All About Golden Bachelor Star Leslie Fhima's Brother

During her homeland date, 'Golden Bachelor' contestant Leslie Fhima opened as much as Gerry about her upbringing, revealing that her brother raised her.

The Gist:

• Leslie Fhima is a fan-favorite contestant on Season 1 of The Golden Bachelor.
• She unfolded about her upbringing during her native land date with Gerry.
• Leslie published that her oldest brother, Stuart, took over parenting tasks after their father died.

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Spoiler alert: This article incorporates spoilers for those not caught up on The Golden Bachelor.

The first season of The Golden Bachelor is readily coming to an end, meaning everybody's favourite main man, Gerry Turner, is one step nearer to finding the girl he wants to spend the remainder of his lifestyles with. Gerry has narrowed down his search for true love to simply three women, together with 64-year-old fitness instructor Leslie Fhima.

Leslie is arguably the frontrunner of the season, however she's beautiful reserved. However, all the way through Episode 6, she opened as much as Gerry about her formative years and offered him to her family. Among the group was Leslie's eldest brother, Stuart, who took over parenting tasks after a heartbreaking tragedy.

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Leslie's brother, Stuart, raised her after their father passed away.

When it got here time for Leslie's homeland date, Gerry learned that he would be assembly Leslie's three kids, three grandkids, and eldest brother, Stuart. Leslie told the retired restaurateur she has different siblings, but Stuart stepped up and did a lot for her rising up.

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Leslie then instructed Gerry that once she was once 16, her father passed away. Her dad dropped her off at school one morning, and sadly, she by no means noticed him once more. She waited for him to pick out her up and convey her house, however Stuart arrived instead and advised her he could be taking care of her.

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As a consequence, Stuart may be very protecting of Leslie; he even instructed Gerry he doesn't wish to see her get hurt again. Stuart simply desires any person to like and take care of his sister like she deserves — and he thinks Gerry could be that person.

Stuart identified that Gerry is "much different" from the blokes Leslie generally dates, and after a gorgeous chat, he informed Gerry that if he wanted to marry Leslie, he would give the couple his blessing. OK, yes, we love that!

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According to his LinkedIn profile, Stuart is a senior director at Sirius XM Radio. He's held the location since September 2001 and makes a speciality of the auto condo business for the United States. His Facebook page shows that he's been married to his spouse, Patty Peterson, since May 27, 1984. They have four youngsters.

Leslie's 3 grandkids requested Gerry the tough questions.

As up to now stated, Leslie is a "glama" to a few kiddies — Jackson, Sofia, and Yossi. The latter of the younger trio did not seem during Leslie's place of birth date, however Jackson and Sofia made positive to ask Gerry the harsh questions.

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The pair asked Gerry about his five-year plan, his age, what number of ladies he is kissed in his lifetime, what his intentions are with Leslie, if he likes to bop, and a very powerful query of all: Is he there for the fitting causes?

Um, he better be there for the appropriate reasons, otherwise, Gerry's entire adventure was once a waste of time!

Catch new episodes of The Golden Bachelor on Thursdays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. Stream the following day on Hulu.

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