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Fox News
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Gerry Turner warns new 'Golden Bachelor' he's making a serious mistake with controversial age cutoff
"Golden Bachelor" alum Gerry Turner is certain the show's new lead, Mel Owens, will be "cheating himself" if he decides to pursue his controversial plan of cutting contestants who are "60 and over." "I think it would be unfortunate, and I really think he will have a change of heart in this. I think he will see the grace and the charm of women who are over 60 and the confidence they carry, and I think he'll have a change of heart," Turner, 73, told Fox News Digital of Owens — who recently took fans by surprise when he admitted his plans to eliminate any woman on the show who is over 60 years old. "The people that I met in my season, I go through them, and it's like, they're all a gift. To have gotten to know them… Each and every one of them [brought] some unique characteristics to the show, unique characteristics to life." "The age thing… ignore the number, deal with the person," Turner added. During an appearance on the "In The Trenches" podcast in June, Owens, 66, opened up about the age limitations he allegedly requested ahead of casting. "It's blind up until they get out of the limo. But they asked me, 'What's your preferences?' So, I just said 45 to 60, just being honest," he said. "And then the process went, and I was selected, right? And then we had lunch with the executive producer. I said, 'You know, if they're 60 or over, I'm cutting them.' 'Oh Mel, you can't, you know, this is not the 'Silver Bachelor.' It's the 'Golden Bachelor.' He goes, 'But they're going to be hot, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.'" Additionally, Owens said he expects the contestants to all be in good shape. WATCH: 'GOLDEN BACHELOR' GERRY TURNER SAYS NEW LEAD WILL BE 'CHEATING HIMSELF' IF HE CUTS WOMEN 60 AND OVER "I had no resume, but they asked me, what is my, like, my profile?" Owens said. "Well, they got to be fit because I stay in shape. [They] should work out and stuff. And I told them, you know, try to stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs, you know, that kind of stuff, right? "Well, I don't think there are going to be artificial hips or wigs there, right? Because I know there's amazing women out there." Turner said he's confident ABC wouldn't cast a lead who is that "shallow." "His comments about anybody that's had a hip replacement or has a wig or anything like that, I really don't believe that the ABC producers in casting, particularly casting that I have a high level of confidence with, I don't think they would be casting a person who has that shallow of a perspective. I think some of [Owens' comments] requires some context, and it may have been taken out of context and so forth." "But bottom line is, I hope he does look at it differently because if he doesn't, I think he'll be cheating himself." During the first season of the show, the ladies vying for Turner's heart were between 60 and 75 years old. Turner married contestant Theresa Nist shortly after the finale, but the couple got divorced three months later. Despite the failed relationship, Turner is grateful for his experience and hopes Owens can take a page from his playbook. "If he treats each and every one of them with courtesy and respect and is a good listener, pays attention to them and so forth, and ignores their age number, I think it'll be fine," said Turner. "Everyone that gets thrown into this situation has to find their own way. I was fortunate enough, I had very good mentoring on the show. I had people that carefully moved me through some of the pitfalls that maybe Mel hasn't quite avoided as much because I remember specifically being told just, 'Gerry, ignore the age thing,' that 'You'll really find beautiful women of all ages in the show.' And I think he will as well." These days, Turner — who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year — has found love again and is living life to the fullest. WATCH: 'GOLDEN BACHELOR' GERRY TURNER GUSHES ABOUT HIS NEW LOVE, SAYS SHE MAKES LIFE 'EVEN BETTER' "I decided that I wasn't going to say 'no' to anything," Turner said of his change in perspective after his diagnosis. "Anything that came along, any trip, any chance to have fun, anything that I could do, I was going to take it on. Because I felt myself, even before the diagnosis, I was starting to get to that couch potato point where it was a little nicer to sit at home and do nothing than go out and fight whatever challenge it was to travel. And that's really been quite a change for me." "So now something comes along, I say 'yes' to it," he added. "I'm going to go. I'm going to do. So every day is a gift." Turner, who recently started dating Indiana native Lana Sutton, said he's "happy" with where his life is taking him now. "She has more energy than I do. She needs less sleep than I do. I really think she's a more logical thinker than I am, which I think that's a lot. But the nice part is we think and we approach things very similarly, so we don't have any conflicts as we're trying to make decisions and so forth. We generally arrive at the same place, sometimes not the same way, but usually the same place." "With Lana now in the picture, she makes [life] even better. It's so good to have a partner that understands and is in it with you 100% and so forth. So it took me a while to get to this point, but I'm pretty happy with where I am."
New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Gerry Turner warns ‘Golden Bachelor' of serious mistake with controversial age cutoff
'Golden Bachelor' alum Gerry Turner is certain the show's new lead, Mel Owens, will be 'cheating himself' if he decides to pursue his controversial plan of cutting contestants who are '60 and over.' 'I think it would be unfortunate, and I really think he will have a change of heart in this. I think he will see the grace and the charm of women who are over 60 and the confidence they carry, and I think he'll have a change of heart,' Turner, 73, told Fox News Digital of Owens — who recently took fans by surprise when he admitted his plans to eliminate any woman on the show who is over 60 years old. 'The people that I met in my season, I go through them, and it's like, they're all a gift. To have gotten to know them… Each and every one of them [brought] some unique characteristics to the show, unique characteristics to life.' 'The age thing… ignore the number, deal with the person,' Turner added. During an appearance on the 'In The Trenches' podcast in June, Owens, 66, opened up about the age limitations he allegedly requested ahead of casting. 'It's blind up until they get out of the limo. But they asked me, 'What's your preferences?' So, I just said 45 to 60, just being honest,' he said. 'And then the process went, and I was selected, right? And then we had lunch with the executive producer. I said, 'You know, if they're 60 or over, I'm cutting them.' 'Oh Mel, you can't, you know, this is not the 'Silver Bachelor.' It's the 'Golden Bachelor.' He goes, 'But they're going to be hot, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.'' 5 'The age thing… ignore the number, deal with the person,' Turner said. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Additionally, Owens said he expects the contestants to all be in good shape. 'I had no resume, but they asked me, what is my, like, my profile?' Owens said. 'Well, they got to be fit because I stay in shape. [They] should work out and stuff. And I told them, you know, try to stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs, you know, that kind of stuff, right? 5 During an appearance on the 'In The Trenches' podcast in June, Owens, 66, opened up about the age limitations he allegedly requested ahead of casting. ABC 'Well, I don't think there are going to be artificial hips or wigs there, right? Because I know there's amazing women out there.' Turner said he's confident ABC wouldn't cast a lead who is that 'shallow.' 5 Turner said he's confident ABC wouldn't cast a lead who is that 'shallow.' Disney 'His comments about anybody that's had a hip replacement or has a wig or anything like that, I really don't believe that the ABC producers in casting, particularly casting that I have a high level of confidence with, I don't think they would be casting a person who has that shallow of a perspective. I think some of [Owens' comments] requires some context, and it may have been taken out of context and so forth.' 'But bottom line is, I hope he does look at it differently because if he doesn't, I think he'll be cheating himself.' During the first season of the show, the ladies vying for Turner's heart were between 60 and 75 years old. Turner married contestant Theresa Nist shortly after the finale, but the couple got divorced three months later. 5 During the first season of the show, the ladies vying for Turner's heart were between 60 and 75 years old. The Walt Disney Company Despite the failed relationship, Turner is grateful for his experience and hopes Owens can take a page from his playbook. 'If he treats each and every one of them with courtesy and respect and is a good listener, pays attention to them and so forth, and ignores their age number, I think it'll be fine,' said Turner. 'Everyone that gets thrown into this situation has to find their own way. I was fortunate enough, I had very good mentoring on the show. I had people that carefully moved me through some of the pitfalls that maybe Mel hasn't quite avoided as much because I remember specifically being told just, 'Gerry, ignore the age thing,' that 'You'll really find beautiful women of all ages in the show.' And I think he will as well.' These days, Turner — who was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year — has found love again and is living life to the fullest. 5 Despite the failed relationship, Turner is grateful for his experience and hopes Owens can take a page from his playbook. The Walt Disney Company 'I decided that I wasn't going to say 'no' to anything,' Turner said of his change in perspective after his diagnosis. 'Anything that came along, any trip, any chance to have fun, anything that I could do, I was going to take it on. Because I felt myself, even before the diagnosis, I was starting to get to that couch potato point where it was a little nicer to sit at home and do nothing than go out and fight whatever challenge it was to travel. And that's really been quite a change for me.' 'So now something comes along, I say 'yes' to it,' he added. 'I'm going to go. I'm going to do. So every day is a gift.' Turner, who recently started dating Indiana native Lana Sutton, said he's 'happy' with where his life is taking him now. 'She has more energy than I do. She needs less sleep than I do. I really think she's a more logical thinker than I am, which I think that's a lot. But the nice part is we think and we approach things very similarly, so we don't have any conflicts as we're trying to make decisions and so forth. We generally arrive at the same place, sometimes not the same way, but usually the same place.' 'With Lana now in the picture, she makes [life] even better. It's so good to have a partner that understands and is in it with you 100% and so forth. So it took me a while to get to this point, but I'm pretty happy with where I am.'
Cosmopolitan
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Is Mel Owens Still Golden Bachelor? Reality Steve Dishes the Latest
Another day, another update on what is going on with ABC's new season of The Golden Bachelor. To get everyone on the same page real fast, the show cast Mel Owens as their lead. And he wasted no time causing controversy by revealing his dating "cut off age." Speaking on the In the Trenches podcast, Mel said "It's blind up until they get out of the limo. But they asked me, 'what's your preferences?' So, I just said 45 to 60, just being honest. And then the process went, and I was selected, right? And then we had lunch with the executive producer. I said, 'you know, if they're 60 or over, I'm cutting them.' Oh Mel, you can't, you know, this is not the 'Silver Bachelor.' It's the 'Golden Bachelor.' He goes, but they're going to be hot, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it." Mel's comments caused a ton of backlash among fans calling for him to be replaced, and back in early July spoiler source Reality Steve said a recast was in the works. However, the longtime spoiler source just revealed that filming is about to begin on The Golden Bachelor amid the cast being revealed, and said it doesn't seem like Mel has actually been replaced. Also noteworthy? The entire cast is over 60—minus one woman who is 58. Per Reality Steve, "the fact that we got the women on Friday makes me believe that filming starts this week." He also notes that the show presumably decided not to recast Mel since "this would've made the news by now, or they would've come out and said they were recasting him." Looks like filming will be going down any moment now and we should know for sure about Mel then, so stay tuned...
