The premiere of ABC's The Golden Bachelorette stirred emotions as star Joan Vassos shared the story of losing her husband of 33 years to pancreatic cancer . Vassos, who previously appeared on The Golden Bachelor , opened up about her late husband John's illness and her struggle with grief. "I wasn't there," Vassos said, recalling how she left the hospital at 1 a.
m. to rest, only to learn John had passed away two hours later. Golden Bachelorette fans fume as they say new promo is 'inauthentic snoozefest' Joan Vassos drops PDA bombshell on her family before Golden Bachelorette The emotional revelation prompted an outpouring of sympathy from viewers on social media.
"Joan's backstory is literally the saddest thing I have ever seen," one viewer wrote on social media. Another commented, "Unglued. Just here silently sobbing.
" Recently fans took to Facebook to compare and contrast her former husband to contestant Chock. "This is a picture of Joan and her husband when they were younger. I don't quite see the resemblance between him and Chock" Fans responded by saying: "We are attracted to similarities.
He is neat,clean and in good shape." "They do not look alike at all but maybe alot alike in other ways." "No, he doesn't.
Not at." DON'T MISS..
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