Golden Bachelor loser Susan to perform live TV wedding
The Golden Bachelor contestant Susan Noles is thrilled to officiate Gerry Turner and Susan Nist's wedding
Is The Golden Bachelor television’s most sadistic experiment? The fact that they’re having one of the runners-up officiate the live broadcast wedding of Gerry Turner and winner Theresa Nist seems to indicate yes. Except the reality TV loser herself doesn’t seem all that bothered by her bizarre situation. “Gerry’s my buddy and now Teresa is my girlfriend, so why not?” Susan Noles told Glamour of being requested by the couple to preside over the wedding. “I never asked them why, to tell you the truth. But I’m really glad they did.”
The fact is, the Golden Bachelor contestants being incredibly supportive of one another is part of what made the series such a hit. The other fact is, Noles regularly officiates weddings (“Nuptials by Noles”), so it makes sense to choose her for this televised spectacle. She was ordained back in 2011 (“I did everything. I am sworn. I can baptize. I can do funerals. I took it very seriously”), and she’s very passionate about the role: “I fell in love with it, and I’m in love with being in love. So to marry somebody is like the perfect day. Everybody’s happy.”
Though Noles confirmed to Glamour that she has never officiated the wedding of an ex before, she describes being Turner and Nist’s officiant as “over-the-top fun,” adding that “the opportunity to do this is so special. It’s because of the bond between the three of us. And I love doing it for people that I care about.”
Though she may have the most prominent role, Noles likely isn’t the only one of Turner’s exes who will be in attendance at the live wedding on January 4. “We want all of the women from The Golden Bachelor to be there,” Nist previously shared with Entertainment Weekly. “We don’t know who’s going to be able to make it.”
Noles sure will, and she’s ready to act as emotional support. “And for the actual wedding ceremony, you know Gerry’s going to cry,” she said to Glamour. “He already said, ‘Susan, you know…,’ and I said, ‘I’ll be right next to you, babe. It’s all good.’”