Gabby Windey CallsThe Traitorsa 'Crash Course' in Different Kind of Reality TV, Reflects on Growth SinceThe Bachelorette

Mar. 15, 2025

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“So I feel like now, this season more than ever, I’m really leaning into femininity and the strength of a woman,” she continued. “I feel like that’s a huge theme, I think, for this season, because we had really strong women, and lots of gays, which is nice. So I feel like, yeah, they’ll see a different side of me, but I feel like it’s gonna be more empowered.”

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Windey has made a name for herself on social media since starring in the ABC dating show, and she joked that people see her acting “so unhinged and deranged” that they are often surprised she is the same person they watched onThe Bachelorette.

“I’ve always been the same person, but I thinkTraitorsgives you a little more room to be yourself and see you in a different light,” she said. “And the confrontation aspect of it, it’s scary as f—, but it’s also, it doesn’t have to be personal. I took everything so personal."

Viewers first got a sneak peak at the drama occurring insideThe Traitorshouse in season 3, when Windey warned one of her housemates in the trailer, “If you carry on with that cocky attitude, you might get yourself in trouble.”

Her fellow Bachelor Nation starWells Adamsthen wondered, “What game is everyone else playing right now?”

Season 3 ofThe Traitorsis fimed in an ancient castle deep in the Scottish Highlands as the group of 21 famous faces “work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000.” The twist lies in the group of Traitors, who eliminate the Faithful while they’re hunted down themselves. If the Faithful contestants banish all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund, but if a Traitor — or more than one — makes it to the end, they steal the whole prize.

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New episodes ofThe Traitorsstream Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock.

source: people.com