Joan Vassos has revealed if she'd be open to a televised wedding, as long as she walked away from The Golden Bachelorette in love and engaged to her winner.
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Joan said she hoped to leave the show with a man whom she could be herself around "in the real world," someone who would put effort into making their relationship work.
"So I'm not going to tell you if I ended up with somebody or if I'm engaged, but I do think that Bachelor Nation -- all of the people who are invested in my journey and have watched me -- do deserve to get a good finale!" Joan shared.
"So if it is a wedding or if we move in together or if I find somebody at all, they deserve to get to know that."
Joan acknowledged that "it's not fair to stop the story" for The Golden Bachelorette viewers right after the finale airs next month on ABC.
"It's not fair to say, 'Okay, see you later! The show is over!'" Joan insisted.
"So, yeah," she confirmed, "I would be open to a wedding, if I was going to get married again."
The Golden Bachelorette fans are hoping Joan found her happy ending, but she apparently struggled during the final weeks of the process.
Joan admitted to Us Weekly last week that she felt "unsure" if she could continue towards the end of her journey.
"I went through some really, really, really tough emotional times that made me think, 'I'm not sure if I can do this,'" Joan admitted.
Joan also noted that she didn't care about returning home to Maryland with a diamond ring on her finger.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOW"I know everyone wants to see this big, epic happy ending, but I had to do what was right for me," Joan teased of her Final Rose Ceremony.
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Joan added of her season's outcome, "This was not about making a TV show for me -- it was about finding love."
Even if Joan did find true love for the second time in her life, she plans on staying in Maryland to continue caring for her mother and mother-in-law. She also wants to remain close to her children and grandkids.
Joan therefore admitted that she's fine with navigating a long-distance relationship, even though distance has broken up many Bachelor franchise couples before her, including The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner and his now ex-wife Theresa Nist.
"I don't consider it a negative thing," Joan said of living apart from her partner. "It could be really fun."
Joan is convinced that good communication and frequent visits can make a long-distance relationship work.
"When I have something great going on, my person could come be with me, and vice versa. We'll spend two or three weeks with each other every month," Joan explained.
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Joan has made cryptic comments about her The Golden Bachelorette in the last couple of months, refusing to share specifics about whether she found the man of her dreams.
Joan previously shared with Us that she found "all different kinds of love" on The Golden Bachelorette.
And when asked to spill more details about how her journey concluded on The View, Joan said, "I feel like everybody's journey is completely different, including mine."
Joan added, "Mine ended in a unique way, but the way it ended makes me very happy."
But Joan couldn't get away with that response when talking to several curious women.
When The View's co-hosts pushed Joan to reveal if she found love on the show, Joan quipped, "I am smiling!"
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