‘Golden Bachelorette’ star Joan Vassos claps back at Martha Stewart for snide remarks: ‘What’s wrong with you?’

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ABC reality show and its contestants.Stewart — who got divorced in 1990 and remains unmarried — made it clear that she’d never go on “The Golden Bachelorette” during her appearance on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” on Sunday.“Not at all … absolutely not,” the 83-year-old said when asked if she’d be interested in doing the show.Stewart then declared that “the guys aren’t hot enough.”Two days later, Vassos — the 61-year-old first-ever lead of “The Golden Bachelorette” — addressed Stewart’s remarks in an interview with Access Hollywood.“I DMed her last night,” Vassos revealed. “I don’t know if she’s read it yet, but I did.”Vassos said she told Stewart, “Dating is hard out there and I had a great group of guys.”“She doesn’t know ‘em like I know ‘em,” she added. “I got to know the inside of them as well as the outside, and both are wonderful.”The Maryland native also praised the producers for selecting the right crop of mostly 60-year-olds who are vying to become the Mr.

Joan Vassos.“The team did a great job of picking. What they’re about and their backstories, they’re all so wonderful. They are their for a reason,” Vassos said.“When they got out of the limos that first night, every single one of them did something memorable and made me want to get to know them more,” she recalled.Vasoss added, “I guess Martha Stewart didn’t watch or didn’t see what I saw in them.