The Traitors’ Gabby Windey Started Drinking Alcohol at 13


0


Gabby Windey picked up a drink years before she turned 21.   

The former Bachelorette, 34, invited her Traitors season 3 castmate Carolyn Wiger onto the March 13 episode of her Long Winded podcast, and the two had an honest conversation about their relationships with substances.

Wiger, 38, shared that she got sober at 22 and now works as a licensed drug and alcohol counselor. Windey said she’s “so interested in sobriety” because “I really do I want to stop drinking.”

“I’m so depressed that it like, it will make me depressed,” Windey continued. “Not even the day after but like, a week. Like, and you won’t even notice it.”

Windey also shared that she began drinking alcohol at a young age.

“I started drinking at 13,” she said. “I was throwing up out of my nose.”

Carolyn Wiger (left) and Gabby Windey on ‘The Traitors’ season 3.

Euan Cherry/Peacock


As for Wiger, the Survivor alum said she used a fake ID to go to bars and become “a stripper when I was 16.”

“I thought I had to change my personality too because I blamed my personality on drugs and alcohol,” Wiger said of getting sober.

Windey acknowledged that her behavior changes when she drinks alcohol, too, pointing to a recent dinner where she spilled the tea with Traitors costar Boston Rob Mariano after drinking a couple glasses of wine.

“I was talking a lot of s— with Boston Rob. He’s such a good gossip,” she said to Wiger. “I had two glasses of wine and by the end I’m like, ‘Are you going to go back and tell everyone what I said?’ And then I’m like, ‘I don’t care.’”

Boston Rob Mariano on ‘The Traitors’ season 3.

Euan Cherry/Peacock via Getty


The Bachelor alum didn’t initially expect to have anything in common with Mariano. 49. “We were sitting on the end, just him and I, and I’m like, ‘Great, what the f— are we going to talk about?’” Windey wondered.

By the end, “he was laughing at every single thing,” said Windey, who secretly married comedian Robby Hoffman in January. “And I’m like, ‘No you’re encouraging me at this point! You’re egging me on and I’m taking the bait.’”

Despite the fun evening, Windey realized: “I wouldn’t gossip with Boston Rob if I wasn’t two glasses of wine deep.”

‘Traitors’ host Alan Cumming (center) with season 3 winners (from left) Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Gabby Windey, Dolores Catania and Dylan Efron.

Euan Cherry/Peacoc


Windey won season 3 of The Traitors alongside fellow Faithfuls Dolores Catania, Dylan Efron and Ivar Mountbatten. She called the experience “great” on her podcast, but suggested she wouldn’t do it again.

“If they bring people back, you’d be way better at it,” Windey said to Wiger. “Plus what the f—? I talk enough s—. I don’t need to go on another TV show to do it.”

Windey also teased that “it makes me nervous that too many people like me now” after going on The Traitors and exposing herself to a new audience.

“I want the people who don’t get it not to get it,” Windey explained. “I want to piss off the right people. Literally the right and the right. But it’s like, if too many people like me, they’re going to be disappointed, they’re going to come here and be so pissed at me. Like, I don’t want, I don’t need everyone to love me. This is like, too much pressure. I need to be accepted for who I am. But then, the more eyes like the scarier.”

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

The Traitors season 3 is streaming now on Peacock.


Don’t miss the Buzz!

We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info.


Like it? Share with your friends!

0

What's Your Reaction?

hate hate
0
hate
confused confused
0
confused
fail fail
0
fail
fun fun
0
fun
geeky geeky
0
geeky
love love
0
love
lol lol
0
lol
omg omg
0
omg
win win
0
win

0 Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Choose A Format
Personality quiz
Series of questions that intends to reveal something about the personality
Trivia quiz
Series of questions with right and wrong answers that intends to check knowledge
Poll
Voting to make decisions or determine opinions
Story
Formatted Text with Embeds and Visuals
List
The Classic Internet Listicles
Countdown
The Classic Internet Countdowns
Open List
Submit your own item and vote up for the best submission
Ranked List
Upvote or downvote to decide the best list item
Meme
Upload your own images to make custom memes
Video
Youtube and Vimeo Embeds
Audio
Soundcloud or Mixcloud Embeds
Image
Photo or GIF
Gif
GIF format