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‘Golden Bachelorette’ Joan Vassos Addresses Guy Gansert’s Restraining Order

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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.

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Joan Vassos Criticizes Martha Stewart for Golden Bachelorette Comments

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Joan Vassos is clapping again at Martha Stewart for her feedback relating to the lads on ABC’s The Golden Bachelorette.

Earlier this week, the movie star chef and businesswoman was requested on Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen if she can be open to happening the courting actuality sequence, to which she responded, “Completely not… the fellows aren’t sizzling sufficient.”

Vassos later revealed to Entry Hollywood that she really DM’d Stewart in response to her criticism of the lads featured on her season.

“I did, and I mentioned, ‘Okay, courting is tough on the market and I had an important group of men,’” she mentioned. “She doesn’t know them like I do know. I bought to know the within of them in addition to the surface. And, each are fantastic.”

The Golden Bachelorette continued, “The workforce did an important job of selecting them as a result of even earlier than I knew them, like what they had been about, and their tales and their backstory are additionally fantastic. I imply, they’re there for a motive. Once they bought out of the limos that first evening and so they began strolling towards me, each single one among them did one thing memorable and made me wish to get to know them extra. I suppose Martha didn’t watch or didn’t see what I noticed in them, and perhaps it’s important to be in particular person, I don’t know, however they had been particular guys.”

The Golden Bachelorette, a derivative of ABC’s long-running courting actuality sequence The Bachelorette, debuted its first season on Sept. 18. Vassos beforehand appeared on Gerry Turner’s season of the Golden Bachelor, however she eradicated herself throughout week three over a medical concern together with her daughter.

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Golden Bachelorette Contestant’s Past Restraining Order From Ex Surfaces

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Golden Bachelorette star Gil Ramirez, who acquired a rose from star Joan Vassos throughout this week’s Sept. 18 season premiere, noticed particulars from his previous come to gentle on Friday.

The 60-year-old educator from Mission Viejo, California, had a short lived home violence restraining order filed in opposition to him three months in the past from an ex-girlfriend over allegations of stalking, Individuals reported. The lady, who claimed to have been courting Ramirez, mentioned, “he made repeated undesirable contact with me, relations and mates” and that he “confirmed up at locations I frequent to confront me every day.”

Individuals famous that the court docket submitting was dated June 11, which The Hollywood Reporter can verify was simply days earlier than manufacturing began on the hit ABC actuality courting competitors. The Golden Bachelorette and the Golden Bachelor are senior spinoffs from flagship sequence The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

A July 2 listening to was then postponed, Individuals reported, as a result of Ramirez was unable to be served — presumably, as a result of he was already on the Bachelor mansion in Agoura Hills, California, filming The Golden Bachelorette. At a later listening to date on July 24, the non permanent restraining order was then dropped and dismissed for “lack of prosecution for lack of service.”

Due to the timing, a supply near the present’s manufacturing tells THR that the submitting “occurred within the transient interval between completion of [the show’s] thorough background investigation and exhaustive vetting course of, and the start of manufacturing.”

Now that this data has come to gentle, the supply says ABC and producers Warner Horizon have “additional edited his already restricted display screen time and minimized him in promotional property transferring ahead.”

Vassos, who misplaced her husband of 32 years to most cancers in 2021, hails from the inaugural season of the Golden Bachelor with Gerry Turner. After exiting that season early resulting from a household emergency, she returned to guide the primary season of the Golden Bachelorette, making her debut this previous Wednesday. On the present’s first night time, she met 24 contestants and handed out 18 roses; Ramirez was amongst them.

Ramirez’s ABC bio describes the daddy of two as “the right mixture of romantic, candy and emotional” and an “educator [who] is prepared for love once more and misses that feeling of realizing you’re with the correct individual.”

On Tuesday, sooner or later earlier than the Golden Bachelorette premiered, it additionally got here to gentle that the winner of the newest season of The Bachelorette, Devin Strader, was arrested and had a restraining order filed in opposition to him by an ex-girlfriend a number of years earlier than coming onto the fact courting present.

THR reported that, whereas the affidavit of a housebreaking arrest was public throughout Strader’s vetting course of, the main points within the restraining order had been sealed when Bachelorette producers had been conducting their background checks. Strader, who referred to as off his engagement with star Jenn Tran between the pretaped finale and the reside After the Last Rose particular earlier this month, addressed the allegations that got here to gentle this week, saying, partly, “That restraining order was by no means granted, and absolutely dismissed. My school ex-girlfriend and I ended up reconciling and ultimately ended our relationship on good phrases. This was the primary time I ever fell in love and I realized rather a lot from our relationship. It was a rising expertise for each of us.”

Tran, in the meantime, is now competing on Dancing With the Stars, and informed THR at this week’s season premiere on Tuesday, after the Strader allegations got here to gentle, that she “therapeutic” and “pouring power again” into herself whereas competing on her subsequent actuality competitors present.