Cosmopolitan
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Mel Owens Reportedly Fired from 'Golden Bachelor'—Here's Why
Looks like Mel Owens may no longer be ABC's new Golden Bachelor. Longtime spoiler source Reality Steve reports that the burgeoning reality star is "out" after controversial comments he made about not dating older women on the show. "Mel Owens is OUT as the Golden Bachelor due to recent negative publicity surrounding his June 4th podcast appearance," Reality Steve wrote on Twitter. "Expect an announcement soon incl who is going to replace him. Haven't heard a name yet on who that is. Will update if/when I hear." In case you missed it and/or blocked it out, Mel (who is 66) revealed his "cut off age" during the In the Trenches podcast, saying "It's blind up until they get out of the limo. But they asked me, 'what's your preferences?' So, I just said 45 to 60, just being honest. And then the process went, and I was selected, right? And then we had lunch with the executive producer. I said, 'you know, if they're 60 or over, I'm cutting them.' Oh Mel, you can't, you know, this is not the 'Silver Bachelor.' It's the 'Golden Bachelor.' He goes, but they're going to be hot, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it." Mel's comments caused a lot of backlash, with many viewers insisting that he's recast. While ABC hasn't made a formal announcement, it looks like they're doing just that based on Reality Steve's reporting tuned. Oh, and for what it's worth, previous Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner was 72 when he was cast, and his winner, Theresa Nist, was 70.
USA Today
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
The new 'Golden Bachelor' Mel Owens says he will 'cut' any woman older than 60
ABC's new "Golden Bachelor" Mel Owens has a cutoff age, revealing that any female contestant age 60 or over would be "cut." "It's blind up until they get out of the limo. But they asked me, 'what's your preferences?' So, I just said 45 to 60, just being honest," Owens, the former NFL veteran-turned-lawyer and father, shared in a June 4 interview with "In The Trenches," a podcast hosted by Jon Jansen for the University of Michigan Athletics. "And then the process went, and I was selected, right? And then we had lunch with the executive producer. I said, 'you know, if they're 60 or over, I'm cutting them,'" the 66-year-old said. "Oh Mel, you can't, you know, this is not the 'Silver Bachelor.' It's the 'Golden Bachelor.' He goes, but they're going to be hot, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it." The age range for the 22 contestants that participated in the inaugural "Golden Bachelor" season was between 60 and 75. The show's lead, Gerry Turner, was 72 at the time and went on to marry Theresa Nist, 70, before the couple split in April 2024. Owens, who was announced as the show's lead in late April, insisted that he knew nothing about the women themselves, other than that they would be "beautiful." "I had no resume, but they asked me, what is my, like, my profile?" Owens said. "Well, they got to be fit because I stay in shape, should work out and stuff. And I told them, you know, try to stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs, you know, that kind of stuff, right." New Golden Bachelor elaborates more on his 'type' "Well, I don't think they're (there are) going to be artificial hips or wigs there, right? Because I know there's amazing women out there," Owens tells Jansen before elaborating more on his type. Other than no artificial hips or wigs, Owens says he's looking for someone "who's a lifetime learner, enjoys to love life and work out and stay fit and eat and have fun and be energetic and life live." We've got reality TV covered: Sign up for USA TODAY's Entertainment newsletter. Who is Mel Owens, ABC's new 'Golden Bachelor?' Owens, 66, was "born and raised in a close-knit Midwestern family in Detroit," but later moved to Michigan to play college football as his "athleticism shone through from an early age." After graduating from the University of Michigan, he was selected as the ninth overall pick in the 1981 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played as their linebacker for nine seasons, from 1981 to 1989. Owens became a lawyer and moved to Orange County, California following his retirement from the NFL. He's currently a partner a local law firm specializing in sports injuries and workers' compensation. "It was during this time that he met his first love, and together they had two sons," ABC's press release says. "While life took an unexpected turn with the passing of his father and the end of his marriage, Owens channeled his energy into being the best father he could be, focusing on raising his sons and coaching their extracurricular sports teams." Owens was previously married for 25 years and said he's found himself missing "companionship." As for the kind of woman he's looking for, Owens said: "Someone that's honest, charming, loving, fit, someone full of life." "After several years as a devoted dad, Owens is ready to rediscover a love rooted in the simple joys of companionship – sharing life's everyday moments, making plans for the future, and growing stronger together as a couple," according to ABC's press release. "As the Golden Bachelor, he's eager to meet someone who shares this vision and finally find that perfect teammate he's been waiting for in his golden years." When will 'Golden Bachelor' Season 2 come out? ABC has kept pretty much all the details about the upcoming season close to the vest, saying in an April 22 news release that a premiere date will be "announced at a later date." Contributing: KiMi Robinson and Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY
