No, this isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke! TMZ reported super-early on April 1st that “Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner and his brand-new wife, Theresa Nist, aren’t living together after their TV wedding on January 4th.
The TMZ exclusive claims that Gerry and Theresa are “still head over heels!!!” But shockingly, TMZ also confirmed that the two are “living in separate states.”
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According to TMZ sources, Gerry and Theresa are doing the “long-distance thing.” That means Gerry is currently living in his lake house in Northern Indiana, and Theresa hasn’t moved out of New Jersey. Even though Gerry and Theresa both took a risky chance later in life to go on reality TV and find each other, TMZ sources gave a “few reasons” why the couple hasn’t “taken the leap to live together just yet.”
Reason number one is allegedly the hassle of moving. Gerry and Theresa have both lived in “their own established homes in their respective states” for decades. TMZ’s source claims that moving would be “time-consuming,” and it seems like Gerry and Theresa aren’t in a rush to do that.
Reason number two is apparently Theresa’s job in Jersey. She’s currently a “compliance officer” in the Garden State, and allegedly, Theresa hasn’t decided yet “what she’s going to do about her job.”
The Couple Haven’t Decided Where to Move to
There’s also the touchy issue of family. According to TMZ sources, Theresa and Gerry are both “super close” to their kids and grandkids, which seems to be another factor that is complicating their final decision about who moves where.
Then TMZ mentioned the “key factor” in Gerry and Theresa’s final decision about where to move, which is that they’re still “mulling over where to plant their love nest.” A source told TMZ that Gerry and Theresa are “eyeing Charleston, South Carolina,” because it’s a “good middle ground,” and Theresa’s son lives there with his family. Still, TMZ claims that Gerry and Theresa remain “undecided.”
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TMZ did throw a wrench into the source’s claim that Gerry and Theresa are still head over heels when they suggested, “It might not sound like [Gerry and Theresa] are on the same page here.” But the source insisted to TMZ that Gerry and Theresa are “still madly in love,” and they “want to make the marriage work.” Allegedly, their long-distance “arrangement” is currently working well, and the couple makes visits a “priority.”
According to the source, Gerry and Theresa have seen each other “several times” following their wedding. The official count is that Gerry visited Theresa “a few times” in New Jersey, and she’s “planning” to see him at the lake house in Indiana “next month.” The source also told TMZ that “at some point,” Gerry and Theresa are “going to get this figured out.”
Gerry and His Dog Drove 10 Hours to See Theresa
Interestingly, other media outlets claimed Gerry was “sharing updates of his new life with Theresa” just a couple of weeks after their wedding. Gerry posted photos to Instagram, and he and Theresa looked like they were in the honeymoon phase as they enjoyed a meal at an “old-fashioned diner.”
Bachelor fans know that Gerry and Theresa enjoyed a “diner date” on the reality show. Gerry captioned his Instagram photo saying that Theresa took him to “one of the best” diners in New Jersey, and he’d be “busy thru June of 2025” because there are “529 more” diners around the state for them to check out.
A few days before they hit the diner, Gerry revealed on social media that he’d taken a “ten-hour drive” to visit Theresa in Jersey. Gerry had a traveling companion, his dog, Cody, and Theresa posted a picture with the caption, “Welcoming Gerry and Cody to the Jersey Shore!”
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Gerry and Theresa also visited a classic New Jersey Italian restaurant called Trama’s Trattoria. He posted a photo of their dinner and wrote, in part, “This place is Golden.”
Theresa also took to Instagram and talked about their Italian meal in Long Branch, New Jersey. She claimed that she and Gerry are enjoying eating out “a lot” because they are making up for the time that they weren’t able to be seen “together in public.”
Theresa said it was “such a wonderful date night with my husband!” Interestingly, Theresa said, “Trama’s may be the reason Gerry stays in New Jersey. Thank you, Trama’s!!”
