Longboater featured on 'The Golden Bachelorette'

By Carter Weinhofer
| 5:00 a.m. September 9, 2024

According to ABC, Gregg, a contestant on the upcoming season of "The Golden Bachelorette" is from Longboat Key.

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Remember our call for information in our Aug. 22 issue about Longboat’s newest reality TV star Gregg L?

Well, we have some more information ahead of the series premiere. Resident Sallie Carey, a friend of Gregg Lassen, wrote to tell us that Lassen’s friends from the dog park are looking forward to watching him on TV.

Carey said Lassen frequents the Bayfront Park dog park with his pup, Flip Flop, which is a fitting name given he wears flip flops 90% of the time, according to the bio about him on ABC’s website. The bio also says that Lassen also loves root beer floats.

“We are all so excited about Gregg appearing on 'The Golden Bachelorette' and can hardly wait to watch the show,” Carey said.

“The Golden Bachelorette,” produced by ABC, follows Joan Vassos, 61, as she tries to find love among 24 suitors, including Lassen. The show premieres on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m.

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Carter Weinhofer

Carter Weinhofer is the Longboat Key news reporter for the Observer. Originally from a small town in Pennsylvania, he moved to St. Petersburg to attend Eckerd College until graduating in 2023. During his entire undergraduate career, he worked at the student newspaper, The Current, holding positions from science reporter to editor-in-chief.