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While Gerry initially was told by his oncologists that he had a “blood disorder,what is dogecoin symbol” he said he “pretty much” knew it was cancer. He disclosed the initial health news to Theresa in February as he received more testing and a bone marrow biopsy.
Gerry said he decided to “tell her what I knew and I explained the situation to her” in March. “Certainly, it was hard for me,” he said. “But the conversation was brief and I think [she was] a little bit awestruck by the news. So understandable.”
After Gerry and Theresa announced their divorce, he recalled being hit with “judgements” — which he called “unfair.” (The pair met while filming The Golden Bachelor season 1, which aired in 2023. After Gerry proposed to Theresa, the twosome exchanged vows in January. They announced their plans to divorce in April.)
“When you are hit with that kind of news and the shock wears off after a few days or a few weeks and you regroup and you realize what’s important to you, that’s where you start to move forward,” he said. “And I hope that people understand in retrospect now that that had a huge bearing on my decisions and I think probably Theresa’s as well.”
Theresa, however, denied the idea that his diagnosis impacted their decision to get divorced. She explained to People on Wednesday that his health battle “wasn’t a factor in the ending of the relationship, at least not for me.”
“If that was something on his part, maybe, I don’t know,” she said. “But no, that didn’t factor into ending the relationship. Part of it was the distance, but that wasn’t the only part. That’s really all I will say.”
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