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![Theresa Nist and Gerry Turner raise their arms in the air after getting married during "The Golden Wedding." Theresa Nist and Gerry Turner raise their arms in the air after getting married during "The Golden Wedding."](https://cdn.aarp.net/content/dam/aarpe/en/home/entertainment/television/info-2024/the-golden-bachelor-wedding/_jcr_content/root/container_main/container_body_main/container_body1/container_body_cf/container_image/articlecontentfragment/cfimage.coreimg.50.932.jpeg/content/dam/aarp/entertainment/television/2024/01/1140-the-golden-bachelor-wedding-theresa-gerry.jpg)
Wedding bells aren’t breaking up that old gang of ours on The Golden Bachelor, the hit dating show that ended in December.
At The Golden Wedding, Jan. 4 at La Quinta Resort near Palm Springs, California, 12 of the 21 women who unsuccessfully vied for the heart of Gerry Turner, 72, showed up to shower the victor — Gerry’s bride, Theresa Nist, 70 — with good wishes and affectionate teasing, along with family, friends and TV crew. Even though she’d lost Gerry to Theresa, vanquished contestant and longtime professional wedding officiant Susan Noles, 66, the show’s bubbliest, most popular person, tied the knot for the happy couple.
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“You can find love at any age,” Theresa told AARP before the wedding. Gerry said we’re lucky they waited until Jan. 4 to marry on TV: “We were thinking elope to Las Vegas as soon as the season ended.”
We're glad they chose California, and invited TV audiences. Here are highlights from the two-hour wedding event:
![Jesse Palmer hosts "The Golden Wedding." Jesse Palmer hosts "The Golden Wedding."](https://cdn.aarp.net/content/dam/aarpe/en/home/entertainment/television/info-2024/the-golden-bachelor-wedding/_jcr_content/root/container_main/container_body_main/container_body1/container_body_cf/body_one_cf_one/par4/articlecontentfragme/cfimage.coreimg.50.932.jpeg/content/dam/aarp/entertainment/television/2024/01/1140-the-golden-bachelor-wedding-jesse-palmer-1.jpg)
Drama in the first five minutes
Golden Bachelor host Jesse Palmer didn’t waste any time bringing the drama. The former college and NFL quarterback told viewers that he almost wasn’t able to attend the wedding because he and his wife, Emely Fardo, are expecting their first child “at any moment.” “Seriously, it could happen tonight,” he warned. (It didn’t.)
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