Joan Vassos shocked his family with a hilarious statement. In a new promo for the inaugural season of The Golden BacheloretteO first protagonist tells his family about his plans to show affection while traveling in search of love.
The video begins by showing Joan working in the kitchen with her mother, Mary, and her mother-in-law, Elaine, whose son, John, died in 2021 after a battle with cancer. He was 59.
Joan’s daughter Ally, son Nick and his fiancée Brooke enter the kitchen next, with the former asking how Joan feels about kissing another man on TV.
“Oh, jeez,” the mom of four replies. “I’m going to have to get used to it because you don’t want to be with someone you don’t like kissing, so you have to try. I’ll probably kiss a fair amount of guys on camera. Sorry, guys.”
“A good amount?” Nick replies in surprise, which Ally quickly seconded, telling her mother, “We didn’t expect that answer.”
Then the whole family gathers around the dinner table, where they give Joan advice on good questions to ask her suitors.
Nick suggests asking about their top three priorities in life, Elaine says she should find out if they like to travel, and Boomer, one of Joan’s three grandsons, wants to know what the men’s favorite dinosaur is.
“Well, obviously,” Joan jokes in response.
As for essential qualities in a man, Joan tells her family that she wants a gentleman who is generous, humble and has a big heart.
“Whoever this guy is,” Nick tells his mother, “we want you to be happy.”
Joan ends the video by proposing a toast, as she tells her family, “Thank you so much for all your support. I’m not here to replace Dad. I just want our family to be whole again. Here’s to a great adventure.”
When ET spoke to Joan in June, she revealed as she believes her late husband had a hand in her entry into Bachelor Nation.
“I feel like he maybe had a little hand in me actually getting here, honestly,” Joan told ET. “He said to me right before he passed away, ‘You need to go out and find someone else. You were the best wife in the world and I want you to be happy.’ He gave me this wonderful gift before he died, and he said go do something, and so here I am.”
When it comes to what John would think about his upcoming journey, Joan said, “He loved reality TV. He was a head-first dive into whatever you do (type of person),” she said. “I think he’s up there thinking, ‘Look, that’s my wife down there. She’s doing this.'”
The series premiere of The Golden Bachelorette goes on air Wednesday, September 18 on ABC.
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