The Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner and his wife Theresa Nist announce they are DIVORCING just three months after their dream TV wedding

The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner and his wife Theresa Nist have announced they are divorcing after just three months of marriage. 

According to Good Morning America – which is broadcast on ABC, the same network as the Bachelor franchise – Gerry, 72, and Theresa, 70, have made the decision to end their marriage, with the couple opening up about the split in an interview on the morning show today. 

‘Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations, and we’ve looked closely at our situation, our living situation, so forth and – and we’ve kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it’s probably time for us to – dissolve our marriage,’ Gerry told host Juju Chang. 

He admitted that their decision to separate was motivated in large part by their ‘dedication’ to their respective families – hinting that this has made it incredibly difficult for them to decide on a place to settle down together. 

‘The thing that strikes me the most in our conversations, it’s been how dedicated both of us are to our families,’ Gerry explained. 

‘So we look at these situations and I think we just feel like it’s best for the happiness of each of us to, to live apart.’

However, Theresa insisted that the former couple tried their utmost to reach a compromise that would work for both of their families, revealing that they had looked at different locations across the country in the hopes of finding a ideal home to start their new lives together. 

‘We looked at homes in South Carolina, we considered New Jersey, and we just looked at homes after home, but we never got to the point where we made that decision,’ she said. 

‘We have received so much love and support from so many people who watched The Golden Bachelor, and I don’t think we can tell you how many people told us that it gave them so much hope,’ Theresa added. ‘We want none of that to change for anybody.’ 

Gerry and Theresa’s shock announcement comes just days after it was revealed the pair were still living in separate homes three months after their January nuptials. 

Furthermore, TMZ reported that the married couple were actually residing in separate states – with Gerry living at his lake house in Northern Indiana, while Theresa remained in her house in New Jersey, where she’d been living with her family.