Former ‘Bachelorette’ Star Gabby Windey Comes Out On ‘The View’: “I’m Dating A Girl”

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Former Bachelorette star Gabby Windey came out on The View and revealed she was in a same-sex relationship. Windey was featured as a contestant on The Bachelor Season 26 before becoming The Bachelorette in 2022 alongside Rachel Recchia.

During her appearance on the ABC daytime talk show, Windey opened up about “seeing someone for a couple of months” who she had kept private “because it is a bigger story and a bigger conversation because I’m dating a girl.” Windey said that after trying to make her relationship from The Bachelorette work out and her turn on Dancing with the Stars there was a whisper within her “that just got louder and louder.” “I didn’t really know to pay attention to it,” she added. “I think when this happens, there’s some shame surrounding it.

So I had to navigate through the shame. Like, what is it? Where’s it coming from? But ultimately, like I said, I always just want to kind of like, do me do what I want figure it out later.” On coming out and sharing her love story publicly, Windey said, “People know me and have kind of related to me on the previous shows I’ve been on and I really appreciate them.

Knowing how much people really care, I just want to be honest, I don’t want to live and not be living my full truth. I don’t want to do that to myself.