Gabby Windey Addresses ‘Hilarious’ Vinny Guadagnino Rumors

Pleasant or flirty? Gabby Windey is clarifying the place she stands with Vinny Guadagnino after their playful banter lately raised eyebrows.

“I imply, we’re associates. We had been on [Dancing With the Stars] collectively,” the previous Bachelorette, 31, defined on the Friday, November 18, episode of the “Chicks within the Workplace” podcast. “Apparently each of us identical to to form of stir the pot. Which is, like, humorous. However [the rumors] did occur out of nowhere.”

Windey added that it was “hilarious to observe” the frenzy construct up after she and the Jersey Shore persona, 35, made goofy remarks to 1 one other on Instagram. “Rapidly … all people’s blowing up within the feedback,” she stated, joking that she was ready to be a “Guido in coaching.”

The fact star’s DWTS companion, Val Chmerkovskiy, additionally chimed in on the hypothesis. “It was an inside joke that acquired away,” he famous.

Followers started to wonder if a romance was brewing between the previous cheerleader and the MTV star, each of whom had been forged on season 31 of DWTS, after Windey celebrated securing a spot within the finale. “I’m stuffed with so many alternative feelings – pleasure, concern, gratitude, and mourning that this expertise will quickly finish,” she gushed by way of Instagram on Tuesday, November 15, at some point after performing within the semifinals. “Thanks to everybody who has continued to assist us and I hope to make you proud subsequent week!!”

Guadagnino praised the accomplishment, commenting, “Good job babby mamma,” to which Windey replied, “My foremost man.”

The identical day, the New York native uploaded an Instagram picture captioned, “Cease on the lookout for the one…be the one, and let all of them come to you.” The ABC star teased within the feedback: “Omw.”

Windey’s trade with Guadagnino caught followers’ consideration — particularly within the wake of her cut up from fiancé Erich Schwer. The pair acquired engaged through the season 19 finale of The Bachelorette, which aired in September. Whereas Schwer, 29, confirmed his assist for the ICU nurse throughout early DWTS rehearsals, the twosome confirmed earlier this month that they referred to as it quits.

“The top of our relationship occurred as a result of we weren’t fully in step and in sync with one another in our widespread objectives or simply the way in which we strategy life,” the Bachelor alum defined through the Monday, November 14, episode of the ballroom dance competitors, including that she and the New Jersey native “weren’t one another’s greatest match.”

Schwer later broke his silence on their cut up in a prolonged social media message. “Numerous you might be reaching out with questions on me and Gabby. The fact is that we in the end weren’t one another’s individuals — it’s exhausting when there isn’t one factor to place your finger on,” he wrote on Tuesday. “We met in a really distinctive state of affairs and in a really distinctive means and I’m grateful we did. I might by no means take it again.”

He continued: “Gabby is an incredible particular person and she or he is doing wonderful issues. I’ll all the time root for her and I hope she provides them hell within the DWTS finale. … I’m hoping to take this time with my household and family members and deal with myself. I’ve been working exhausting these previous few months and I’m excited to share with y’all finally.”