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).

Bachelor Nation fans got to the halfway point of the ABC dating show. That means Joan had to make a difficult decision. On the Wednesday, October 16 episode, she got rid of a fan favorite. Even though Mark finally got his one-on-one with Joan, their date was far from smooth sailing.

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.

The first season of The Golden Bachelorette has flown by. We’re already down to the final four men as the Hometown Dates approach. Joan Vassos has managed to whittle her group of 24 men down to just Chock Chapple,

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.

Twenty-four men started on The Golden Bachelorette. Enamored with Joan Vassos ‘ poise, vibrant personality, and story, they all had one goal in mind — to find love with the woman they all traveled to the Bachelor mansion to meet. But only one man will become Joan’s winner.

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.