Golden Bachelorette responds to Martha Stewart's diss about the show

This season's Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos has responded to Martha Stewart's caller diss astir nan show - and she's not holding back.

During an quality connected Watch What Happens Live pinch Andy Cohen last week, nan homemaking mogul, 83, was asked whether aliases not she would ever want to beryllium connected nan ABC reality series, which features older group arsenic contestants.

And, possibly unsurprisingly, Stewart was perfectly not willing successful participating, moreover if she was paid a fewer cardinal dollars per episode. 

The Martha Stewart CBD laminitis confessed that she would 'absolutely not' spell connected nan show because nan 'guys aren't basking enough.' 

However, Vassos, 61, is defending her men, and revealed that she moreover slid into Stewart's DM's to stock her point.

'I DM'ed her past night,' Vassos admitted during an question and reply pinch Access Hollywood this week.

'I don't cognize if she's publication it yet, but I did, and I said, "Dating is difficult retired there, and I had a awesome group of guys,"' Vassos continued.

She said that Stewart simply didn't cognize this season's guys arsenic good arsenic she did.

'I sewage to cognize nan wrong of them arsenic good arsenic nan extracurricular and some are wonderful,' Vassos added. 

'I consciousness for illustration everyone's falling successful emotion pinch them, I'm like, "what's incorrect pinch you, Martha?"' she said jokingly.  

The show, which is presently successful its first season, features Vassos arsenic she tries to find emotion successful a oversea of 24 elder men.

The men scope successful age, and are anyplace from 57 to 69 years old.  

Vassos unluckily mislaid her hubby of 32 years, John, to pancreatic crab successful 2021, according to AARP, and appeared connected nan first play of The Golden Bachelor arsenic a contestant.

Sadly, her clip connected nan play was trim short arsenic she had to time off early to return attraction of a family emergency, per nan outlet.

Currently, Vassos has narrowed her search down to conscionable 3 contestants, and it still remains unclear who she will take successful nan end.

Hopefully, her caller narration will move retired amended than nan 1 featured connected past season's Golden Bachelor, wherever Jerry Turner chose Theresa Nist to beryllium his woman - but only for a fewer months. 

Turner revenge for divorcement from Nist connected April 12 - nan aforesaid time they announced their divided pursuing a 3 period marriage.

Gerry and Theresa, 70, announced nan news of their divided on Good Morning America successful April, erstwhile they opened up astir nan reasons for their daze separation.

'Theresa and I person had a number of heart-to-heart conversations, and we’ve looked intimately astatine our situation, our surviving situation, truthful distant and - and we’ve benignant of travel to nan conclusion mutually that it’s astir apt clip for america to - dissolve our marriage,' Gerry told big Juju Chang.

The divorcement was finalized successful June.