Joan Vassos Claps Back at Martha Stewart for Saying the Men ofThe Golden Bachelorette'Aren’t Hot Enough'

Mar. 15, 2025

Joan Vassos of ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ (left) and Martha Stewart.Photo:Disney/Brian Bowen Smith; Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty

Disney/Brian Bowen Smith; Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty

Joan VassossaysMartha Stewartshouldn’t count out the men ofThe Golden Bachelorette.

HostAndy Cohenasked Stewart if she could be persuaded to join the show for $1 million an episode, to which she shook her head. She responded, “No, the guys aren’t hot enough.”

Her palSnoop Doggchimed in, “It ain’t about money, it’s about how hot the guys are.”

Vassos, 61, later revealed toAccess Hollywoodthat she DM’ed Stewart following her criticism of her suitors.

“I did, and I said, ‘Okay, dating is hard out there and I had a great group of guys,’” she shared. “She doesn’t know them like I know. I got to know the inside of them as well as the outside. And, both are wonderful.”

Access Hollywoodhost Lauren Herbert and her 78-year-old grandma Linda Vandergeest then commented that she had “a good group of guys.”

From left: Jordan H. Pascal, Joan Vassos, Guy C. and Chock on “The Golden Bachelorette”.Gilles Mingasson/Disney

Gilles Mingasson/Disney

Vassos responded, “The team did a great job of picking them because even before I knew them, like what they were about, and their stories and their backstory are also wonderful. I mean, they are there for a reason.”

“When they got out of the limos that first night and they started walking towards me, every single one of them did something memorable and made me want to get to know them more,” she added. I guess Martha didn’t watch or didn’t see what I saw in them, and maybe you have to be in person, I don’t know.”

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The Golden Bacheloretteairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

source: people.com