Gerry Turner has opened up about his divorce from Thersa Nist in a brand new interview with Individuals Journal.
And, within the course of, the first-ever Golden Bachelor has made fairly the startling and upsetting admission.
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist didn’t make it as a pair. (ABC)
“There’s a topic that I haven’t wanted to talk about until now,” Turner stated to Individuals, including that he hopes this new info “will clear up a lot of mystery around what happened back in February, March and April.”
Certainly, ABC viewers have been aghast after they discovered Turner and Nist have been submitting for divorce mere months after the community aired their marriage ceremony.
The previous spouses cited distance on the time, claiming they couldn’t decide on a spot to reside.
“As Theresa and I were trying very hard to find our lifestyle and where we were going to live and how we were going to make our life work, I was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer,” Turner now says.
Theresa Nist shares fun right here with Gerry Turner. (ABC)
Turner says he was recognized this yr with a slow-growing “bone marrow cancer” with a “really long name” known as Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.
(In line with the Mayo Clinic, the illness modifications white blood cells into most cancers cells and builds up within the bone marrow, the spongy materials contained in the bones the place blood cells are made.)
“Unfortunately, there’s no cure for it. So that weighs heavily in every decision I make,” the truth star explains of the prognosis.
“It was like 10 tons of concrete were just dropped on me. And I was a bit in denial for a while, I didn’t want to admit to it.”
Theresa Nist sits with Gerry Turner on this scene from The Golden Bachelor. (Picture Credit score: ABC)
After disclosing his well being replace to Nist a month after exchanging vows, Turner obtained extra testing and a bone marrow biopsy.
Turner recalled deciding to “tell her what I knew and I explained the situation to her” in March.
Whereas reflecting on telling Nist the prognosis, he says his then-wife was “awestruck” by the event, which he utterly understood.
“I wanted my life to continue on as normal as possible, and that led me to believing that as normal as possible more meant spending time with my family, my two daughters, my two son-in-laws, my granddaughters,” Turner continued. “And the importance of finding the way with Theresa was still there, but it became less of a priority.”
Is smart, doesn’t it? He hasn’t really identified Nist for very lengthy.
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist have been formally husband and spouse! Briefly! (Picture Credit score: ABC)
Again in April, Gerry and Theresa stated on Good Morning America “we’ve kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it’s probably time for us to … dissolve our marriage.”
The divorce was finalized in June.
“And I hope that people understand in retrospect now that that had a huge bearing on my decisions and I think probably Theresa’s as well.”
It’s unclear how a lot time Turner has left, however he desires to take advantage of it.
“I’m going to pack as much fun as I possibly can into my life and enjoy every moment,” he tells Individuals. “And when I’m gone, I’m gone, but I’m not going to have regrets.”
