♪ this is "nightline." >> juju: tonight, the golden divorce. >> it's probably time for us to dissolve our marriage. >> get a divorce? >> yes.

>> three months after getting married? >> yeah. >> juju: our exclusive. the bombshell announcement from the first-ever golden bachelor couple calling it quits. >> you may kiss your bride. >> juju: after saying i do in front of millions on live tv. >> you know, i still love you. >> i still love you. >> juju: if the feelings are still there, how could the fairytale end so fast? you were telling the world that you couldn't imagine living without each other. i mean, what the heck, guys? >> juju: did they get a prenup? hollywood power duo. >> what are you? >> juju: anna paquin and steven moyer collaborating on both sides of the camera. >> i'm lag for material where we can be together. >> more shorthand, more two halves, one brain. that sounds nauseating. >> juju: what she says about her health struggles. >> good days and bad days. it's nice to focus on the good days.

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♪ >> juju: thanks for joining us. tonight, the stunning twist in the saga of gerry and teresa. abc's first-ever "golden bachelor" couple. their reality show inspired

countless fans to consider what they said felt like a second chance at love. now it's second thoughts instead. it's been a couple months since your wedding and you have news to share? >> i want to start by saying, we have received so much love and support from so many people who watch "the golden batch yore." i don't think we can tell you how many people told us it gave them so much hope. we want none of that to change for anybody. >> teresa and i have had a number of heart to heart-conversations, and we've looked closely at our situation, our living situation, so forth. and we've kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it's probably time for us to dissolve our marriage. >> juju: get a divorce? >> uh-huh. >> yeah. >> juju: three months after getting married? >> yes. >> juju: you could imagine what the reaction's going to be.

i'm sure you've already imagined what the reaction's going to be. >> yeah. >> juju: it's the end of the road for the first golden couple, gerry turner and teresa nist, months after being pronounced husband and wife on live television. >> i love you with all my heart, and i cannot wait to be your wife. >> teresa, i know i found a full partner to share all life experiences that were thrown at us. >> juju: you were telling the world you couldn't imagine living without each other. what the heck, guys? >> the thing that strikes me the most in our conversations, it's been how dedicated both of us are to our families and how dedicated teresa is to being a full-time grandmother to three awesome boys. she lives five minutes from her daughter. and in good conscience, i actually couldn't ask her to leave that. on the other side of the coin, my dad is aging.

he lives about 45 minutes away. and i feel a strong need to be close to him. i also have granddaughters. so we look at these situations, and i think we just feel like it's best for the happiness of each of us to live apart. >> juju: what do you say to the nerdy love people like me who think, love will find a way? how do you give up after three months? >> i think maybe it's part of the fact that we are older. and we do have homes, and we do have children, and we do have grandchildren. and i'm not saying it's impossible that the love can't overcome that. but it did play a major role. >> juju: i can't help but notice you're still holding hands. >> yes. >> juju: did you fall out of love? >> no. >> no, uh-uh. >> no, i still love this person. >> yeah, i still love him. >> there's no doubt in my mind, i still am in love with her, i

root for her every day. >> juju: the latest addition to the "bachelor" franchise, "the golden batch yore," had a history-making season. >> nobody has fun like we have fun! >> juju: delivering the long-running tv series its biggest premiere audience in years, 13.9 viewers. shining a spotlight on finding love in the golden years of life. gerry, the 72-year-old bachelor, and 70-year-old teresa, one of the 22 women vying for his heart. >> that hope is huge. >> that's what you need to wake up each morning, you don't stop believing. >> juju: twists and turns as fans weren't sure if gerry would choose teresa or leslie. >> i think you're the one. i think you're that one. i have fallen in love with teresa. and that's the direction i'm going to take. >> so everything you told me the

