“I always just want to live my truth, and my story,” Windey, 32, said. “And so I have been seeing someone for a couple months, and I’ve been keeping it a little more private because it is like a bigger story and a bigger conversation, because I’m dating a girl!”
Co-hostSunny Hostinsaid she “didn’t see that twist coming.”
“I don’t think anyone did,” Windey said. “No, not even me.”
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On her Instagram Story, Windey posted a shot of her kissing Hoffman, which Hoffman later reposted, writing, “Guys some news… I am gay.”
“I thinklife is just really busyfor the both of us right now,” Windey, who’d been competing onDancing with the Starsat the time, told Fox News. “So, I understand their concern but we’re just kinda, you know, going forward with each of our individual interests and supporting each other from afar.”
OnThe ViewTuesday, Windey said Schwer, 30, “doesn’t know” about her new relationship.
After coming in second place onDWTS, Windey had beenspotted on a datewith proAlan Bersten.
Windey had also struck up a flirtation with fellowDWTScontestantVinny Guadagnino.
Windey said she and theJersey Shorestar, 35, “were gossiping and sending voice memos” at the time, but that him living in New York and her being in California kept them apart.
“I’m always trying to get him out,” Windey said. “I’m like,never say never.”
Prior to looking for love on her own season ofThe Bachelorette,Windey competedforClayton Echard’s heart onThe Bachelor.
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