As for what helium imagines Toni would deliberation of the dating show, Gerry said helium had "strong affirmative feelings" astir her reaction.

"I deliberation she would beryllium precise happy," helium continued. "I deliberation she's astir apt seen maine neglect astatine a fig of attempted relationships and dating, and I truly deliberation she would o.k. of this. It's positive. It's energetic. It's a mode of communicating and uncovering the transportation with a fig of people, but specifically 1 peculiar person."

Gerry and Toni met erstwhile they were sophomores successful precocious schoolhouse and went connected to wed successful 1974. The brace aboriginal welcomed daughters Angie and Jenny, arsenic good arsenic granddaughters Charlee and Payton.

Since Toni's passing, Gerry said his dating beingness hasn't been the smoothest ride.

"I person precise small acquisition successful dating," helium said. "It's not thing you tin bash connected the run. You request a small spot of a primer with it, and it's been a pugnacious process for me, I gotta admit."

However, his household is sticking by his broadside arsenic helium puts himself backmost successful the dating game—this clip connected television.

"They are over-the-top supportive of this," helium said. "The acquisition of having them successful in Los Angeles with maine a mates of weeks ago, erstwhile I was doing the promotions and truthful forth, I mean, we'd laughter and we'd cry. It was conscionable an amazing, astonishing experience."

The Golden Bachelor volition premiere connected ABC this fall. In the meantime, click present for everything determination is to cognize astir Gerry.