The Golden Bachelorette season 1 recently premiered, and it's already clear that Joan Vassos will not be able to find true love on the show. This isn't the first time that the 61-year-old private school administrator tried dating on national television.

Throughout her time on the Golden Bachelorette and the Golden Bachelor, Joan Vassos has made it clear that her family is her No. 1 priority. The ABC star is the proud mom of four children, all of whom she shared with her late husband,

The private school administrator picked the first man she wanted to go on a one-on-one date with in the Sept. 25 episode

Vassos felt “uneasy” about moving on more than three years later. However, she worked through those feelings with a team of psychiatrists from “The Golden Bachelorette.”

"Golden Bachelorette" Joan Vassos says she felt "pressure" after "Golden Bachelor" Gerry Turner's marriage crashed after 100 days. She got over it.

TheWrap visited the ABC dating show's set and spoke with the cast about the early days of filming The post Inside ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ Senior Prom: Joan Vassos and Her Suitors Unpack Season’s First Date appeared first on TheWrap.

The widowed mother of four said she is searching for a man who is outgoing, courteous and would enjoy going to the beach with her family.

For the first time in Bachelor-franchise history, Joan Vassos is the “Golden Bachelorette.” “I’ve been anticipating this for honestly months, but now that it is finally here, I’m a little terrified,” Vassos told Entertainment Tonight shortly before her season premiered. The first episode of the “Golden Bachelorette.” aired Sept. 18.

Prior to meeting the men, Vassos opened up about her first love, her late husband John Vassos, who died from pancreatic cancer. Vassos said she first met him in 1983 when she was 20 and called him a “special guy” who “made me feel special and safe every single day of my life.”