The Goldens have officially touched down in Costa Rica to join the cast of Bachelor in Paradise.
In Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peak of the Tuesday, July 15, episode, the six men and four women from the senior Bachelor Nation shows were all smiles as they walked the beach — and received cheers from their younger counterparts.
“The Goldens are here, baby!” Kathy Swarts said in a confessional. “We are about to get turnt.”
The Goldens — which includes Golden Bachelor’s Kathy, 72, Natascha, Leslie and April and The Golden Bachelorette alums Jack, RJ, Kim, CK, Keith and Gary — quickly began mingling with the others.
“They’re so excited, we’re all excited,” Kat Izzo said of the Golden crew. “Oh, this is what we needed!”
As Natascha, 62, grabbed a seat next to Spencer Conley at the bar, she revealed that she had already formed a “connection” with RJ.
“We were on the boat and I was sitting on his lap,” Natascha said, as the video cut to a clip of the pair doing exactly that. Spencer, for his part, was speechless at the development. “Oh!” he replied, before saying in a confessional, “They came to party.”
But no contestant can be initiated onto the show without an official welcome from host Jesse Palmer, who gathered both the Goldens and the OG cast for a chat — and a quick message about expectations.
“You’re all looking for love,” Jesse, 46, said. “I know it may seem strange because we have different generations together, but as it pertains to dating, we’re not expecting you to cross over that generational line.”
April, 67, chimed in to add, “Unless you want to!” The cast quickly laughed at her remark as Jesse pleaded, “Just please don’t make it weird.”
Before the show premiered, fans were abuzz about how the Goldens would mingle with the traditional cast or if they would stay in their generational lanes. Bartender and BiP alum Wells Adams, for his part, quipped to Us that he’s “hopeful” for a May-December romance on the show.
“This happens all the time in the real world. Look at Bill Belichick right now. It’s happening in front of us,” Wells told Us in June, referring to the former New England Patriots coach’s 48-year age-gap with girlfriend Jordon Hudson.
He continued, “I don’t know if it will, but I think it’ll be cool to have the Goldens around. The thing that I love about The Golden Bachelor so much is they’ve lived so much more life that their advice, their conversations, the stakes for them are just so much bigger. I think that’ll be a good thing for them to impart on all these young kids.”
Bachelor in Paradise airs on ABC Tuesday, July 15, at 8 p.m. ET. The show continues on ABC Monday, July 21 at 8 p.m. ET.
