I am thrilled to report that two old friends of mine, Suzanne O’Malley and Barbara Lippert, have published a great piece of reporting in The Hollywood Reporter.
They’ve absolutely startled the TV world by revealing that “The Golden Bachelor” is a fraud. Are we surprised? That whole show franchise is the bottom of the barrel.
O’Malley and Lippert are far from senior citizens. But they are real reporters who come from the heyday of New York Magazine and other print media in the 80s and 90s. Barbara wrote the groundbreaking weekly advertising column in New York. She’s been a featured columnist at Ad Age for the last 7 years (she was also at Ad Age for 24 years.) Suzanne was not only a top reporter but she also contributed scripts to “Law & Order.”
The reveal is that 72 year old Gerry Turner, a widower who said he hadn’t dated in 45 years, has been leaving out a lot of facts. One was that he had a three year relationship with a woman the reporters are calling Carolyn. She was 14 years his junior. They started dating a month after his beloved wife died.
There’s plenty more in the O’Malley-Lippert piece about Turner’s love life. They also take a deep dive into his manipulated resume. This is what our old fashioned New York magazines pieces used to be like. Kudos on good work. They should get the final roses tomorrow night!
You can read the piece here.
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