'Golden Bachelorette' Joan Vassos' kids helped her ward off racy DMs, 'scary' requests on social media

"The Golden Bachelorette" star Joan Vassos revealed the racy DMs that she has received since appearing on "The Golden Bachelor." She shared that her kids stepped in to shut the NSFW messages down.

During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Vassos, who will be the franchise's first-ever "Golden Bachelorette" when the show debuts next month, shared that she was flooded with messages from potential suitors after the "Golden Bachelor" episodes featuring her began airing. "My kids were like, ‘Give me your phone, mom. We’re blocking all this.'"  Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume

"I had a hard time navigating that process because they're total strangers," Vassos said. "I live in Maryland. Most of those people lived in all different states. I didn't really respond to those much. Or I would have cute little conversations and say, 'Thank you, you're so flattering,' or whatever."

She continued, "But none of them seemed to be anything that would really work out or that I felt particularly comfortable with. And then some of the DMs were weird."