Amid Gabby Windey and Erich Schwer’s split, their fellow Bachelor and Bachelorette alums are sharing everything they know about what happened between the pair.
“We didn’t have the information at the time when I saw her that they had broken up. There had been the writing on the wall, but I didn’t know for sure,” Jill Chin, who met the 31-year-old ICU nurse during the Bachelor season 26, exclusively told Us Weekly on Saturday, November 5, at the Bachelor in Paradise Tastemaker Event in Hollywood. “When I saw her last night, she seemed great, she seemed fine.”
The Bachelor In Paradise star, 27, bumped into Windey at the BiP season 8 reunion taping on Friday, November 4, which took place hours after she confirmed her breakup to People.
“She’s so good. So, I think she’ll be just fine,” Chin gushed to Us, noting her pal is currently “killing it” on Dancing With the Stars. “She handles things like a champ. I have no worries about her. Obviously, I’m gonna check in on her and make sure I’m there for her, but I think she’s gonna be OK.”
Franchise host Jesse Palmer, for his part, admitted to Us on Saturday that he was “bummed” to hear that Windey and the 29-year-old New Jersey native had called off their engagement.
“I spoke to her yesterday [and] spoke to Erich this morning, and I know they’re still trying to kind of work through things, so just giving them the space that they need,” the former football player, 44, said at the Ka’Teen event. “[They are] two amazing people and everybody saw the potential in that relationship and just wish them the best for whatever that is, whatever that means.”
The former Denver Broncos cheerleader had an instant connection with Schwer during The Bachelorette season 19, in which she served as the franchise lead alongside Rachel Recchia. The real estate analyst received Windey’s final rose before getting down on one knee.
“When I met you, I, like, immediately was 100 percent myself. I’ve never met anybody that I felt that comfortable with — that deep of a connection. I felt like I really knew you for years,” Schwer said during his proposal, which aired during the September finale. “I didn’t know it, but I had met my soulmate. … You are the most amazing person I’ve ever met. It’s you and me until the wheels fall off. I’m head over heels in love with you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
While Windey said “yes” to her former beau’s proposal, they soon sparked split speculation last month. Schwer had been absent from the DWTS ballroom for several weeks in a row, while she ditched her engagement ring during public outings.
Scroll below to see how Bachelor Nation has reacted to the pair’s breakup:
The Bachelor host was admittedly “bummed” to learn that Windey and Schwer had called it quits. “I know they’re still trying to kind of work through things,” Palmer told Us, asking fans to give the exes space to figure out their relationship status. ABC/Craig Sjodin
While Chin noticed the “writing on the wall” of breakup signs, she did not know for certain until Friday. Courtesy of Jill Chin/Instagram
“I just hope she's doing OK right now,” DePhillipo, who dated Windey on her season before joining BiP season 8, told Us. “It's rough. … I do love her, and I wish her all the best. It’s hard to go through these things.” ABC/Ricky Middlesworth
The mortgage broker found the twosome’s split to be “so sad” after getting to know them both on The Bachelorette season 19. “I really believe that that was a strong, strong couple. I love Erich, I love Gabby. I just feel so bad for the Bachelorettes,” Rapini told Us on Saturday, referring to Windey and Recchia, 26, who split from final pick Tino Franco earlier this year. “They just have such great hearts. And because I have a past with Gabby in a sense that we had a tough time together, I want her to be accepted and loved and find her person. So it's tough to hear.” With reporting by Hannah Kahn ABC/Ricky Middlesworth
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