GABBY Windey has revealed the strict rules she had to follow during her time on The Bachelorette.
The former ABC personality was a special guest on a recent episode of Bethenny Frankel’s, 52, Just B With Bethenny podcast on Wednesday.
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Gabby, 32, spoke about her time as The Bachelorette – alongside Rachel Recchia, 27 – and what came with being the lead.
“They wouldn’t let me dye my hair while we were filming,” she explained.
Before they began filming the show, Gabby admitted that she got highlights, which upset the producers.
She continued: “They sent in a team at the last second to take my hair back dark. I was crying on the phone, screaming at a producer, telling them, like, ‘I should have free will!’
I want the room to have whatever kind of hair I want. I’ll always change it.”
Earlier in the podcast, Gabby revealed that she was blonde before starring in the reality TV series.
However, during quarantine, she decided to go a different route and went darker.
She currently has blonde hair.
“This is my natural state,” she said.
GABBY’S NEW BAE
In addition to Gabby’s new hairstyle, the TV personality revealed on The View earlier last month that she is in a happy relationship.
She sat down with Whoopi Goldberg, 67, Sara Haines, 45, Joy Behar, 80, Sunny Hostin, 54, and Alyssa Farah Griffin, 34, for a quick interview.
Sarah asked her: “Do you have any updates or anything to tell us?”
Gabby replied with: “Yes, I do!…I’ve had such an amazing experience with my time on The Bachelor and Bachelorette and dating all of those men. And now that’s how people know me.
“And I always just want to live my truth and my story. So, I have been seeing someone for a couple months, and I’ve been keeping it a little more private because it is a bigger story and a bigger conversation because I’m dating a girl.”
Sunny then said: “I didn’t see that twist coming!”
“No, I don’t think anyone did,” Gabby responded – revealing that she didn’t see it coming either.
‘SHE MAKES ME FEEL SO SAFE’
Sara then asked when “things changed.”
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Gabby explained that after she finished her heavy reality TV run with The Bachelor/Bachelorette and competed on Dancing With The Stars, she finally had time to settle down.
“I think it was always a whisper in me that just got louder and louder and I didn’t really know to pay attention to it. I think when this happened there’s some shame obviously surrounding it so I think I had to navigate through the shame like what is it, where’s it coming from.
“Ultimately, like I said, I always just want to do me, do what I want, and figure it out later.”
“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 and I don’t want to do it to my girlfriend,” she said.
Both the hosts and the audience were very supportive of Gabby and she felt like a “huge weight” was lifted off her shoulders.
She explained that her girlfriend is “the best” and is “so special.”
“She makes me feel so safe, so loved. A love that I always wanted going on these dating shows.”
‘I’M A GIRLS GIRL!’
Later on that day, Gabby and her new girlfriend, Robby Hoffman went Instagram official by posting some adorable photos they’ve taken together.
In an Instagram Story, Robby sat in a chair backstage while she wrapped her arms around Gabby for a kiss.
In other photos, Gabby shared photos from a vacation they took together, selfies, and more.
“Told you I’m a girls girl!!” she captioned her post.
MORE ABOUT GABBY
Gabby was born on January 2, 1991 in O’Fallon, Illinois.
In high school, she was the sports editor of the school newspaper.
She went to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, soon moving to Denver shortly after graduating college.
The TV star worked as a nurse at the University of Colorado hospital and was also a Denver Broncos cheerleader.
She cheered for the team from 2016 through the end of the 2019-2020 season.
She appeared on season 26 of The Bachelor where she was the runner-up alongside Rachel.
Shortly after, Rachel and Gabby became the first duo Bachelorettes in Bachelor history.
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