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In New Memoir, Gerry Turner Details Brief Suicidal Thoughts and Early Strains in Theresa Nist Marriage

The Golden Bachelor alum says public backlash after his three-month marriage left him briefly suicidal.

Overview

  • Golden Years, published Nov. 4, recounts Turner's fleeting suicidal ideation after the April 2024 divorce announcement, with excerpts first obtained by TMZ and reported by outlets including People and Us Weekly.
  • Turner writes that thoughts of his daughters, Jenny and Angie, stopped him, and he describes wishing he could disappear to a remote place in Alaska.
  • An Entertainment Weekly excerpt details early intimacy issues, including Turner’s claim that Nist asked him to sleep on the couch during his first visit to her New Jersey home days after the wedding.
  • Nist publicly disputes several accounts in the book, telling Dear Shandy and Us Weekly that his stories are inaccurate and asserting they initially shared her bed before he volunteered to use the couch.
  • Turner, who disclosed a slow‑growing blood cancer in 2024, has since become engaged to Lana Sutton and has described the short-lived marriage as a mistake in new interviews.