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Bachelor’s Clayton Echard Slams Ex Gabby Windey for Criticizing His Dancing Videos: ‘It’s Not Funny’
The Bachelor alum Clayton Echard slammed his ex Gabby Windey after she criticized his dancing videos during a recent podcast interview.
Gabby, 34, called out Clayton’s online dancing videos when she appeared on the April 2 episode of the “Las Culturistas” podcast, and he clapped back four days later while reacting to her comments.
“Gabby, what you’re doing is bullying. There’s no other way around it,” Clayton, 31, said in a Sunday, April 6, Instagram video, which began with a clip of her stating that his dancing posts “will make you run … you’ll wish you didn’t have eyes” on the podcast.
He continued, “You’re attacking me for my physical appearance, you’re attacking me for a passion that I love that’s changed my life. It’s unnecessary and it’s not funny.”
“You have such a large platform and you’re setting a really bad example, which is just disheartening,” Clayton said. “I don’t want people to be scared to try something new because [of] bullying online, like what you’re doing. Do better, Gabby.”
Not only did Clayton call Gabby out for bullying, but he also explained why he likes to post dancing videos. “[Dancing] has brought so much self-love and self confidence that I’m truly so grateful to have found something that I get to work on myself every day and challenge myself,” he continued. “I’m not the greatest at it and I’m aware of that, I’m not delusional but it’s me vs. me every single day I get into that studio, and it’s movement therapy and it’s allowed me to release a lot of my anger and frustrations.”
After noting that he hasn’t spoken to Gabby “in three years,” he claimed that she has continued “to take shots at me and it’s just unnecessary.”
Shortly after Clayton uploaded the post, several social media users took to the comments section to defend him for sharing the dancing videos he has frequently posted since 2023. “Keep doing you Clayton!” Bachelor alum Kelley Flanagan wrote, while one fan wrote, “Only insecure people try to put others down, [especially] publicly like that. Keep shining and dancing.”
Meanwhile, others argued that Gabby’s comments may have been taken out of context. “I really think she was just being cheeky and sarcastic in the podcast. I do agree she took it too far, but I don’t think that was her intention. A little reckless so hopefully she chills out with the jokes,” Instagram blogger Zachary Reality wrote.
Clayton and Gabby previously dated during season 26 of The Bachelor. While she made it to the final two alongside Rachel Recchia, Clayton dumped both Gabby and Rachel, 29, during the finale to pursue a relationship with contestant Susie Evans. After Clayton and Susie, 31, confirmed their relationship during the After the Final Rose special in March 2022, they eventually split in September of that year.
After Gabby and Rachel had their hearts broken on The Bachelor, then went on to colead season 19 of The Bachelorette. Gabby was briefly engaged to contestant Erich Schwer, though the pair split in November 2022. She has been in a relationship with partner Robby Hoffman since May 2023, and they got married in January.
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