The Golden Bachelorette season 1 recently premiered and there are already signs the show isn’t protecting Joan Vassos, and it’s concerning. 61-year-old Joan isn’t new to reality TV, as she was a contestant on The Golden Bachelor, but being a contestant is very different from being the lead, and the transition couldn’t have been easy. Joan wasn’t on The Golden Bachelor for very long. Though she and Gerry had a great solo date, she decided to leave the show early to be with her daughter. Joan’s daughter had just given birth and was struggling with postpartum depression. Though it wasn’t an emergency in the truest sense of the world, Joan felt like she had to leave.
