We love insider gossip in this newsletter, so this week, I reached out to the person who hears it all: Sarah Hearon from Us Weekly. She’s interviewed countless Bachelor/ettes (including, most recently, Joan).

Joan Vassos continues her search for Mr. Right as the first-ever "Golden Bachelorette." Vassos, a 61-year-old private school administrator from Rockville, Maryland, competed in the inaugural season of "The Golden Bachelor" for Gerry Turner's rose.

In mid-September, viewers watched two dozen men arrive at ABC’s Bachelor Mansion, vying for the attention of Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos. Each man shared a unique story on why he was searching for love during his gray years — some men were widowers, others divorced — but all of them expressed feelings of loneliness.

The Golden Bachelorette star Joan Vassos has explained why she removed beds from the franchise’s famed fantasy suites.

While Joan Vassos may find love in The Golden Bachelorette, the aftermath of Gerry Turner's The Golden Bachelor still lingers on in the show.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Wednesday’s episode of The Golden Bachelorette. Another week, another set of dates for Joan Vassos - and the Bachelor mansion is feeling a little empty now with just seven men left.

Joan Vassos had a stylish group of men on The Golden Bachelorette — but one in particular stood out. “We had good style. I gotta tell you,” Vassos, 61, exclusively told Us Weekly in her cover story. “Gary [Levingston] was hilarious.