The Golden Bachelorette’s Joan Vassos Reveals How Her Late Husband Pushed Her To Join The Series Amid Breakup Rumors With Chock Chapple

In a new interview on the Rogue Energy podcast with fellow Golden Bachelor alum Kathy Swarts, Joan shared how her late husband John led her to follow her path prior to his death in 2021. “Did you and John talk about you getting remarried,” Kathy asked Joan in the clip, and after Joan shared some details about her late husband’s harrowing journey with pancreatic cancer, she explained he was the one who pushed her to join the Bachelor franchise. “He…said, we had a wonderful life together…'I want you to go on living',” Joan shared. “'I want you to find somebody else.'”

What Joan’s Story About Her Late Husband’s Blessing Means

She Went Into The Bachelor Franchise Open-Minded

Joan made it clear that her late husband wanted her to continue living her life after he lost his, and as things continued after his death, Joan doubled down on the way she engaged with the world. After joining The Golden Bachelor and ultimately becoming The Golden Bachelorette, Joan sharing her story while finding the new love of her life was spurred by her late husband hoping that she would move forward without him to the best of her abilities. While Joan still loves John and always will, she moved into the experience of being The Golden Bachelorette entirely unburdened.