'The Bachelorette' 's Gabby Windey Denies 'Any Competition' with Rachel Recchia Despite 'Insecure Moments'

Mar. 15, 2025

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The new format, however, appeared to draw criticism from fans who expressed their dissatisfaction online.

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Noting that “there’s a lot of good in it,” she adds how the new season offers “two different love stories” and “two different personalities to reach a bigger audience.”

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“These guys are making us hurt, and they’re being pitted against each other,” she elaborates. “Dating’s hard, and you’re not the only one dating in the world. You have other women and other options. So I think that it brings that narrative to light because I know a lot of women have been in our shoes and have felt how we have felt. And I think this season, more than ever, they can really relate to it because it’s exemplified with the two of us.”

“There was never really a decision in the beginning we didn’t make without one another. We were always there to support one another,” she says. “You can see us having our bad days. I’ll have a bad day, and then something similar happens to her. So I think if anything, we just grew more than we could have imagined as friends.”

“I don’t want to just settle,” Hayden said to the disengaged group. “I can tell you right now, I don’t see how any guy in here can be like, ‘I want to f—ing marry these girls.'”

The Bacheloretteairs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

source: people.com