Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, the first couple on “The Golden Bachelor,” have announce they are divorcing after tying the knot earlier this year.
For Jenn Tran, the first Asian American star of “The Bachelorette,” Monday’s premiere felt “surreal” and emotional when she saw glimpses of her mother and her brother on screen. “What really hit me was seeing my family on TV,” Tran, 26, said in an interview. “My Vietnamese culture is being present, and there’s Vietnamese food being mentioned. And then my mom speaks Vietnamese.
… If my mom spoke to me in Vietnamese at the grocery store, I’d get a little bit embarrassed,” Tran said. “Being able to embrace my culture and having that kind of turning point and seeing it on TV, I was so excited. I don’t have an ounce of embarrassment about it anymore.” While Tran set out to help change the landscape for Asian Americans in television, the “Bachelorette” and “Bachelor” franchises have been criticized for their handling of racism in the past.
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