Clayton Echard Shares Alleged Gabby Windey DMs: Breaking Down Their Feud

Clayton Echard and Gabby Windey Engage in Social Media Spat

Clayton Echard and Gabby Windey are currently at the center of a public disagreement played out on social media platforms, prompting inquiries into the origins of their renewed conflict.

To understand the current discord, it’s necessary to revisit their initial encounter on The Bachelor. Gabby was a contestant vying for Clayton’s attention during season 26 of the ABC dating competition in 2022. Following the fantasy suite dates, Clayton confessed to being in love with all three finalists – Gabby, Rachel Recchia, and Susie Evans – and openly discussed his intimate experiences with Gabby and Rachel. Although Clayton pleaded with Gabby and Rachel to remain after Susie’s self-elimination, he ultimately ended his relationships with both to pursue a reconciliation with Susie. (Clayton and Susie subsequently ended their relationship later in 2022. Gabby, meanwhile, became a co-lead on The Bachelorette alongside Rachel. After publicly sharing that she was dating a woman in 2023, Gabby married Robby Hoffman earlier this year.)

Years later, the friction between Gabby and Clayton resurfaced when Gabby made comments about her former partner during an April 2025 podcast appearance. She critiqued his physical appearance and humorously suggested his dance routines were visually unpleasant. Clayton responded by accusing her of “bullying.” Gabby retorted, claiming his accusations were hypocritical, considering he had “exploited [her] sexual life on TV” without her consent. Clayton further addressed the situation in a subsequent video, reinforcing his stance and sharing purported direct messages between himself and Gabby.

Explore the details of their ongoing dispute below:

Feud Re-Ignited

During her appearance on the “Las Culturistas” podcast in April 2025, Gabby made disparaging remarks about Clayton’s appearance, using colorful language. “Have you seen his dancing videos? Oh, my God. They will make you run,” she stated. “I’m going to send you one and you’ll wish you didn’t have eyes.”

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Clayton Accuses Gabby of ‘Bullying’

In response to Gabby’s critical comments, Clayton characterized her remarks as “bullying.” In an Instagram video posted in April 2025, Clayton asserted, “There’s no other way around it. 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.”

He further commented, “You have such a large platform and you’re setting a really poor example, which is just disheartening. I don’t want people to be scared to try something new because [of] online bullying, like what you’re doing. Do better, Gabby.”

Gabby Counters Clayton’s ‘Bullying’ Claims

Gabby responded to Clayton’s video with her own TikTok post in April 2025, countering his accusations. “Oh, that’s rich. It’s rich coming from a man who exploited my sexual life on TV without me knowing,” she declared.

She elaborated, “You were intimate with ‘the both of us’ you said on national TV in front of millions without having a conversation with me or another woman first. So, you humiliated us in front of each other and in front of everybody watching the TV show. Sure, people can infer but nothing has been said so explicitly [until your season], and those kinds of details should come from a woman. Oh, I’m a mean girl? As a straight, white man, maybe you should do better with your power.”

Clayton Deems Gabby’s Reply ‘Disappointing’ and Shares Alleged Direct Messages

Clayton provided a further response to Gabby’s TikTok, expressing his “disappointment” at her chosen approach to the situation.

“Essentially saying it’s justified to make fun of someone’s physical appearance, to attack a passion of theirs that’s changed their life if they hurt you in the past. So you’re teaching your audience to be vengeful, to not forgive. And I don’t agree with that,” he conveyed via Instagram in April 2025. “You have every right to be upset with me and what I did on the show. I’ve done everything in my power to apologize. I’ve taken accountability time and time again. I’ve reached out multiple times and extended the olive branch and you want nothing to do with me.”

Clayton proceeded to present alleged direct message exchanges between himself and Gabby, where he had reportedly apologized for his behavior on The Bachelor and requested a conversation. Gabby purportedly replied, indicating she had a “busy week up ahead.”

“Gabby, you don’t ever have to forgive me if you don’t want to. But, continually bringing me [up] three and half years later is unnecessary. I’ve been doing my own thing, I’ve been dealing with my own drama for the last few years. False accusations after false accusations. And then you’re just doing a pile on effect, OK?” he stated. “I think I have every right to be upset with what you said because imagine if the roles were reversed. Imagine if I made fun of your physical looks, imagine if I made fun of your passions. There would be an uprise online, as there should be and that’s why this is happening. It’s not OK, Gabby, that you can just attack me, OK? It’s bullying. I wish we could’ve done this in private.”

Clayton asserted that he did not intend to “air your business out” on television, but suggested Gabby, as a former lead in the Bachelor franchise, should “know” how the process functions.

“Stop with this nonsense. You know I couldn’t have an off-camera conversation. You know that I can’t just orchestrate that as a lead,” he claimed, stating he had “begged” show producers to allow off-camera discussions with the women. “At the end of the day, you’re not going to agree with what I did, that’s fine. But that doesn’t give you the right — because of what I did three and a half years ago for you to attack my physical appearance and what I’m doing today. It’s wrong Gabby. Do better.”

He captioned his Instagram post, “In response to Gabby’s TikTok….Attacking someone’s looks and their hobbies is never ok, especially years later after they’ve taken accountability & apologized multiple times for their actions. But if you want to continue to be vengeful, you will. Just know that I won’t stand for it anymore.”