The Golden Bachelorette star Joan Vassos has revealed the two bachelors whom she regrets sending home early from her season.
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After Pascal Ibgui was shown quitting The Golden Bachelorette during his Fantasy Suite date on the latest episode, Joan is now down to Charles "Chock" Chapple, a 60-year-old insurance executive from Kansas, and Guy Gansert, a 66-year-old ER doctor from Nevada, heading into the finale.
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But Joan had a cast of 24 amazing and sincere guys to choose from, and she appeared to bond with most of them. In fact, Joan has said on multiple interviews that she loved her entire cast of men.
So when asked if she regrets any of her elimination choices, Joan confessed on the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast, "Yeah."
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Joan admitted, "Well, I mean, I feel like I needed more time! I feel like I needed more time with [Mark Anderson], and I feel like I needed more time with [Jordan Heller], honestly."
Joan sent Mark, the father of The Bachelor 28 winner Kelsey Anderson, packing before hometown dates, and Joan ousted Jordan after meeting his family.
Joan didn't seem to think that she and Mark were in the same place in life after losing their spouses, and Jordan also didn't seem entirely ready to fall in love or get engaged.
Joan therefore told The Bachelorette's Season 11 star Kaitlyn Bristowe that she was really looking forward to reuniting with all of her The Golden Bachelorette exes on The Men Tell All.
"I cannot wait. Certain ones, I really miss! I bonded so much with [Gary Levingston]. I love Gary," Joan gushed.
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"He's the most positive person in my life, and I'm like, 'I love you and we need to start talking again.'"
And Joan also shared that she had formed a great connection with Keith Gordon, who had received Joan's First Impression Rose.
"And Keith too! He's such a positive, fun guy! I'm like, 'I need you in my life!'" Joan said.
When asked what happened with Mark, who didn't even receive a Louisiana hometown date, Joan revealed, "I did start to have some feelings for him."
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Joan said her yacht date with Mark "was really, really good," but she clarified, "What I kind of discovered about Mark and I was that he's been widowed for way longer than me. He was giving me really good advice."
Joan explained that while Mark had "such personal growth" during his The Golden Bachelorette stint, she believes his friendship with the other guys was the driving force behind that positive change.
"[It was] because of the men, and not particularly because of me," Joan shared.
"So when I thought about our relationship and where he and I were -- and gave him many opportunities to say how I would fit into this -- he always talked about how he had evolved emotionally during this journey."
But Joan pointed out, "It always kind of came back to his conversations and therapy that the guys had with each other -- and it never really included me."
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Joan said in the end, she felt like Mark was "becoming more emotionally ready" but she wasn't positive that he was actually "picturing a life" with her, specifically, by his side.
"He was just now picturing a life with somebody else," Joan said, adding how she'll only "take a little bit of credit" for opening up Mark's mind and heart again.
"But I think he's in a really good place. I think some girl out there is going to get an amazing man!"
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Mark has since been linked to One Tree Hill star Barbara Alyn Woods, but if his apparent romance with the actress doesn't work out, Joan thinks he'll be an obvious choice for the next The Golden Bachelor star.
Joan said she believes that Bachelor Nation is already rooting for Mark to star on Season 2 of The Golden Bachelor.
"I fell in love with him when he was on [Joey Graziadei]'s season when he was just Kelsey's dad and what a great father he was," Joan revealed.
"And I honestly, I texted a producer and said, 'If I'm the Golden Bachelorette, we're going to need Mark on this season.' I did! I just thought he's the perfect guy! He's handsome and such a great father."
Joan reiterated how everyone in Bachelor Nation "fell in love with him," and she continued, "And I don't think that ever stopped. He was every bit as lovable on my season, so he could certainly be the Golden Bachelor."
While Joan won't reveal if she left The Golden Bachelorette in love or engaged, she revealed that she'd be open to a televised wedding during a recent appearance on "The Viall Files" podcast.
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