‘The Golden Bachelor’ Shocker: Gerry Picks His Final 3 for Hometown Dates
Santa Monica Pier group date
Gerry Turner has been making increasingly heartbreaking decisions each week on The Golden Bachelor. And tonight was his toughest night to date when he sent three women home. The remaining final three lucky ladies will get to take the former restaurant owner home to meet their families on next week's Hometown Dates episode.
Week 5 began with six ladies left in the mansion—Susan, Ellen, Sandra, Theresa, Leslie and Faith.
The night began with a shock when host Jesse Palmer told the ladies there would only be three Hometown Dates instead of four, which meant half of he ladies would be going home.
With the increased pressure, the ladies went into overdrive to make their final pitches to stay in the running for Gerry's heart.
After a strong one-on-one date and an emotional roller coaster chat at an the Santa Monica Pier, Gerry shocked one confident frontrunner by eliminating her at the rose ceremony after she misread his feelings.
Read on to find out how what happened tonight on The Golden Bachelor.
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Who got the last one-on-one date on The Golden Bachelor?
Faith landed the coveted alone time with Gerry, and was thrilled to ride off for a once-in-a-lifetime date that included a helicopter tour of Los Angles (and flyover of Bachelor mansion) that ended when they landed on a luxurious yacht for champagne, charcuterie and hot tub time with perfect ocean views.
On the drive to the helicopter, both admitted they had tried online dating and that it hadn't worked for them. (We kinda knew that didn't work since they're on a dating reality show.)
Gerry told the cameras that of all the women, “Faith is the big question mark.”
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Faith is afraid of heights but bravely "let go" and took the helicopter ride with Gerry. By the time they reached the yacht, she seemed to be enjoying herself.
Gerry praised the warm look in Faith’s eyes and noted, “You melted my heart.”
Faith shocked the bachelor by opening up and discussing trauma in her past. “I lived a lot of time alone like a homeless teen. I didn’t have a mother or father,” she said.
The beauty admitted she hadn’t previously chosen emotionally healthy men, but saw goodness in widower Gerry.
Gerry had been initially attracted to her looks, but told the cameras he was now “really intrigued by her” beyond the physical.
It was no surprise that Faith got the date rose, meaning she was in the final three.
Faith called it “a fairytale.”
When Faith returned to the house and gushed to the others about her date, Ellen sniped in confessional that she shouldn’t consider herself special!
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— The Golden Bachelor (@GoldenBachABC) October 23, 2023
What happened on the final Golden Bachelor group date?
Gerry wanted to let his inner child out at the famed Santa Monica Pier amusement park with the other five women.
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Everyone enjoyed the rides and carnival games, and Ellen told cameras she felt “like a kid again.”
Gerry talked to ladies individually on a park bench and Theresa told him it would mean the world to her for him to meet her family.
“I don’t want you out of my life, Gerry. I’m really falling in love with you,” Theresa sighed.
“I feel like I can’t live without you.”
They kissed. Gerry didn’t tell Theresa he loved her, but she thought he eventually would!
Ellen told Gerry she wanted to be his life teammate after they’d bonded over their mutual love of pickleball.
“I am absolutely falling head over heels in love with you,” the outspoken blonde said.
In confessional, Ellen hoped he felt the same way.
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How did Leslie stand out?
At the park, Leslie cried to Gerry that she’d “been cheated on many, many times,” which made it hard for her to watch him date other women.
Gerry consoled Leslie and indicated she was his girl!
“I’m crazy about you,” the dancer told him, and they embraced and kissed.
Who received the group date rose?
Nobody! After Ellen told cameras that she was close to “an emotional breakdown” over the tension, Gerry told the ladies he wouldn’t give out a date rose because he just couldn’t decide.
However, Ellen said in confessional that her heart told her she would get a rose.
What happened at the rose ceremony?
Gerry gave roses to Leslie and Theresa, as Faith stood there already with her date rose. They were his final three and moved on to next week’s hometown visits with the ladies’ families.
The bachelor sat down with Ellen after she was eliminated, telling her, “Yours, obviously, was the most difficult decision.”
Gerry was sorry as she cried. He said, “I hope you stay positive, because that’s you.”
Ellen snapped, “OK. I gotta go.”
In the van going home, Ellen noted, “It was really a shock. I just thought he was the one.”
But she gracefully added, “He deserves to be happy.”
Who went home on The Golden Bachelor episode 5?
Susan, 66
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Sandra, 75
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Ellen, 71
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