Golden Bachelorette star Joan Vassos addressed contestant Man Gansert’s previous after stories surfaced that his ex-wife filed a brief restraining order towards him in 2021.
The truth star, 61, opened up concerning the physician, 66, on the Wednesday episode of The Viall Recordsdata podcast, the place she stated that the Golden franchise is “distinctive” as a result of contributors “come right here with a whole lot of previous.”
“We’ve lived a whole lot of life, and it doesn’t fully shock me that there are issues that they’re perhaps not pleased with afterward,” Vassos stated in response to host Nick Viall’s query about Gansert, who continues to be competing for Vassos’ coronary heart on the ABC actuality sequence.
Vassos added that she had “by no means seen” that aspect of Gansert or any of the opposite contestants on her season.
“My interactions with all the fellows had been pure and beautiful, and I’d have by no means had any indication that there was any type of previous that he had,” Vassos shared. “I had no concept what the interactions together with his ex-wife had been at the moment. He was so variety to me, and he was so open, and he was so susceptible.”
Vassos went on to say how Gansert “cried” and talked to her about “lastly feeling comfortable for the primary time in so a few years.” She added that she would have by no means thought in a “million years” that Gansert had an alleged historical past of home disputes.
“I nonetheless consider that he’s a sort and good particular person,” Vassos stated. “You recognize, perhaps he made a mistake. I don’t know. I don’t know something about [it] aside from what you guys know.”
Gansert’s ex-wife, Heidi O’Gara, filed a brief protecting order towards him in Reno, Nevada, three years in the past, Individuals reported in early October. She dismissed the submitting, by which she requested Gansert solely contact her about their youngsters through e-mail, in November 2021 earlier than it was granted.
Within the submitting, O’Gara alleged that Gansert “bodily tried to threaten” her and despatched her textual content messages “attempting to reconcile” earlier than “flipping to anger,” in line with Individuals. She claimed the day she filed the order, Gansert allegedly positioned an merchandise beneath her tire and “motioned like he was going to shoot me together with his hand formed like a pistol” after operating into her on the gymnasium.
Gansert addressed the stories about his previous in an announcement posted to Instagram on Oct. 10, saying that he’ll “all the time proceed to work to enhance myself.”
“This was an unlucky scenario that occurred throughout an extremely disturbing time for me and my former partner and was finally resolved when she voluntary [sic] dismissed her request for a protecting order,” he wrote on the social media platform. “Collectively we crafted a decision that was agreeable to each events.”
“The previous few years have precipitated me to conduct a deep private analysis, and I’ll all the time proceed to work to enhance myself,” he continued. “I’m so appreciative of The Golden Bachelorette and Bachelor Nation in addition to my household, who’ve been exceptionally supportive throughout essentially the most tough occasions of my life. I’m eternally grateful for them.”
O’Gara additionally addressed the stories in an announcement to Individuals, saying that she and Man “share 4 wonderful youngsters and a brand new grandson.”
“Whereas our divorce was very tough, to guard our household’s privateness and to maneuver ahead, we reached a mutual decision and have chosen to not remark about it publicly,” O’Hara stated.
ABC has but to publicly touch upon Gansert’s background.
Gansert is only one of a lot of Bachelor Nation males, who it’s been revealed in current months, had restraining orders filed towards them. Fellow Golden Bachelorette contestant Gil Ramirez had a brief home violence restraining order filed towards him in June from an ex-girlfriend over allegations of stalking. And, in September, it got here to mild that the winner of the latest season of The Bachelorette, Devin Strader, was arrested and had a restraining order filed towards him by an ex-girfriend a number of years earlier than his look on the fact courting present.