LOS ANGELES, April 12 (Reuters) - The "Golden Bachelor"

reality TV couple, who wed on national television after a

romance that captivated viewers with the possibility of finding

love late in life, announced on Friday they are divorcing just

three months into their marriage.

Gerry Turner, 72, and Theresa Nist, 70, revealed the news on

ABC's "Good Morning America." Turner said they each wanted to be

near their families and could not agree on a place to live.

Turner resides in Indiana and Nist in New Jersey.

"Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart

conversations, and we've looked closely at our situation, our

living situation," Turner said. "We've come to the conclusion

mutually that it's probably time for us to dissolve our

marriage."

Turner, whose first wife died in 2017, starred in the

inaugural season of "The Golden Bachelor," a dating competition

for people over 60. He and the 22 female contestants aged 60 to

75 frequently talked about the hopes, and challenges, of dating

as an older person.

"We have received so much love and support from so many

people who watched 'The Golden Bachelor,'" Nist said on "Good

Morning America." "I don't think we can tell you how many people

told us it gave them so much hope. We want none of that to

change."

The series on Walt Disney's ( DIS ) ABC network

reinvigorated "The Bachelor" franchise, drawing nearly 7 million

viewers to the season finale in which Turner proposed to Nist in

Costa Rica. The audience was the highest for any "Bachelor"

episode since 2020.

The couple tied the knot in a ceremony broadcast live on ABC

in January.

ABC plans to continue the series with "The Golden

Bachelorette" in the fall.