden Bachelorette, explained executive producer Claire Freeland. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Freeland explained that everyone was disappointed when Vassos had to leave the competition early.
Freeland noted that Vassos left just after she had a wonderful date with Turner. She insisted she felt that Vassos was committed to finding love again. It made sense that she’d be the one to get a second, second chance.
Freeland went on to explain that she personally didn’t feel like anyone got to see enough of Joan. While her early departure seems to have helped her secure her job as the first-ever Golden Bachelorette, that departure concerned Vassos when sh.