How Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos’ Late Husband Had ‘a Little Hand’ in Landing Her the Role (Exclusive) [Video]

Joan Vassos is speaking out about her late husband.

In an exclusive interview with ET’s Denny Directo ahead of her Golden Bachelorette debut, Joan opened up about how her late husband, John Vassos, inspired her to accept the role. John and Joan were married for 32 years, before his 2021 death, which came after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 59.

“I feel like he maybe had a little hand in me actually getting here, honestly,” Joan told ET. He told me right before he passed away, ‘You need to go out and find somebody else. You were the best wife in the world and I want you to be happy.’ He gave me this wonderful gift before he died, and he said go and do something, and so here I am.”

As for what John would think of her trying to find …