Who is Gerry Turner’s Ex-Girlfriend?
Who is Gerry Turner’s ex-girlfriend? Gerry Turner’s ex-girlfriend talked to The Hollywood Reporter about their dating life before The Golden Bachelor. Turner’s ex-girlfriend wished to remain anonymous but the publication called her Carolyn for continuity purposes.
According to the site, Carolyn was 14 years his junior and was a staff accountant at the mental health center in Indiana. They dated for 10 months right after his wife died and then lived together for one year and nine months. The two met at the mental health facility where she worked at, and the staff and patients were well acquainted with Gerry and his late wife Toni.
“Then, we get the shocking news that Toni passed away, so most everyone at the office went to the visitation in July,” Carolyn told THR. “Then, in August, I got a phone call from Gerry,” she said. “I was so shocked to hear from him.”
“Damn, I go to bed at night thinking of you and wake up in the morning thinking of you,” he had texted Carolyn on Sept. 2, 2017, just months after his wife’s death.
Carolyn came forward because she didn’t want to be the “invisible woman,” whispered about in Davenport. Carolyn’s friend Susan McReery vouched for the romance.
“When Carolyn and Gerry first started dating [in September 2017], my husband and I took them to an Iowa [Hawkeyes] football game,” Susan said. “I thought, ‘This guy’s legit. This guy’s a really good guy for her.’”
She also reacted to when Gerry said the line about not having been kissed in six years. “And I’m like, what? He’s got to know that people are paying attention to this show. I’m just flabbergasted.”
Carolyn eventually moved in with Gerry and had hefty negotiations like a job change and moving to “the middle of nowhere” but things became tense at a particular moment. “I’m not taking you to the reunion looking like that,” he told her when heading to his high school reunion. The comment was pointed towards her body when she gained 10 pounds from stress she says.
The confrontation culminated in their breakup. Carolyn moved out of their shared lake house and subsequently injured her ankle during the move-out— when Gerry allegedly accused her of prolonging her stay and suggested that she was planning to sue him for causing the injury. When Carolyn finally moved out Gerry told her, “I really wish this would’ve worked out. Call me when you get to your hotel, so I know you made it safe.”
Carolyn wasn’t the only person Gerry dated after his wife died. Heather Lanning-Adams talked to The Sun and considered Gerry her friend. She told reporters, “He dated a couple of women. They weren’t all long-term, but they … weren’t short-term either. … He was with a couple of women for a decent amount of time, but it just didn’t work out.”
