Joan Vassos discovered The One on The Golden Bachelorette, however she’d give all of it up for Rob Lowe.
Earlier this yr, Joan, 61, recalled her expertise as an additional within the film St. Elmo’s Fireplace, revealing on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Stay! that she’s had “an enormous celeb crush” on Rob, 60, ever since.
“Would you commerce in whoever you chose on The Golden Bachelor[ette] for Rob Lowe?” Jimmy Kimmel requested, to which Joan rapidly responded, “In a single second.”
Because the viewers erupted into applause, Joan shrugged and teased, “Are you able to blame me?”
Rob shared a clip of the interview by way of Instagram on Wednesday, November 13, whereas gearing up for The Golden Bachelorette‘s season finale. Within the video, Rob’s jaw dropped earlier than he stated, “I may very well be the Golden Bachelor.”
The actor went on to joke, “That’s higher than a Golden Globe I feel.”
Rob has been married to Sheryl Berkoff since 1991, a truth she fortunately reminded his Instagram followers of within the feedback part. “He’s taken 🥰,” she wrote.
The couple share sons Matthew, 31, and John Owen, 29. Rob’s youthful son issued a playful warning in regards to the video, commenting, “You gotta relax man.”
Throughout her Kimmel look, Joan famous that Rob was “conscious” of her crush because of an interview she did with Leisure Tonight. The identical outlet later discovered Rob on a crimson carpet and requested whether or not he had any recommendation to share with Joan earlier than her journey to seek out love on actuality TV.
“Any individual that makes you chuckle. That reply isn’t solely true; it’s additionally very secure,” he responded.
Followers met Joan throughout season 1 of The Golden Bachelor, which aired in final fall. She related with lead Gerry Turner early on however ultimately despatched herself house from the expertise early to be together with her daughter, who not too long ago had a child. Joan was introduced as the primary Golden Bachelorette in Might, and her season started airing in September.
Throughout Wednesday’s finale, she accepted a proposal from front-runner Chock Chapple. “From our first date in Disneyland, I believed I noticed a future with you and it’s the primary time I pictured a future with anyone else in a extremely very long time,” she stated earlier than he obtained down on one knee. (Joan was beforehand married to late husband John for 32 years earlier than his loss of life in 2021.)
The blissful couple will have a good time their engagement in Los Angeles earlier than making the transfer to New York Metropolis.
“We each love the vitality within the metropolis and love that there’s at all times one thing to do,” Joan completely revealed to Us Weekly within the pair’s first interview as a pair. “We simply wanna exit and stroll and expertise life — go to enjoyable eating places and [experience the] tradition. We each have buddies there. We’re gonna be there in the course of the holidays, which is the very best time ever in New York Metropolis. I feel it’s only a actually completely different life than both of us have ever lived.”
Chock, 61, added that he and Joan are able to “navigate” their subsequent chapter in a manner that features each their households. “We’re keen to spend time at every particular person’s hometown. We’re gonna spend loads of time in New York Metropolis,” he stated. “We’re gonna get on with our lives.”