Clayton Echard accused Gabby Windey, a runner up connected his play of The Bachelor, of bullying aft she criticized his dancing videos connected the Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang.
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Clayton Echard is accusing Gabby Windey of not conscionable being a traitor, but a bully.
The pb of The Bachelor play 26 called retired Gabby, a runner up connected his season, for bullying aft she called him a "toe looking ass" connected the Las Culturistas podcast, wherever she said his dancing videos would marque a idiosyncratic "run" and "wish you didn't person eyes."
"Bullying radical for their carnal looks and their passions is wholly unnecessary and behaviour similar this needs to beryllium called out, truthful that hopefully it isn’t continued," the erstwhile assemblage shot subordinate wrote in the caption of an April 6 Instagram post. "You person a monolithic level and influence, Gabby. So, I anticipation you tin bespeak upon this infinitesimal and beryllium amended going forward."
Clayton shared a clip of Gabby, 34, who precocious joined comedian Robby Hoffman, speaking connected the April 3 podcast episode earlier moving connected to his ain video, wherever helium spoke further connected his thoughts.
"I debated responding to this due to the fact that sometimes I consciousness it's unnecessary, but this is the 2nd interrogation I've been sent successful the past mates weeks from Gabby making comments astir maine online," the 31-year-old said. "I utilized to beryllium a radical pleaser and didn't privation to upset anybody, truthful I'd support my rima shut, but I don't judge successful doing that anymore."
"Gabby, what you're doing is bullying," helium said. "There's nary different mode astir it. You're attacking maine for my carnal appearance, you're attacking maine for a passionateness that I emotion that's changed my life, it's unnecessary and it's not funny."
He besides brought up her ample online pursuing aft appearing connected not only The Bachelor and The Bachelorette but besides Dancing with the Stars and The Traitors.
"You person specified a ample level and you're mounting a truly atrocious example," helium noted, "which is conscionable disheartening."
Clayton went connected to stock however overmuch his dancing has meant to him aft The Bachelor, explaining that it helped him to make "self-confidence" and "self-love" adjacent if helium isn't the astir skilled.
"I'm genuinely truthful grateful to person recovered thing that I get to enactment connected myself each time and situation myself," helium said. "I'm not the top astatine it and I'm alert of that, I'm not delusional, but it's maine versus maine each azygous time I get successful that studio."
"It's question therapy," helium continued. "It's allowed maine to merchandise a batch of my choler and frustrations."
Clayton besides shared however helium hopes that his ain dancing travel volition proceed to animate others to effort caller things.
"Dance has done truthful overmuch for maine and the chill happening is, is that not lone has it brought maine self-love, and self-confidence, but it's inspired different radical to get the courageousness to measurement retired of their comfortableness zones and effort thing new," helium explained. "I cognize I'm not the adjacent large dancer; I'm conscionable doing what's fun, but I person to basal up for myself, and that's wherefore I'm making this video."
He added successful his connection to Gabby, “I don't privation radical to beryllium frightened to effort thing caller due to the fact that bullying online, similar what you're doing, impacts them successful a mode which stops them."
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