Years before Joan Vassos was the first "Golden Bachelorette," she was a Marquette University lacrosse mom who considered Milwaukee her "second home." "We had the greatest time in that town. So completely unexpected," Vassos told the Journal Sentinel in a Zoom interview earlier this month. "Friendliest people. It has such a different culture."

Joan Vassos is clapping back at Martha Stewart for her comments regarding the men on ABC's The Golden Bachelorette. Earlier this week, the celebrity chef and businesswoman was asked on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen if she would be open to going on the dating reality series,