At the end of April, Theresa Nist revealed that she was not going to be one of the Golden franchise cast members on Season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise. Now, she’s sharing more insight into the reason we won’t be seeing her on the dating show.

While appearing on the Almost Famous podcast, Nist, who was married to Gerry Turner for three months before their April 2024 split, revealed that she was actually rejected amid the BIP casting process. The news came as quite a shock, because cast members who make it far on The Bachelor or The Bachelorette are usually shoo-in producer picks for Paradise.