Theresa Nist disputes key scenes in Turner's Golden Years memoir

Theresa Nist, the winner of the inaugural Golden Bachelor, says she was shocked and disturbed by a remark her former husband, Gerry Turner, made during their brief marriage and has publicly disputed several key scenes from his newly released memoir. Nist recounted on a podcast this week that during a walk near Pretty Lake while they were married, Turner told her, apparently without laughing, that he would hide her body in a shed after killing and chopping her up. The pair married in January 2024 and divorced in April 2024 after about three months together.

Nist said the comment felt hostile but insisted she did not believe Turner would act on it. "Not one of the stories that I have read is the way it happened," she told podcast hosts, and she described the shed remark as "pretty dark humor" that nevertheless suggested animosity. Her appearance came as Turner published Golden Years, a memoir that recounts his experience on the show, his doubts before the wedding and details of their short marriage.

In the book Turner acknowledges having second thoughts in the days before the ceremony and writes that he confided in a contestant the night before the televised wedding. He described...