Gabby Windey And Rachel Recchia Really *Did* Have A Bach Nation Reunion! 🌹

• Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia—aka our fave Bach Nation duo—are back at it again.

• They had a majorly iconic crossover with this season's current Bachelorette, Charity Lawson.

• The former co-leads on the series visited during Charity's finale and shared a series of candid, behind-the-scenes pics that were pure ~vibes~.

Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia—aka our fave Bach Nation duo—are back at it again in a majorly iconic crossover with this season's current Bachelorette, Charity Lawson. Yep, the former co-leads on the series visited during Charity's finale and shared a series of candid, behind-the-scenes pics that were pure ~vibes~.

One image showcases Gabby holding a bottle of champagne while Rachel reapplies her lip gloss in a dressing room, and another is a pic of the pilot in a bathing suit with a veeeeeeery recognizable black modesty box covering the bottoms...👀

Luckily, fans were definitely able to piece together what the “tell a friend to tell a friend!!!!” caption and that scarily familiar box were alluding to, because Rachel is actually set to appear in the next season of *drumroll, pls* Bachelor in Paradise!! Yep, during Monday night's Bachelorette season finale, fans were finally able to take a first look at the season 9 trailer for the show courtesy of the franchise's host, Jesse Palmer. And let's just say...we def get the vibe that the show going to live up to its chaotic rep. 😂

Gabby seemingly confirmed the exciting news by way of a supportive comment on Rachel's post that reads, “My whole heart!! Can’t wait to see you on that beach.” Gabby won't be filming alongside her former co-star on the Bach-spinoff, but we'll forgive her because she recently gave her final rose to a very special someone—like, someone who even made an appearance in Rachel's photo dump if ya look closely. 👀

Earlier this month, the former Bachelorette captioned a sweet tribute to her new girlfriend, comedian and television writer Robby Hoffman. “Told you I’m a girls girl!!,” Gabby captioned the post, which included several snaps of the her and Robby—whom she's been dating for around three months—hanging out on a tropical vacation, lounging on a boat, and generally looking happy beyond belief.

Soon after posting the pics, Gabby stopped by The View to share even more details about her exciting new romance and how it felt coming out publicly for the first time: “I always just want to live my truth, and my story,” she began. “And I have been seeing someone for a couple months, and I’ve been keeping it a little more private because it is a bigger story and a bigger conversation, because I’m dating a girl.”

Clint Arlis, The Bachelorette Season 11

Clint caused drama during his stint on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season because of his bromance with fellow contestant JJ Lane. Clint literally said at one point during the season, “I feel like I’ve connected with JJ probably more than Kaitlyn right now. We’re so similar, it’s actually insane.” Their close bond didn’t seem to sit well with the other guys.

JJ Lane, The Bachelorette Season 11

But JJ and Clint’s friendship was actually pretty short-lived. Like everyone else on this list, he made it clear early on that he was not on the show to make friends. He coined the catchphrase “villains gotta vill,” which, yeah, doesn’t even make sense.

Joe Bailey, The Bachelorette Season 11

Joe wasn’t really a villain on Kaitlyn’s season until she rejected him and things took a weird turn. He responded with “no worries, man,” which I hope we can all agree is suuuper passive-aggressive.

Ed Swiderski, The Bachelorette Season 5

During week 5 of Jillian Harris’s season, Ed abruptly quit the show and left—only to return a week later. He made it all the way to the final episode and proposed to Jillian, but then rumors began to swirl that he had been cheating on her the whole time, and eventually, he admitted to them. Yikes.

Wes Hayden, The Bachelorette Season 5

Good ole Wes made it to the final four of Jillian’s season before she eliminated him. He didn’t achieve ~villain status~ until his limo ride back, in which he spent the entire time bragging to the camera about secretly having a girlfriend at home. He claimed he was acting the whole time, which, sure.

Michelle Money, The Bachelor Season 15

Michelle has *deep* Bachelor experience, that’s for sure. She was on season 15 of The Bachelor, season 2 of Bachelor Pad, and even won season 1 of Bachelor in Paradise. She earned villain status throughout for her frequent tiffs with other contestants.

Jordan Kimball, The Bachelorette Season 14

No one really enjoyed Jordan Kimball during his time on Becca Kufrin’s season. He argued constantly with the other contestants and was accused of being too into himself and his modeling career and not into Becca enough.

Juan Pablo Galavis, The Bachelor Season 18

I don’t want to pick sides, but some people consider Juan Pablo to be the worst Bachelor in the history of the entire show. The dude clearly had commitment issues. He didn’t seem to be romantically interested in any of the women, but that definitely didn’t stop him from hooking up with a few of ’em. Yuck.