other night was a lie in the. >> juju: gerry ultimately chose teresa. >> will you marry me? >> yes, yes! >> juju: but after the wedding, they say reality set in. after the newlyweds set out to build their new life together, throughout the process, you said you were 100% committed to making it work. in november, you told me you were thinking of moving to south carolina to be together. how did it fall apart? >> yeah, so that was the plan. we looked at homes in south carolina. we considered new jersey. we just looked at home after home, but we never got to the point where we made that decision. >> juju: i had a long-distance marriage for a year. did you consider a commuter marriage? >> you know what, maybe because we're older, you know, we wanted it immediately, to be together, so maybe that had something to do with it. maybe when you're young, you've got the time to be in a commuter

marriage. >> we didn't see it as an option. >> juju: the couple challenged with realities of intense public scrutiny. there were all sorts of reports about your dating history, your resume, your past. did any of that play into this? >> no, not for me. >> no. >> because gerry had already discussed that with me. he had explained it to me before the report was ever released. so we were good with that. that didn't play into it. >> juju: again, it happened so abruptly. there was no sense of, let's just pretend for a while? >> we didn't want to pretend to anybody. we wouldn't lie to anyone. >> 70 and 72. >> we can't do that. >> it's kind of a waste. >> can't do that. >> juju: they put up a united front on the red carpet recently, tape an episode of "family feud" together, gerry posting an instagram photo earlier this week of their blended families. they say the decision to divorce was one they came to together. how quickly did those conversations about separation

start happening? >> how quickly after the marriage? how recently? >> juju: how recently? >> fairly recent. >> three weeks, it started. >> and we had some really good conversations. probably the most honest and direct conversations we'd had. and it's like, the lightbulb went on that we were mind. we started talking about whether or not it was the right thing to do, to divorce or try and stay together. that's when our counseling came into play. >> there wasn't fighting, it was a gent conversation. >> juju: you saw a couples counsellor? >> we did. >> juju: how did that go? what did you learn? >> i think it was very useful. >> yeah. >> the conversations in counseling helped us decide more clearly and more confidently the direction we wanted to go. >> juju: there had been talk that you had a prenup. how did that play out? >> yeah, so we do have a prenup. so many people wanted us to have

a prenup, we do. we thought it was the best for our families. >> juju: gerry and teresa joining the ranks of a handful of divorced "bachelor nation" couples. >> we're honored to be here as you become husband and wife. >> reporter: like bachelorette ashley hebert and j.p. rosen rosenbaum, who tied the knot in 2012 before calling it quits in 2020. most recently, rachel lindsay, the first black bachelorette, and her husband of four years, brian abesolo, announcing their divorce. so many people were inspired by you. the cynical ones might say, i knew it wouldn't last. >> we say, don't give up. >> right. >> we say, stay in it. stay hopeful. because we are. >> juju: will you both continue to look for love? >> oh, yeah. >> uh-huh, yes. >> juju: the new "golden bachelorette" is about to be

announced. what advice would you give her? >> i would say, absolutely be yourself. show that other person who you really are. have the deep conversations. don't do the surface-level conversations. it's your life, and you're looking for your mate, your soul mate. >> the advice i would give is, slow things down. pull in every bit of information possible. ask hard questions. get to know someone well. but go slow. >> juju: words to live by. when we return, they met on the set of "true blood" and have been together since. anna paquin and steven moyer still the tea on their latest collaboration. type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7.

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>> juju: welcome back. anna paquin and steven moyer's relationship is a hollywood love story. they say they knew they had chemistry the second they met. that was back in 2007, and since then, the couple has arranged their personal and professional lives to mesh whenever possible, proving that even in hollywood where there's a will, there's a way. here's abc's ashen >> reporter: what's it like directing your partner? >> she's my favorite actress. we have a shorthand, an understanding. we've got similar tastes. we like taking on subjects that are difficult to tell. >> he also knows how willing i am to go to the place that he's going to need me to get to. >> reporter: anna paquin and steven moyer, known for their

