Every rose has its thorn. Matt James’ mom, Patty James, was certainly one of the primary women to get the boot from Gerry Turner on night certainly one of “The Golden Bachelor,” which premiered on Thursday.
Patty was joined by fellow contestants Anna, Maria, Pamela, Renee and Sylvia as they said their goodbyes.
Despite not getting an excessive amount of screen time with the Indiana native, 71, Patty is staying positive. “It wasn’t meant to be,” she captioned an Instagram Story photo of herself on the ABC series. “God has a plan.”
Hours earlier, Patty shared a video of her son and his girlfriend, Rachael Kirkconnell, bringing a cake to her front door. “Such a sweet surprise,” she gushed.
Patty was certainly one of the 22 women vying for the guts of the 72-year-old widow on the senior citizen “Bachelor spinoff. Her son Matt, 31, meanwhile, was the season 25 “Bachelor” lead.
The retired real estate skilled from Durham, North Carolina, was married to Matt’s dad, Manny James. The pair split when Matt and his brother, John, were young and she or he raised them as a single mom.
In her “Golden Bachelor” bio, Patty said she was “searching for someone that cares about family like I do” and was “ready for her likelihood at an incredible love story.”
“Her heart is open, and she or he hopes to share positivity and zest for all times with a partner,” the outline continued. “Patty hopes Gerry is as enthusiastic about her as she is about him!”
Ahead of the show’s premiere, Turner also told the Post what he was searching for in a partner.
“I believe crucial one was the power to speak well, each in listening skills and in with the ability to verbalize their feelings and their thoughts. Secondly, I wanted someone who had a extremely good humorousness, someone who just about emoted kindness and thoughtfulness and a real feeling of wanting to be a partner,” he said.
“Essentially the most difficult part about that very first rose ceremony was attempting to get enough information to make the primary decisions. It was almost not a case of who’s right, but finding those that were definitely fallacious for me,” he added. “Wonderful women, all poised, intelligent. I loved each certainly one of them. But that first night, it was about finding those that I knew just wouldn’t be right for me.”
“The Golden Bachelor” premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC.