Golden Bachelorette star Joan Vassos addressed contestant Man Gansert’s previous after studies surfaced that his ex-wife filed a short lived restraining order in opposition to him in 2021.
The truth star, 61, opened up in regards to the physician, 66, on the Wednesday episode of The Viall Recordsdata podcast, the place she stated that the Golden franchise is “distinctive” as a result of individuals “come right here with a variety of previous.”
“We’ve lived a variety of life, and it doesn’t utterly shock me that there are issues that they’re perhaps not happy with in a while,” Vassos stated in response to host Nick Viall’s query about Gansert, who continues to be competing for Vassos’ coronary heart on the ABC actuality sequence.
Vassos added that she had “by no means seen” that facet of Gansert or any of the opposite contestants on her season.
“My interactions with all the blokes had been pure and wonderful, and I might have by no means had any indication that there was any type of previous that he had,” Vassos shared. “I had no concept what the interactions along with his ex-wife had been at the moment. He was so type to me, and he was so open, and he was so weak.”
Vassos went on to say how Gansert “cried” and talked to her about “lastly feeling glad for the primary time in so a few years.” She added that she would have by no means thought in a “million years” that Gansert had an alleged historical past of home disputes.
“I nonetheless imagine that he’s a sort and good particular person,” Vassos stated. “, perhaps he made a mistake. I don’t know. I don’t know something about [it] aside from what you guys know.”
Gansert’s ex-wife, Heidi O’Gara, filed a short lived protecting order in opposition to him in Reno, Nevada, three years in the past, Folks reported in early October. She dismissed the submitting, wherein she requested Gansert solely contact her about their youngsters by way of electronic mail, in November 2021 earlier than it was granted.
Within the submitting, O’Gara alleged that Gansert “bodily tried to threaten” her and despatched her textual content messages “making an attempt to reconcile” earlier than “flipping to anger,” in response to Folks. She claimed the day she filed the order, Gansert allegedly positioned an merchandise underneath her tire and “motioned like he was going to shoot me along with his hand formed like a pistol” after working into her on the health club.
Gansert addressed the studies about his previous in a press release posted to Instagram on Oct. 10, saying that he’ll “all the time proceed to work to enhance myself.”
“This was an unlucky state of affairs that occurred throughout an extremely anxious time for me and my former partner and was finally resolved when she voluntary [sic] dismissed her request for a protecting order,” he wrote on the social media platform. “Collectively we crafted a decision that was agreeable to each events.”
“The previous few years have brought on me to conduct a deep private analysis, and I’ll all the time proceed to work to enhance myself,” he continued. “I’m so appreciative of The Golden Bachelorette and Bachelor Nation in addition to my household, who’ve been exceptionally supportive throughout probably the most troublesome occasions of my life. I’m eternally grateful for them.”
O’Gara additionally addressed the studies in a press release to Folks, saying that she and Man “share 4 superb youngsters and a brand new grandson.”
“Whereas our divorce was very troublesome, to guard our household’s privateness and to maneuver ahead, we reached a mutual decision and have chosen to not remark about it publicly,” O’Hara stated.
ABC has but to publicly touch upon Gansert’s background.
Gansert is only one of numerous Bachelor Nation males, who it’s been revealed in current months, had restraining orders filed in opposition to them. Fellow Golden Bachelorette contestant Gil Ramirez had a short lived home violence restraining order filed in opposition to him in June from an ex-girlfriend over allegations of stalking. And, in September, it got here to mild that the winner of the latest season of The Bachelorette, Devin Strader, was arrested and had a restraining order filed in opposition to him by an ex-girfriend a number of years earlier than his look on the truth relationship present.