‘The Golden Bachelorette’s Gil Ramirez, Who Had A Restraining Order Towards Him, Was Lastly Eradicated
Members of Bachelor Nation breathed a sigh of aid after The Golden Bachelorette Episode 4 aired on October 9, as a result of Golden Gal Joan Vassos lastly mentioned goodbye to Gil Ramirez.
From what viewers noticed of the 60-year-old educator from Mission Viejo, California this season, Ramirez was a wonderfully good man and bought alongside wonderful with Joan and the blokes. Throughout his time within the mansion, he bought emotional speaking about his late spouse, opened up about his love for his youngsters and his job, and had a blast on group dates. However ever since information broke that Ramirez had a restraining order filed towards him simply days earlier than manufacturing started, members of Bachelor Nation had combined feelings watching him on their TV screens week after week.
Ramirez’s previous restraining order got here to mild shortly after The Bachelorette‘s devastating finale and the troubling reveal that Jenn Tran’s ex-fiancé Devin Strader additionally had a short lived restraining order granted towards him in 2017. Per Folks, a supply near The Golden Bachelorette confirmed that Gil was solid on the present as a result of he handed the franchise’s background examine, however as a result of the restraining order towards him was filed “within the transient interval between completion of our thorough background investigation and exhaustive vetting course of, and the start of manufacturing,” it slid by the cracks.
After information of the restraining order towards him got here to mild, Leisure Weekly revealed {that a} supply near the present alleged the Golden Bachelorette “additional edited his already restricted display time and minimized him in promotional property shifting ahead.” Regardless of these claims, when members of Bachelor Nation tuned in to The Golden Bachelorette‘s second episode and third episode (when Ramirez landed a bunch date rose), some had been disenchanted to see fairly a little bit of the contestant. In Episode 4, nevertheless, Ramirez’s his display time was noticeably slashed. We didn’t see his solo strip present contribution or get prolonged one-on-one time between him and Vassos on the group date. When he was certainly one of 4 males eradicated on the finish of Episode 4, producers fortunately shifted the highlight to fan-favorite contestants like Charles Ling.
As famous in a earlier piece, based on Folks, Ramirez’s ex-girlfriend was granted a restraining order in June following alleged emotional harassment. Although she mentioned she hadn’t been bodily abused by him, she famous “25 makes an attempt every day by way of cellphone, texts, video. Though lives an hour away — confirmed up at locations I frequent to confront me every day.” A listening to was reportedly scheduled for July 2, however as a result of Ramirez hadn’t been served, it was pushed till July 24. Then, after Ramirez’s ex was “sworn and testifie[d],” the case was “dismissed with out prejudice for lack of prosecution for lack of service” and the restraining order was dropped. Many discovered the alleged historical past of stalking and harassment nonetheless extremely regarding, particularly given the big platform this man was granted by being on the present.
It’s price repeating that Vassos, contestants, and the Golden Bachelorette staff had been reportedly unaware of the restraining order when filming, so nobody is faulting them for maintaining Ramirez round throughout manufacturing. For the reason that franchise has repeatedly come underneath hearth for poor vetting of contestants and failure to correctly defend its leads, nevertheless, this newest casting controversy understandably troubled viewers and served as a reminder that there’s nonetheless extra work to be performed behind the scenes.
For now, Gil’s Golden Bachelorette days are performed, however keep tuned to see if the present addresses the scenario in some unspecified time in the future through the Males Inform All or dwell finale occasion.
New episode of The Golden Bachelorette premiere Wednesdays at 8:00 a.m. ET on ABC with next-day streaming on Hulu.
