{"id":2015515,"date":"2023-08-29T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-barkers-longtime-girlfriend-reveals-why-they-never-married\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:52:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:52:07","slug":"bob-barkers-longtime-girlfriend-reveals-why-they-never-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-barkers-longtime-girlfriend-reveals-why-they-never-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Barker&#8217;s girlfriend explains why they never wed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbob-barkers-longtime-girlfriend-reveals-why-they-never-married%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015515&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bob Barker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-of-late-capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-pushing-gop-to-back-jan-6-panel\/\" title=\"Mom of Late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Pushing GOP to Back Jan. 6 Panel\">longtime girlfriend<\/a>, Nancy Burnet, is reflecting on their time together following the\u200c TV show host\u2019s\u200d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bob-barker-beloved-host-of-the-price-is-right-dead-at-99\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">death<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on \u2062Saturday at the age of \u200b99.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Burnet Reminisces on Her \u200bTime with\u200d Bob Barker<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bob \u2064Barker is best known \u2062for hosting \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/television\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Price Is Right<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d for 35 years, but he\u2019d \u2064been with Nancy Burnet even longer than\u200c that.\u200b The couple had been involved\u2064 for four decades \u2063when Barker \u200cpassed\u200d away. Burnet explained how they never married despite Barker proposing several times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barker\u2019s first wife,\u200c Dorothy Jo Gideon, died in 1981. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNeither of us had any desire ever\u200b to be married again, and he \u200bbelieved it when we first\u200d started seeing each \u2063other,\u201d Burnet said, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bob-barker-companion-nancy-burnet-many-proposals-trust-they-shared-exclusive-7866872\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cBut as the years went by, he proposed to me\u2064 many times.\u2063 I just said, \u2018I\u200c just don\u2019t want to be married.\u2019 Our humor was very dry. We kidded \u200cin a way. And he said, \u2018Not even\u2064 to\u2064 me?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Especially not to you.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Part of her hesitation was their age difference,\u200b Burnet said. \u2062\u201cThere was a difference, a 19-and-a-half, \u200b20-year difference in our ages, so I said, \u2018What would people think here?&#8217;\u201d \u200bshe told the outlet. \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t care \u2062what they think.\u2019 He was interested in doing it anyway. He didn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Barker&#8217;s Persistent Proposals<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Burnet revealed that Barker even involved his attorney and drew up a prenup without her knowledge. \u201cHe had his attorney send it to\u2064 me,\u201d she explained. \u201cI said, \u2018I just don\u2019t want to do this. I\u2019m not going to accept this.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, if you don\u2019t like the terms of the prenup, take it to your own attorney. You can change it.\u2019 I \u2063never\u200d did do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Burnet also reflected on how \u200cpassionate Barker was about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-known-colorado-animal-rights-lawyer-arrested-after-allegedly-hiring-hitman-to-murder-husbands-girlfriend\/\" title=\"Well-Known Colorado Animal Rights Lawyer Arrested After Allegedly Hiring Hitman To Murder Husband\u2019s Girlfriend\">animal rights<\/a>. She said they met on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-barkers-longtime-girlfriend-reveals-why-they-never-married\/\" title=\"Bob Barker's girlfriend explains why they never wed.\">animal adoption day<\/a> \u200din \u200b1983.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Shared Passion for Animal Rights<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI \u2063knew almost nothing \u200dabout\u200c him really,\u201d Burnet said. \u201cI\u200b knew \u200bhe did \u2018The\u200b Price\u200b Is Right.\u2019 I knew that he was interested in animals, and he had the format \u200cto get the word\u2063 out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She\u200d continued, \u201cHe said, \u2018I\u2019ll \u200cbet you are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-3-steps-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-takes-to-shut-down-media-criticism\/\" title=\"The 3 Steps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Takes To Shut Down Media Criticism\">wild-eyed radical<\/a>.\u2019 I \u200csaid, \u2018Well, I don\u2019t know about the \u2018wild-eyed\u2019 part.\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They connected due to their shared interest in animal rights. \u201cHe was willing to use his name\u200c value,\u201d Burnet \u2062said of Barker. \u201cHe\u200c was willing to stand up when things were controversial.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the death of TV show host Bob Barker at 99, his girlfriend Nancy Burnet reflects on their time together. 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