The Golden Bachelor’s Religion Martin is opening up about navigating her “perplexing” dynamic with newlyweds Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist.
“Gerry and Theresa and I would talk on the phone, when it was out that they were together, and I knew ahead of time. [I] love them both, and Theresa and Gerry and I are very transparent with our feelings,” Religion, 61, shared at the Tuesday, January 9, episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast, which used to be taped after Gerry, 72, and Theresa, 70, tied the knot in a are living TV particular. “Theresa would be like, ‘He loves you so much,’ and I’m like, ‘I love him, too, and I love you. And we’re gonna be friends for life, right?’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah,’ so we call and check in with each other all the time.”
Regardless of feeling “so excited” for the satisfied couple, Religion admitted there were instances when she “had to go in the bathroom and cry for a little bit,” including, “And then, I would come back out and I would tell Theresa, I’d text her, ‘Tell me how happy you are and how great this is gonna be, ‘cause then, my heart will heal.’”
Religion mentioned each and every dialog she’s had with Gerry and Theresa since The Golden Bachelor wrapped has helped her middle develop “more and more healed,” however being pleasant together with her ex and his now-wife nonetheless has its demanding situations.
“It’s still a little bit hard because I was so in love with him, and I don’t know that I would ever find those qualities in another man. So, I felt the loss, for sure, but I’m super excited for them,” she added.
Religion used to be one among a number of stars who attended the couple’s televised Golden Wedding ceremony rite on Thursday, January 4. Religion made her fact TV debut when The Golden Bachelor premiered in September 2023, incomes Gerry’s first influence rose. Regardless of construction a robust reference to Gerry and introducing him to her circle of relatives in Washington state, she used to be eradicated after the native land dates.
“Right now, I’m numb. It’s going to be a while before I figure it out. If I ever figure it out,” Religion mentioned in a confessional after she used to be despatched house. “I feel like we connected on a level where I was ready to marry the dude. I wanted so much more for me. I wanted so much more for my kids. … Maybe it’s just not in the cards for me.”
Whilst she didn’t get her satisfied finishing on TV, Religion printed on Tuesday’s podcast that being at the display helped open her middle to new romantic chances. “It allowed me to feel again and to know that I had a heart that wasn’t dead inside, that I actually could muster up those feelings and have that in my heart, made me think, ‘OK, I am still alive. I just got to look at it differently,’” she advised Trista Sutter, the OG Bachelorette, who used to be filling in for “Almost Famous” hosts Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti.
Religion even teased that she’s observed some motion in her love existence post-Golden Bachelor. “I haven’t been on a date yet or anything, but I have flirted a little bit,” she mentioned. “I have somebody that I was really, really flirting with a little, and I actually was feeling like, ‘Yeah, it would be so fun to meet up with that person.’”
Whilst Sutter, 51, prodded Religion to percentage information about her thriller guy, Religion mentioned she used to be “not gonna say” how they met as he “might be” any person Bachelor Country is aware of.