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3 things we know about Youngstown native, ‘Golden Bachelor’ contestant April Kirkwood

By Chris Pugh

September 29, 2023 10:41 AM

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A Youngstown native made her debut Thursday night on the ABC dating reality show “The Golden Bachelor.”

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Twinkle Out.

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— AprilKirkwood, LPC (@AprilOfCourse) September 2, 2023

April Kirkwood, who now lives in Port St. Lucie, is one of 22 women who is competing for the attention of Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old widower who lives in Indiana.

Kirkwood made a immediate impression after wearing floor-length brown dress with a basket full of chicken eggs, which she said refferred to her growing up on a chicken farm in Youngstown.

“My eggs are still very fresh,” she said.

Kirkwood also clucked and danced like a chicken and gave Turner a kiss.

She also was the first woman to pull Turner aside during the show and gave him a calendar with only April in it and pictures of herself. She got another kiss and called herself a flirt.

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— Bach Rants (@bach_rants) September 29, 2023

Kirkwood did not get a first impression rose, but is still in the game.

Here’s what we know about the Youngstown native.’s background.

She has Mahoning Valley ties

Kirkwood was born in Youngstown and has master’s degrees in school and community counseling from Youngstown State University.

She says she dated Frankie Valli when she was 16

Her memoir “Big Girls Do Cry” was released in 2015, where she shared growing up as a fan of The Four Seasons and an affair with then 39-year-old Frankie Valli when she was 16 years old.