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Susan Lucci is a proud member of Bachelor Nation, even claiming that she was in talks about an opportunity to steer The Golden Bachelorette.
“I consider that they contacted my publicist and it wasn’t for me,” Lucci, 77, informed Folks in an interview revealed on Friday, Could 24. “I watched The Golden Bachelor. I actually loved watching The Golden Bachelor. It is a new dependancy for me.”
Lucci additional claimed that ABC had referred to as her publicist “to see if [she] would have an interest,” however the cleaning soap star “didn’t pursue” the alleged supply.
“It wasn’t for me, however I do love watching,” Lucci added. “I’m a fan. I like watching.”
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ABC has not publicly addressed in the event that they supposed to solid Lucci because the inaugural Golden Bachelorette. Folks additionally reported on Friday that the community by no means formally supplied Lucci the position.
Lucci initially grew to become a fan of the Bachelor franchise by her late mom, Jeanette.
“My mom used to look at The Bachelor and I made enjoyable of her,” Lucci completely informed Us Weekly in March. “Now, years later, I’m completely hooked on The Bachelor — together with The Golden Bachelor!”
Lucci was married to Helmet Huber from 1969 till his demise in 2022. Huber died on the age of 84.
“Helmut’s passing is an incredible loss for all who knew and cherished him. He was a rare husband, father, grandfather and buddy,” a consultant for his or her household informed Us in an announcement in a March 2022 assertion. “The household kindly asks for privateness throughout this extremely troublesome time.”
Bachelor Nation has seen its fair proportion of controversial contestants and last picks, however in terms of selecting the franchise’s lead it’s normally simple to name — however not all the time. When The Bachelorette introduced Clare Crawley, who hadn’t been on a Bachelor collection or one if its spinoffs since 2018’s Bachelor Winter Video games, as […]
Lucci and Huber, who served because the actress’ supervisor, shared daughter Liza and son Andreas.
Practically one 12 months later, ABC mounted a “golden” spinoff of The Bachelor in 2023, giving 72-year-old widower Gerry Turner a second probability to seek out love. He wed finalist Theresa Nist in January earlier than they break up three months later.
Information broke earlier this month that Joan Vassos, considered one of Turner’s contestants, could be the primary Golden Bachelorette lead. (Vassos, 61, opted to go away the season early to “be a mother” after it was revealed that her daughter was scuffling with postpartum despair.)
“If it results in engagement, I’m open to that,” Vassos informed CNN on Could 14. “I do consider this course of works. I’ve seen it work for therefore many {couples} on The Bachelor, so I consider within the course of. If it results in engagement, that’s nice.”
She continued, “I in all probability received’t rush into a wedding immediately — and never solely due to what occurred with Gerry and Theresa. I feel it takes a while to actually get to know someone. Out within the wild, in the actual world, you’ll want to spend a while there.”
Earlier than Vassos’ casting, many Bachelor Nation followers have been pitching concepts for the subsequent lead together with Turner’s runner-up, Leslie Fhima, and extra of his castoffs. In the present day anchors Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager additionally wished their buddy Kathie Lee Gifford to take over the mantle. Gifford, 70, in the meantime, was not .
“You get illnesses if you get in sizzling tubs, what I’m saying? Folks ought to be way more cautious, and I don’t know the place these lips have been on all these guys, so I’d be way more cautious than these different women are,” Gifford completely informed Us in March. “They only get within the sizzling tub, get throughout one another and get in mattress, and I’m going, ‘They don’t even know your center title.’ So, I don’t see that I’m going to be part of that anytime quickly.”
The Golden Bachelorette premieres on ABC within the fall.
