The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner has struggled with his reputation after the series, but his meteoric rise to fame and sudden fall from grace after the show has been confusing for many. Gerry, one of the few Bachelor Nation leads who wasnt chosen from a previous season, was cast as The Golden Bachelor for the Bachelor Nation spin-off series inaugural season. While The Golden Bachelor season 1 was a first for the franchise, the way that Gerry came to the show was an excitingly different practice than Bachelor Nation had gotten used to, as he was virtually unknown before.