Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner’s ex-wife, Theresa Nist, is sharing her response to his most cancers analysis announcement on Wednesday, December 11. After Folks broke the information of the 73-year-old’s well being struggles, she informed the outlet, “That’s devastating information, actually. I used to be extraordinarily upset.” Nevertheless, she admitted to having recognized about it since March, a month earlier than they introduced their divorce.
“He informed me, although, that it was the kind of most cancers he would probably outlive,” the 71-year-old NJ native defined.
Regardless of his analysis, Nist informed the outlet that she hopes her ex can have an extended and wholesome life and be pleased in it. The finance professional famous that Turner is a “very constructive particular person,” so she is aware of he “will do the perfect he can to make this a constructive expertise.” She expressed religion in him, believing he’ll work all of it out and never let the most cancers have an effect on his life.
Nist, who acknowledged that Turner is “in a really troublesome scenario,” mentioned she needs him the perfect and is aware of good issues will come to him.
Turner shocked Bachelor Nation on Wednesday when he introduced he was identified with a slow-growing, incurable bone marrow most cancers known as Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia. He revealed he realized of the analysis when he visited an orthopedic surgeon earlier this 12 months relating to a shoulder damage he sustained three years in the past.
The dad of two defined in his interview with Folks that after discovering out concerning the sickness, priorities in his life shifted, making him wish to spend extra time together with his daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren, reasonably than with Nist, with whom he had fallen in love whereas starring on the ABC collection.
Based on Turner, his most cancers analysis performed a job in him and his now ex-wife looking for a divorce in April, following their televised marriage ceremony in February. Nevertheless, Nist disagrees together with his evaluation.
She informed Folks in her personal interview that his most cancers wasn’t what ended their relationship, however reasonably the lengthy distance and numerous different disagreements between them, as reported earlier this 12 months.
Turner and Nist finalized their divorce in June.
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