Television January 05, 2024
‘Golden Wedding’: Kathy Swarts on Gerry & Theresa’s 'Incredible' Vows (Exclusive)
On Thursday, “The Golden Bachelor’s” Kathy Swarts was on hand for “The Golden Wedding,” where Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist got married.
“Extra’s” Megan Ryte spoke with Kathy about Gerry and Theresa’s big day, as well as reuniting with the other ladies from the season to support the happy couple.
She shared, “It was a blast celebrating Gerry and Theresa, celebrating love, but there is definitely a reason I have on these dark glasses. You don’t want to see what’s behind these.”
As for the “amazing” ceremony, Kathy dished, “Everything just flowed beautifully. Susan, her ceremony was fabulous. All the Bachelor Nation folks that were there. It was such a great reunion and such a time to celebrate love."
She said of reuniting with some of the other ladies from the season, "We all came together to celebrate [Theresa]. Leslie had been ill and she came. We all just rallied around each other."
She emphasized, “That’s the message of this show — there is a second chance at love. We love and support each other, we love and support Gerry and Theresa.”
Kathy shared that her favorite part of the "I dos" were the vows. “I think hearing Gerry and Theresa’s vows to each other, watching them look at each other in the eyes and just seeing the love, that to me was a reflection of the whole season,” she said.
Kathy didn’t see Theresa’s strap break on her wedding gown, but noted, “That’s just a tiny little thing. I mean, the rest of her gown was beautiful.”
While she didn’t find love on the show, Swarts noted the friendships she formed on the show “made it all worth it.”
She did joke that she was feeling a bit "envious," noting, "All those guys there, and most of them are married or engaged... Here I am, still single. It's a theme."
Kathy is optimistic about her love life, saying, “I know that men are going to start sliding into my DMs... It’s going to happen.”
Kathy also weighed in on Brayden Bowers and Christina Mandrell’s surprise engagement, which happened during the cocktail hour of the wedding special. She commented, “They’re so happy. I saw them this morning. They’re just in love."
Could we see Kathy back looking for love as a Golden Bachelorette? She answered, “In a skinny minute, I would absolutely. That is the other thing I have seen in this whole wedding party is all of the different couples here, from Tristan and Ryan to Christina and Brayden — the newest couple to get engaged and the first couple to get married — and the love, you just feel it from all of them. So, yeah, and I believe in love, so I’m in.”
As for what's next, Kathy revealed that she, Susan and Nancy are heading to St. Martin!
She promised, "We are going to have some kind of fun. We'll put it on Instagram, you'll see us. We're going to post it for Bachelor Nation."