Juan Pablo Galavis, The Bachelor Season 18

Sorry, nope, not done talking about him. Juan Pablo was so bad that Andi Dorfman broke up with him right before the finale. At the finale, Juan Pablo chose Nikki Ferrell, but in a break with Bachelor tradition, he didn’t propose to her. Instead, he told her that he “liked her, a lot.”

Ryan Bowers, The Bachelorette Season 8

Men! Should! Not! Objectify! Women! Ryan Bowers must not have gotten that memo, as he told Bachelorette Emily Maynard that “every man should believe his wife is a trophy.” Emily eliminated him during their date because, yep, his comment was that bad.

Trish Schneider, The Bachelor Season 5

Reality Steve crowned Trish the true first villain of The Bachelor and Bachelorette franchise, so you know it’s real. Might I remind you that this OG pot-stirrer wore a T-shirt that read, “Gold Digger. Like a hooker, just smarter.” Oof.

Kalon McMahon, The Bachelorette Season 8

On Emily’s season, Kalon apparently referred to her young daughter as “baggage.” The other contestants let Emily know ASAP and Kalon was told by Emily herself to GTFO immediately. Boy, bye!

Olivia Caridi, The Bachelor Season 20

Olivia was one of Ben Higgins’ favorites initially, until she made a comment comparing fellow contestant Amanda Stanton to one of the stars of Teen Mom. The women were also not fans of her attitude and behavior, and they were visibly happy when she was eventually sent home.

Lee Garrett, The Bachelorette Season 13

Umm...aside from the fact that Lee bumped heads with so many other contestants, let’s not forget that he also posted some SUPER-racist tweets before appearing on the show?

Lee Garrett, The Bachelorette Season 13

A major confrontation went down during “The Men Tell All,” when Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay called Lee TF out, saying, “Please know that you can exit stage left and meet me backstage and I’d be more than happy to give you a black history lesson, a lesson on women’s rights.” Hell to the yes!!! Show that mansplainer who’s boss.

Nick Viall, The Bachelorette Season 10

Nick is no longer considered a villain, but when he first appeared on season 10 of Bachelorette, he was definitely disliked. The other guys thought he was too confident, and he ended up hurting Andi’s feeling when he revealed details about what went down in the fantasy suite. Rude.

Nick Viall, The Bachelorette Season 11

Yes, Nick was on two different seasons of The Bachelorette and yes, he was disliked on both. He decided to literally just show up because he and Bachelorette Kaitlyn had been DM’ing on social media. He, once again, had issues with the other guys and was responsible for a lot of the drama, sooo it seems like it’s definitely a him problem, if you ask me.

Kasey Kahl, The Bachelorette Season 6

Plain and simple, Kasey sucked during his time on Ali Fedotowsky’s season of The Bachelorette. But the worst part of his story is what happened after the show: He went on to date fellow Bachelor alum (and fellow villain!) Vienna Girardi. The two, unsurprisingly, did not have a smooth relationship.

Kelsey Poe, The Bachelor Season 19

Kelsey came on Chris Soules’ season as a widow, which, of course, is super sad. But things took a weird turn when she told him about her tragic past and then reflected to the camera, saying, “Isn’t my story amazing? It’s tragic...but amazing.” Wait, wha...?

Rozlyn Papa, The Bachelor Season 14

Chris Harrison pulled Rozlyn aside for a straight-up awkward-as-hell confrontation that will forever go down in Bachelor history. It came to light that she was allegedly fooling around with a producer on set who, BTW, was also fired. Yeah, that’s not exactly how this competition works.

Krystal Nielson, The Bachelor Season 22

On Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s season of The Bachelor, Krystal was dubbed “the mean girl” by the other women. She was accused of spending too much time with Arie and bullying the other contestants. Oh, and people were especially not fans of the baby voice she used.

Courtney Robertson, The Bachelor Season 16

Courtney made it clear when she was on Ben Flajnik’s season that she didn’t join the show to make friends. She was there to win, and win she did. But not without making enemies along the way. The time she made Ben go skinny-dipping with her definitely goes down as her most “villainous” act.

Courtney Robertson, The Bachelor Season 16

Courtney was very aware that she was a villain—she even hinted that it was her intention all along. After the show aired, she released a book about her villainous status called I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends. Sounds about right.

Justin Rego, The Bachelorette Season 6

Justin was known by his wrestling nickname, Rated R, for a reason. During Ali’s season, we learned that Justin actually had a girlfriend he was planning to marry once he got back from filming. When Ali confronted him about this, he literally just ran away.

Cam Ayala, The Bachelorette Season 15

ABC, Always Be Cam. That was Cam’s catchphrase during Hannah Brown’s season, and he repeated it so often that it could never be forgotten. Cam was the worst because he crashed dates, told sob stories, and tried to get a “pity rose” before he was ultimately shown the door.

