
Here's how 'The Traitors' star Gabby Windey became the lesbian icon we want and deserve
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Gabby Windey may have started her career as an ER nurse and NFL cheerleader, but now shes well on her way to becoming a superstar and lesbian icon.Fans may recognizer her from reality TV shes well known by Bachelor Nation but now shes making waves on TikTok, where she has over 750,000 followers who love her deadpan delivery and jokes about lesbians taking over the world and men, why men shouldnt be front-facing, and how the Y chromosome is on its way out.They say I need rescuing, she quips in one TikTok. Why? Because Im gaaaAAYY? Well, no buoy, no life alert is going to save me. No, I want to stay stranded on the island of Lesbos. Nobody can save me from this rug-munching tree.Its videos like this and her disarming cool-girl persona that make her a lesbian icon and our favorite star of the new season of The Traitors. She flew under the radar early on, but now shes one of a few players left standing who are vying for the $250,000 prize.And this season has been packed with reality stars you love (Bob the Drag Queen) and ones you love to hate-watch (were looking at you, Tom Sandoval), but Windey is the queer girlie weve had our eye on since day one.But who is this LGBTQ+ veteran of some of the straightest reality shows around, and why are we loving her on The Traitors? We'll explain.Why you should be obsessed with Gabby Windey's TikTok@gabbywindeyIts real research swearShe knows how to cut men down to size in the most biting and scientific way ever!Her jokes about The Traitors will have you giggling@gabbywindeyNew ep tonight!! Like rn heheWindey has been dominating The Traitors using her TikTok platform to make cute and funny videos advertising the show. You can't help but fall in love with her charm and wit!Why her fans call her "Gaggy"@gabbywindeyGaggy to uDie-hard Windey fans may call her "Gaggy," but the origin of this silly nickname is less NSFW than you'd expect, and instead has to do with an unexpected visitor and a misspelling. She is genuinely hilarious.@gabbywindeyWelcome!!Honestly, she can talk about nothing at all and we're rapt and cackling. @gabbywindeyJk i dont wanna pet nothinWe love her love.@gabbywindeyNothing to sayHer relationship with Robby Hoffman is the cutest. Yep, this is exactly the kind of Sapphic content that gives us queer joy. But how did we get here?How did Gabby Windey get her start on reality TV? (@) Windy started her television career starring on the heteronormative, straighter-than-straight reality show The Bachelor. She made a name for herself on season 26 of the dating show when she got to the top three, and then rejected the titular bachelors rose, and then slammed him during their breakup after he convinced her to stay.Did Gabby Windey get engaged on The Bachelorette? (@) She co-starred on season 19 of The Bachelorette where she ended up engaged to Erich Schwer. The engagement was short-lived, though, and the couple broke up just two months after their engagement episode aired on TV.Next, Windey competed in Dancing With the Stars, finishing in second place.When did Gabby Windey come out?Windey came out as queer by announcing that she was in a relationship with a woman during an appearance on The View in August 2023.Ive been keeping it kind of private because it is a bigger story and a bigger conversation because Im dating a girl, Windey said when asked if she had any relationship updates.Windey admitted that being attracted to women was always a whisper in me that got louder and louder, but she still felt shame about it.I didnt really know to pay attention to it, she added. I think when this happens, theres some shame surrounding it. So I had to navigate through the shame. Like, what is it? Wheres 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.When host Joy Behar asked if shes only into girls now, Windey gave the sweetest answer, I think so. I think its just my girl, shes the best.Who is Gabby Windey dating?See on InstagramThe high femme Windey is dating masc, queer comedy writer Robby Hoffman and the two couldnt be cuter together. They went Instagram official in August 2023, but Windey celebrated their first anniversary with an Instagram post in May 2024. The two moved in together in September 2024 and they still frequently post sweet messages about each other on Instagram.Who is Gabby Windey's girlfriend, Robbie Hoffman?See on InstagramHoffman grew up in a Hasidic Jewish family with nine siblings but now considers herself to be ex-Hasidic. The 35-year-old comedian is a stand-up comic and comedy writer who was named Comic to Watch in 2020 by the New York Comedy Festival. She has written for shows like Workin Moms, The Chris Gethard Show, Baroness Von Sketch Show, and Odd Squad, which she scored a Daytime Emmy for. Hoffman is currently working on writing a comedy for Showtime and A24 thats loosely based on her own life called Rivkah, Cosmo reports.How is Gabby Windey doing on The Traitors? (@) Windey has made it all the way to episode nine of The Traitors fingers crossed she makes it to the very end! While on the show, she formed an alliance with fellow queer reality TV star Chrishell Stause and wrestler Nikki Garcia who dubbed themselves The Bambis, Page Six reports.But now the former cheerleader turned lesbian podcaster and reality TV star is the only Bambi left standing. Windey, ever the straight shooter, has repeatedly put men in their place while on the show, and when asked what reality TV show she came from and how that ended, her answer was perfect. Im a lesbian now. What an icon!
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