'Golden Bachelor' Says Cancer Diagnosis Factored In Breakup

LOADING ERROR LOADING Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist won the hearts of reality TV romance lovers last year when he picked her as his bride on “The Golden Bachelor,” only for the couple to break up a few months later. “I think it’s time, also because it probably will clear up a lot of mystery around what happened back in February, March and April,” the Indiana-based Turner said. Turner told the publication that he was diagnosed with a slow-growing “bone marrow cancer” with a “really long name” right around the time when he and his new bride “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.” The couple had a whirlwind romance after meeting on the ABC reality show and ended up tying the knot on TV in January just a few months after the show’s finale. When Turner and Nist announced their split on “Good Morning America” back in April, they didn’t specify a particular reason, but did imply that living in different states was an issue. So understandable.” After processing the news, Turner realized he wanted his life to be 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.” But, as a result, he admits that “the importance of finding the way with Theresa was still there, but it became less of a priority.” Since Turner didn’t publicly announce his medical findings right away, he said many viewers made “judgments” about the breakup that he says were “unfair.”