Article continues below advertisementGerry Turner, the inaugural lead of The Golden Bachelor, isn't holding back about his past relationship with Theresa Nist in his new memoir. "Quite honestly, there were some perceptions that I wanted to put on the right track," Turner, 74, told a news outlet about his decision to release his book, The Golden Years, set to release on November 4. "The question was constantly, 'Why are they getting divorced so quickly?' And I was, I believe, made out to be a villain.