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Read on an entertainment blind item gossip site that Gerry is already dating a woman decades younger than him. The site isn't always correct, but it isn't always wrong, either.

I like Mia. Bye Candiace!

I was really charmed by The Golden franchise and the idea of second loves and a more mature (one would assume!) twist on this often-failed experiment. But this quick break-up really took the wind out of it, and joke's on me for thinking the older crowd would be more genuine and serious. I think, for the most part, the women who signed up were serious - but once production and the limelight sinks their claws in, things change. I don't trust that Gerry was ever really for real. The only way this would be successful for him is if whomever he chose followed his every whim moving forward. You're probably right and that may be why they haven't announced a Golden Bachelorette - the franchise is always so quick to announce the next Bachelor/Bachelorette, and they really had no excuse when they already have a pool of Golden women to pull from. Unless none of them want to do it.

Since Gerry is retired, and if he were really in love with Teresa, he wouldn't mind moving to New Jersey. And then they can vacation at his lake house or whatever. Women move all the time for their spouses, so I'm happy that Teresa held strong on not wanting to leave her job. People who love their jobs are fortunate, and it would be difficult for her to find a job in a new city at 70 years old. Let's not act like ageism isn't a thing. Gerry's in the more flexible position and could move. In any case, location is one of the biggest flaws for The Bachelor franchise, and even more so for The Golden Bachelor as these are people who have lives and roots where they currently live. Perhaps for the future, tptb can think about casting people who are local, or at least in surrounding areas, to the (Golden) Bachelor/Bachelorette. Even Faith (third place) didn't want to move from her ranch in Washington.

Why do we even bother rooting for relationships in The Bachelor franchise? The success stories are few and far between. I was so charmed by The Golden Bachelor concept, but it turns out it's all bull💩 no matter the age. I'm sure ABC pressured them to get married within months of the final rose because they wanted to take advantage of the hype. I at least hope Teresa and Gerry (more Teresa than Gerry) were in on the ruse. Good on her for having a prenup! I'm curious as to the reason why. Whatever it is, I lean toward him being the more disingenuous of the two because she comes off as the more responsible one. She likely wasn't going to put up with his 💩 and he knew it. Guess he should've picked Leslie after all.

Exactly! These interns didn't give a 💩 about the "magic" of her groundbreaking surgery. So what was even the point if not to inspire them to want to be better? They're mopey and moody and it's annoying. I don't understand what the storyline is supposed to be, here, but they wasted Arizona's one appearance in the process. If the rumors (I've only seen one) are true that season 21 could be the last, maybe they're setting up Richard retiring and will have a revolving door of oldies come through next season...? Or why not just make him Chief, again? He can oversee everything from an administrative standpoint.

It was nice to see Arizona, but she might as well have been a random visiting doctor for the case-of-the-week. We didn't get to hear about her life in the six years she's been gone, which is something fans would want to know - speaking for myself, at least. She did have scenes with Bailey, which I enjoyed, but I was disappointed that she didn't interact at all with Richard or Teddy - who she had established relationships with on the show. For a publicized return of an old character's return, it felt rather disconnected.

Producers really shit the bed with the Bachelorette pick. I'm sure Jenn is lovely (though when they announced her, I was like, "Who?!"), but they literally had an audience pick for the entire season (Maria - and I say that because she seemed very popular on social media/in the Bachelor hashtag). Why wouldn't they pick someone the viewers are excited about? Unless Maria turned it down, it doesn't make sense. And Daisy saying no on camera had to have been planned. They aren't going to announce a Bachelorette without having her signed on the dotted line. They're not going to say, "Okay, let's ask Daisy, but if she says no then #2 you're up!" I'm rooting for Joey and Kelsey. They make for such a sweet couple.

No one is justifying violence. It's stupid to get physical over liquid being thrown at you. It's stupid to throw liquid instead of exchanging words. But let's not act like Candiace doesn't go hard running her mouth. It's just like Kenya with the specter on RHOA and when Porsha had enough and lunged at her. Deborah was confronting her for the things she said last season, as I imagine this is the first time they've been in the same space. But Deborah could've just let it go, but she wants attention and to be on the show so she blew up this issue further. Keiarna, bless her, was trying to deescalate and it was just wrong place wrong time. But let Candiace deal with her own mess. You see how, when it was over and Deborah was being removed from the premises, all was said and done, Candiace was still running her mouth like a chihuahua? All bark and no bite, but we're supposed to pretend Candiace is completely innocent. I'm just saying, not everyone is going to let smart mouths fly. Physical violence isn't right, but let's not act like Candiace isn't a provacator. Just like Monique back then. I'm sure, rightfully, Deborah will be banned from RHOP stuff. Candiace tried to get feisty on RHUGT, but the girlies from the other franchises weren't having it. Make no mistake, I am not defending Deborah. Who even is she? But I'm just saying, at some point accountability has to fall on Candiace for her actions, too.

Candiace thinks she can run her mouth and go unchecked. Yes, Deborah is thirsty and went heavy on the confrontation for attention and camera time. But this isn't the first time Candiace has said shit and poked people. At some point, poke the wrong person, and you're gonna get poked back. What's funny is that she stayed back and grabbed the champagne bottle like she was going to do something (she wasn't. lol!). Ashley's allowed to invite whomever she wants to her event. It's laughable that people want to blame her for other people's actions.

Lexi and Edward are wonderfully weird together and I'm so glad the show seems to have veered away from hinting at Nell and Edward. TJ, however, is great fit for Nell. I'm enjoying the vibes between those two.

If Maria's not the Bachelorette, the producers seriously misjudged the situation. The applause she got at WTA was pretty insane.

If the "oath" only goes so far as: you can't announce who else is a traitor once you've been exposed, then it's flimsy. Dan was as close to doing that as he could get. Of course no traitor is going to act under the guise of being a traitor, they are going to pretend to be a faithful like everyone else. But none of the rules matter, because when faithfuls can cut each other at the very end just so 2 can go home with more money, it's all bullshit. The shock and outrage everyone had at every roundtable when they realized a fellow faithful was banished: bullshit. Because CT and Trishelle knew MJ was a faithful and said, "nah, we don't want to share". So fuck it! Anything goes! The pulling the rug out from under someone is only exciting when a traitor does it, because they are supposed to be the "bad guys". That's their job. Cirie taking season 1 as a traitor, completely gobsmacking the other faithfuls in the end, that's the game. Faithfuls fucking over other faithfuls at the very end when all is said and done is just slimy. YMMV

Phaedra calling Dan a piece of shit was hilarious. And she's not wrong. His flimsy excuse for outing her, when literally no one had her on their radar, was weak. He acts like he couldn't have won with his fellow traitor(s). Dan isn't stupid, he wanted to give the faithfuls the advantage. They were already suspicious of Parvati and he knew no one suspected Phaedra. And since he couldn't win, he didn't want the other traitors to win, either. What he did wasn't "game play". He was butt hurt and petty. A piece of shit, indeed. As for the rules, the traitors "oath" is useless.

I'm happy to hear it's Kelsey because she seems very sweet and her & Joey make a great match. I sincerely hope this works out for them in the long run. Maria has a one-way ticket to Paradise. But I wish she were the next Bachelorette if it has to be one of the later women. She'd at least be more fun than Daisy, who is dull. And if she's not dull, then she just wasn't into Joey and couldn't muster enough enthusiasm to hide it. I liked Lexi, too, and think she'd be a great Bachelorette. Maybe since she self-eliminated it disqualified her? I don't know the rules.