This Soap Opera Legend Claims She Turned Down Being the First Golden Bachelorette

As anticipation builds for Joan Vassos’s debut as the first Golden Bachelorette this fall, fans are curious about how the 61-year-old will handle the title. Her announcement followed intense speculation that the show might be canceled, fueled by the high-profile, brief marriage and subsequent divorce of Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, just three months after their televised wedding.

Amidst all this buzz, Susan Lucci, the iconic star of All My Children, revealed she...