No wonder she stopped dating IRL and signed up for “The Golden Bachelorette.”

“I live in Maryland.

Most of those people lived in all different states.

Joan Vassos from The Golden Bachelor

‘Golden Bachelorette’ star Joan Vassos in January 2024.James Clark/ABC

I didn’t really respond to those much.

And then some of the DMs were weird.”

And when she says “weird,” rose lovers, what Joan really means is “horrifying.”

I got dick pics, she reveals.

And I got people with foot fetishes.

They wanted me to send them pictures of my feet and would pay me for it.

One person offered to buy all the shoes that I wore onGolden Bachelor.

My kids were like, Give me your phone, mom.

Were blocking all this.

Regrettably, Joan isn’t the onlyGolden Bachelorcontestant who found filth in her DMs after the show aired.

They wanted to go in together with me."

Ive been hit on by way more young men than [men] my age."

Read EW’sfull cover story onThe Golden Bachelorette.