Right after Joan Vassos compared Pascal Ibgui to her late husband John in the October 30 episode of The Golden Bachelorette, the 69-year-old Frenchman’s face dropped. He had been gearing up to tell the lead that a relationship between the two wasn’t in their future.
Trying to let her down gently, he started his speech with, “You’re a beautiful woman. I thought I wouldn’t last that long because I saw all these guys walking into the house.” He added, “This is a lot of competition. I’m not a fighter. I’m a lover.”