Susan Knowles, Kathy Swarts and Nancy Hulkower
Jesse Grant/Getty Images for iHeartRadioSusan Knowles, Cathy Blacks and Nancy Hulkover he may not have found love The Golden Bachelorbut they do not rule out potential Bachelor in Paradise spinoff option.
“We’ll be there,” Susan, 67, quipped Us Weekly on Friday, December 6, at the Jingle Ball on iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM in Los Angeles. “I like that there will be older people (who are) my age where I can wear a bikini because they won’t look better.”
Susan, Kathy, 70, and Nancy, 62, they met in the first season on The Golden Bachelor. Until none of them got Gerry Turnerthe final rose, they formed close friendships with each other.
Golden Bacheloritself a spinoff of the ABC dating show, then flipped the script earlier this fall for Ioan Vassos‘ season of The Golden Bachelor. A paradise the sequel has not been officially confirmed by the network. ( the original version is returned in 2025 for season 10.)
Susan Knowles and Kathy Swarts didn’t find love with Gerry Turner, but that doesn’t mean they’re put off dating on Bachelor Nation. While promoting their podcast, “Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour,” the Golden Bachelor alums told Us Weekly that they’re interested in following Joan Vassos’ Golden Bachelorette rejections after she finds The One. (…)
“We talked about it and I said, ‘I’ve got to have air conditioning,'” Nancy said us. “We’ve heard that Paradise is hot and has bugs, but I need air conditioning. … I’ll wear a bikini top and a big sarong like a mumu all day.”
However, Cathy emphasized that she “will not” be wearing a two-piece swimsuit.
I have to Golden Bachelor in Paradise do get the go-ahead, Susan, Kathy and Nancy have no particular suitors in mind to join them.
“It’s about finding love at any age, realizing that life isn’t over,” Kathy said. “Get off the couch, go do something. They won’t knock on your door. Get up, recharge and find some good ones.”
Nancy chimed in, “We haven’t got it yet, so we’re all just putting it out there!”
Their friend Joan, 61, who is newly engaged to Chalk Chapel from her season of The Golden Bacheloralso “trying” to connect them with her outcasts.
“She’s not bad,” Cathy said.
Joan also attended Capital One’s Jingle Ball with fiance Chuck, 60, and gave us insight in her matchmaking process.
“We have a bunch of guys (from my season) and we’re working on finding them (with the women from The Golden Bachelor), said Joan us in a separate interview on Friday. “Surprisingly, Chuck is a really good matchmaker. I started it and now it is working. Last night we were all together calling boys and talking to girls. We kicked things off.”
As for the “golden” version of paradiseJoan said she and Chuck could be bartenders like Wells Adams in the OG version.
The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour special airs on ABC on Wednesday, December 18 at 8:00 PM ET and airs the following day on Hulu.
With reporting by Mike Vulpo
