The Golden Bachelor’s Susan Noles is one step closer to finding her happily ever after.
During the “Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour” podcast episode on Sunday, April 20, Noles, 67, happily shared that she has a new boyfriend whom she met on Tinder.
“I’ve been keeping this secret for a while now,” she revealed to her cohost Kathy Swarts. “I have met someone, and even though I have talked about being single, I wanted to ensure we both felt the same way before sharing.”
Noles disclosed that she connected with her boyfriend, named Frederic, while on a trip to St. Martin with Swarts, 71. Despite Frederic’s limited English, the couple has been utilizing a translation app to communicate.
“We were having fun and we were just seeing where things are going, and now I can honestly say, he’s the real deal. I have found my person,” she said. “He’s wonderful. It was my turn and thank God.”
The romance caught Noles completely by surprise after recalling a night on vacation when she couldn’t sleep.
In a surprise move, she decided to go on Tinder and swipe on Frederic’s profile. They met at a restaurant — with Swarts tagging along — and the rest is history.
“See everybody, it does work when you least expect it, and trust and believe me. I used to be on all the dating sites forever so I tried it,” Noles said about the romance, which started in February. “They don’t make them like this. I don’t know where it came from, but I’m blessed. I feel blessed.”
Bachelor Nation met Noles when she vied for the affections of Gerry Turner on season 1 of The Golden Bachelor, which aired in 2023. (Turner, 72, ultimately popped the question to Theresa Nist, whom he tied the knot with in 2024, but the pair split months later.)
In recent months, Noles has expressed hopes that she would be cast in the upcoming season of Bachelor in Paradise.
“We’ll be there,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2024. “I love that there would be seniors there [who are] my age, where I could wear a bikini because they’re not going to look any better.”
Ultimately, Noles decided against participating in the ABC reality show “because I found the love of my life.”
“I can’t even explain this feeling,” she expressed. “I think he is everything I’ve ever dreamed of.”