Chad Johnson, The Bachelorette Season 12

Chad Johnson is one of those names Bachelor Nation will never forget—for better or for worse. He was disliked by the other guys on JoJo Fletcher’s season, probably because he insulted them with hilariously mean but also somewhat accurate observations—for example, he called them Care Bears, which, fair.

Chad Johnson, The Bachelorette Season 12

Chad also called out his fellow contestants who claimed to be in love with JoJo after only a few days, which, again, is kinda fair. He simply wasn’t a fan of how the show worked, and that honesty was not well received, to put it mildly.

Tierra LaCausi, The Bachelor Season 17

Tierra bumped heads with so many contestants, but ish got real sticky when she unforgettably yelled about her “sparkle” and that she “can’t control [her] eyebrow.” FYI: Someone literally created a Twitter account dedicated to her eyebrow, god bless the internet.

Jake Pavelka, The Bachelor Season 14

Viewers thought Jake was rude from the start. It didn’t help matters that he chose Vienna, the season’s villain, to receive his final rose. Their very public breakup, which came later, confirmed everyone’s hunch that he sucked.

Vienna Girardi, The Bachelor Season 14

Okay, so now let’s talk about Vienna, the winner and the villain of Jake’s season. The other women vying for Jake’s heart thought Vienna was super rude and had a major attitude problem. Go figure.

Ian Thompson, The Bachelorette Season 11

Ian had the gall to tell Kaitlyn that he thought she was on the show “to make out with a bunch of dudes on TV.” Like, dude, have you ever even watched this show?!?!?! He also said she was “not half as hot as [his] ex-girlfriend” while speaking directly to the camera, which is an extremely rude and bizarre thing to say.

Corinne Olympios, The Bachelor Season 21

Corinne was a special one. The then-22-year-old revealed that she had a nanny who basically did everything for her (which, huh?) and also uttered the following iconic line: “My heart is gold, but my vagine is platinum.” Still LOL’ing in confusion over here.

Corinne Olympios, The Bachelor Season 21

Corinne seemed to always be all over Nick, which made the other ladies jealous, of course. Remember when she asked him to lick whipped cream off her chest? Yeah, the other contestants were not too happy about that.

Jed Wyatt, The Bachelorette Season 15

Poor Hannah B. had many villains on her season, but Jed’s narrative arc came as a surprise to Bachelor Nation. He was originally a fan favorite, but halfway through the season, rumors surfaced that he *allegedly* had a girlfriend who he GHOSTED in order to come on the show. No, Jed, why?!

Bentley Williams, The Bachelorette Season 7

Bentley was super problematic. His most infamous quote is when he said he’d rather go “swimming in pee” than have to plan a wedding with Ashley Herbert. He did several more f*cked-up things throughout his tenure, but that quote pretty much sums up what he was all about.

Bentley Williams, The Bachelorette Season 7

Bentley’s exit from the show is even worse than his weird “pee” quote, if you can believe it. Before telling Ashley he was leaving the show because he was uninterested and not attracted to her, he told the cameras, “I’m going to make Ashley cry. I hope my hair looks okay.” WOW.

Arie Luyendyk Jr., The Bachelor Season 22

When Arie became the Bachelor for season 22, a lot of people responded with “Uh, who?” Arie became super memorable at the end of his season when he chose Becca as the winner but then changed his dang mind. He even had a camera crew follow him so the whole breakup could be filmed and televised. In the promos, Chris Harrison called Arie’s finale “the most dramatic of all time in Bachelor history.”

Luke Parker, The Bachelorette Season 15

Where to even begin with Luke P.? Should we talk about his outright misogyny? The way he gaslit Hannah throughout the season? His violence toward the other contestants? Ugh, hate this guy.

Luke Parker, The Bachelorette Season 15

How about when he crashed the rose ceremony after Hannah had eliminated him? He came back to beg for “clarity” and “closure.” Go away!!!

Luke Parker, The Bachelorette Season 15

Wait, not done yet. Luke P. totally tried to mansplain his actions during the “Men Tell All” special, securing his status as most delusional contestant in Bachelor(ette) history. He’s legit the worst.

Gabby went on to say that though she initially kept the 'ship more private in the hopes of seeing where it would go before cluing fans in, she felt she could “see the future” in the pairing. “It just felt so right,” she added during the convo. “I was on dating shows dating men and a Broncos cheerleader, so it was like my whole world was male-gaze...Obviously, it’s about sexuality, but it’s also the person I met. Like, she is so special. She makes me feel so safe, so loved. Like a love that I always wanted going on these dating shows, so now it’s like, 'Yeah, exactly.'”

TL;DR: Gabby and Rachel stans have *a lot* to celebrate as of late. 😭❤️

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