hollywood love story. on screen and off. the pair met on the set of hbo's hit "true blood" series. they married in 2010 and now have 11-year-old twins. they're working together again on a new project with her in front of the camera. >> you can't just have my kids and pretend i'm not here. >> you can't decide to be a mother when it suits you. >> reporter: him behind the lens. >> often when i'm looking for material, i'm looking for something where we can be together, the kids being together -- >> show them that we got to be home together for years and years and years, so we got spoiled. >> reporter: the duo stepping out for a bit of light at the new york premiere last week. as much as you're comfortable talking on the red carpet with a walking aide, how's your health doing? >> i'm having a good day today. and it's very kind of you to ask. and at some point when i'm not

blabbing endlessly about my work, i will probably elaborate more on that. but on my own terms and on my own platform, most likely. but i really, really appreciate people being kind and asking that question. that's the reality of where i am right now. >> reporter: good days and bad days right now? >> yes. and i think it's nice to focus on the good days. >> reporter: the focus of their new film, a desperate mother's struggle with sobriety after losing her children in a custody battle. tell me a little bit about taking on the role of ella. this was a chilling performance. how did you navigate all these different topics that i think are so relatable to so many people? >> i'm very deeply drawn to complex material that deals with the less shany side of humanity.

about your journey as a mother or a parent, you made plans and got lost kind of thing. where you don't necessarily feel like you're getting it right. >> anna paquin, "the piano." >> reporter: at 11 years old, paquin became the second-youngest actress to win in oscar history for her supporting role in "the piano." >> my mother was struck dumb, she never spoke another word. >> reporter: she went on to star in the "x-men" franchise. >> it was an accident. >> reporter: as well as cult classics like "she's all that." >> laney, get your cute butt down here! >> reporter: and "almost famous." >> you were her excuse for coming here. >> reporter: moyer also starred in multiple projects of his own, including the marvel tv show "gifted." >> dad, oh my god! >> reporter: opposite will smith in the golden globe-nominated film "concussion."

>> if you retract, you'll be fine, this all goes away. >> reporter: his acting work planting seeds for him to eventually start directing. >> i was doing tv and film. then i'm watching people. i'm watching how the cameras work. i've sort of picked up through time how that stuff works. it's sort of been a natural process to doing what i've always wanted to do, but also in a filmic way. >> reporter: their careers eventually bringing them together in the leading roles on hbo's "true blood." >> hi, what can i get for you tonight? >> do you have any of that synthetic bottle of blood? >> reporter: which came first, the chemistry off camera or on camera? >> the first time i met him for our get-together before the screen test, because then you have the entire lineup of everybody from hbo, you know in an actual theater. you know. no pressure. >> yeah. >> then we, the next day, did the screen test. and they call them chemistry

reads. >> reporter: now that you're speed dating in front of all the hbo execs -- >> that's very funny. >> i think chemistry gets a funny rap because people assume it's only about, frankly, sexual chemistry. there's just energetic chemistry and creative chemistry, as far as who you click with. >> for the first time in 140 years, i felt something. >> reporter: as streaming has gotten bigger and bigger, have you guys noticed almost a new generation of fans pumping second life into the show? >> people are sort of amazed by it. like, this old guy, meaning me, "you're the cute 37-year-old?" yeah, i'm 54 now, i age. i'm not a vampire in real life. >> reporter: not a vampire, but now a hollywood director who has since collaborated with his wife on multiple projects. >> i don't feel as angry when i'm with you. >> that's fantastic.

>> reporter: how has the working relationship changed since that first screen test? >> i mean, it's only gotten stronger. more a shorthand. more two halves one brain. i know that sounds nauseating. >> i've seen anna do many, many different things. i've seen all the colors and textures and -- and moments that she's created within that. >> he knows stuff i am as a human being. the minutiae of working with your life partner who knows all that stuff, it only gets richer. >> juju: our thanks to ashan. "a bit of light" is in select theaters now. also available on demand and on digital platforms. when we come back, the firestorm surrounding princess kate's disappearance from public life. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease.

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