71-year-old Gerry Turner announced as 1st 'Golden Bachelor' l GMA

It's finally time to meet the mysterious

golden

bachelor

. Yeah, we've been talking about this for quite some time here in the studio this morning. The new lead is ready to hand out roses in the new spin-off show. Kelly Carter has her story. Take a look, I'm Gary, I'm 71

year

s old, I'm from Indiana and I'm going to be the first

golden

bachelor

because it's never too late to fall in love again, how does it feel? He feels amazing and is still sinking. In you will essentially be the representation of what it looks like to date at 70. I think my thoughts always go to the way I have done things, don't give up, there are always possibilities.

Gary Turner married his high school sweetheart, Tony, together. for 43

year

s having two daughters and in 2017, just six weeks after retiring, his wife became ill and died. You know, she was robbed every day. That's the thought I have. What do you think she would make up for all this? the photo of her on a dresser in my closet every morning I give the thumbs up, so what do you think of this for a while? It was like I was having a hard time figuring out if she would be okay but we always said to each other when one of us says we want the other to be happy she's up there supporting she says yes Gary do this Gary is ready to find love again he says his daughters texted him to sign up for the program and he felt like there was nothing to lose Gary Jesse Palmer, it's good to meet you on Zoom, yeah this is awesome, there's a really important question I'm dying to ask make you Gary, would you be the first golden bachelor?

Well yes I would, what were your daughter's reactions when you told them they would do it? They chose me, they started shouting and everyone gathered around one of those 25 women, they will be very lucky. Jesse Palmer said: Yeah, I'd love to find a partner who has a lot of energy, someone who maybe plays pickleball, someone who maybe plays golf while Gary gets going. in Venture of a new and hopeful love, so we may see a wedding special in the near future, so I wouldn't rule it out for Good Morning America Kelly Carter ABC News Los Angeles.

I think we're all eager to see her backstory now. sweet, well I'm sure I have a feeling that yes, the golden bachelor premiered this fall on ABC, well, hello GMA fans, Robin Roberts here, thanks for visiting our YouTube channel, there's a lot of great stuff here, so continue, click on the Subscribe button. Click here to get more amazing videos and content from GMA every day at any time. We thank you for watching and we'll see you in the morning on GMA.