Gerry Turner Opens Up About Breakup from Theresa

US Weekly

7 weeks ago

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00:00Quite honestly, there were some perceptions that I wanted to put on the right track.

00:09You know, the question was constantly, well, you know, why are they getting divorced so quickly?

00:15And, you know, I was, I believe, made out to be a villain.

00:19And I, after a while, I kind of revolted at that.

00:22It's like, hey, this is two people making a mutual decision.

00:27One of the grudges I had was that right before Teresa and I went on Good Morning America to announce that divorce,

00:36we agreed to each other that we would protect each other.

00:39And I don't feel like that happened.

00:42And the only person that could come to my defense was her.

00:46And the only person that could come to her defense was me.

00:49And I was disappointed that that didn't occur.

00:53And I felt like I was taking the brunt of the situation.

00:58And I go, no, wait a minute, that's not right.

01:00It's a 50-50.

01:01I hope that I answer that question in the book in a sensitive way.

01:09But, you know, on the show, you know, I asked Teresa if she was ready to quit her job.

01:16I remember sitting at the table the last dinner.

01:19Lamb chops were there and I was starving.

01:21Some of these details I remember.

01:24And we got into a conversation about her career.

01:27And she said, when I meet the right guy, I'm ready to quit.

01:31I'm ready to, you know, finish my career.

01:34And to me, what I heard was there is a woman who's going to be willing to travel,

01:40to have some adventure, to do some things that I consider and that we should consider fun.

01:45And then after the show, in conversations between the time that we were engaged and we were married,

01:54her conversation always went back to, well, I really want to keep working.

01:58And that just pretty much makes it an impossible situation.

02:04I really wanted to have that fun partner.

02:07Someone who had, you know, served out their career.

02:12They were, you know, stable, really looking forward to a healthy situation where they could go and travel and have fun.

02:19And when you take that element away, that radically changed, you know, the situation for me, the relationship for me.

02:27I'm not worried.

02:27I think she should be worried.

02:29I think, you know, there's going to be some things there that have not been said or revealed before.

02:35And I think it's time for those things to be revealed.

02:40I spoke in that book as honestly and as candidly and as sensitively as I possibly could.

02:48So I have no regrets on anything that's in that book.

02:52No regrets whatsoever.

02:53You know, we all have goals in life.

02:56We all deserve to be happy.

02:57So I certainly wish the same to her as I would all of the women and myself.

03:04And, you know, that she finds her path to, you know, her full happiness.

03:10So, and, you know, there's nothing wrong with embracing a career like she does.

03:17You know, maybe that's her source of happiness.

03:19And I think that would be wonderful.

03:21I just wish I would have known that if that's the case.

03:24Okay, that's a really good question.

03:27I think, you know, if I were to even give myself that advice, a future lead, I would say,

03:36I know you think you know what your characteristics and your morals and your values are.

03:41I know you think you do.

03:43And at a certain point in life, they've settled in.

03:47But before you go on the show, like today and over the course of the next week, write them down.

03:53And take them with you.

03:56And every night when you've made tough choices that day or you have a tough decision to make the next day,

04:03pull that sheet out and read them.

04:06And remind yourself of what you were before you got on the show.

04:11Because all that noise, the glitter, the glamour, the recognition, all of that,

04:18you work really hard to not let it change you.

04:21You really, you couldn't do it.

04:22At least I did.

04:23Worked really hard.

04:24I still want to be that normal Midwest guy.

04:27But it does.

04:28It gets under your skin just a little bit, even if just temporarily.

04:31And if you have written it down and you look at your own words, it'll help you.

Gerry Turner Opens Up About Breakup from Theresa

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