Where are our wise elders?
Reality TV stars Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, who charmed Americans on “The Golden Bachelor,” announced Friday that their marriage was over, just three months after 7 million watched their emotional wedding.
“I truly thought it was going to last forever,” Nist wrote of her marriage in an Instagram post Monday. “It turns out, even at the age of 70, you don’t know everything.”
What a disappointment.
Of course, I have no idea what led to Turner and Nist’s divorce—and perhaps their failed marriage says more about the insanity of reality TV marriages than anything else.
But for a moment, it looked like “The Golden Bachelor” was a different kind of reality TV show. Featuring exclusively contestants aged 60 and older, the show suggested that perhaps older Americans would be wiser—and more successful—in love than…
