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 overly manufactured/ Hallmark vibes and not in a good way.
This promo feels the same. I wish they had gone in a different direction." DON'T MISS: Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos unveils her stance on kissing suitors [REVEALED] The Golden Bachelor's Kathy Swarts at loss for words after getting love letter [LATEST] Bachelor host Jesse Palmer posts unrecognizable throwback snap with long hair [THROWBACK] "I think Gerry and Theresa's divorce freaked TPTB out and Joan is already not instilling confidence with her assertion that she wouldn't even consider moving for F1, so her season is being overproduced like a Hallmark movie to compensate," a second replied.
A third wrote: "Joan is beautiful but this doesn't give gold it gives beige, boring, and over Photoshopped . I get what they were going for but red roses would've at least brought some color into this." A fourth noted: "This looks AI generated idk," while a fifth said, "Lmao, she has less wrinkles in that pic than people on this sub who are still in their 20s.
This airbrushing/photo filter stuff is pure jokes sometimes." "But love never ages ," a fifth jokingly replied as they mocked the post's caption..
