Gabby Windey: ‘DWTS’ Is a Good ‘Shift of Gears’ After ‘Challenging’ Season of ‘Bachelorette’

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A nice break! Dancing With the Stars may be physically challenging, but Gabby Windey revealed that it was a refreshing change of pace after her dramatic turns on The Bachelorette and The Bachelor.“The Bachelor is really emotional,” the reality star, 31, told Us Weekly on Thursday, September 8, ahead of the Dancing With the Stars season 31 premiere. “It was challenging in so many ways.

You have to really get to know yourself, make yourself vulnerable, try and make the right decision.”DWTS, in contrast is “more physical,” the former NFL cheerleader explained. “[It’s] a challenge in a different way,” the Illinois native told Us. “I think it will be a good shift of gears a little bit to kind of balance out the high emotion of my last experience.”Filming for Gabby’s season of The Bachelorette is already over, but viewers won’t find out how everything shakes out until the two-part finale begins on Tuesday, September 13.

The ICU nurse only has one suitor left — Erich Schwer — but fans don’t yet know whether the real estate analyst, 29, proposed.Gabby, for her part, played coy, joking to Us that she “would do it all over again” before winking and adding, “Just kidding.”The University of Colorado Colorado Springs graduate is one of several Bachelor Nation members to compete on DWTS.

The last two Bachelorettes who appeared on the show — Hannah Brown and Kaitlyn Bristowe — both took home the mirrorball trophy.“No pressure!” Gabby joked. “None.”The season 26 Bachelor alum is partnering up with Val Chmerkovskiy, whose last DWTS victory came in 2016’s season 23 with partner Laurie Hernandez.