Bachelor Nation has renewed hope in the franchise after Joan Vassos' Golden Bachelorette season premiere, despite the Golden Bachelor divorce.

She also credited him with helping her to not feel invisible at her age."Gerry helped make me feel visible because he looked at me, and he cared about what I was saying, and he wanted to get to know me,

Joan Vassos started her journey as the first-ever lead of The Golden Bachelorette and revealed the "best piece" of advice she received from ex Gerry Turner. “He said, ‘It’s a really, really quick journey and don’t leave anything on the table,

The Golden Bachelorette' star Joan Vassos tells us about tonight’s debut episode and the pressures of being the first Bachelorette of a certain age.