Surprise!
“Bachelorette” star Gabby Windey married comedian Robby Hoffman during a secret Las Vegas ceremony last month.
The couple, who began dating in the summer of 2023, announced the big news on Instagram Wednesday.
“Husband and wife!! 1/11/2025 🥂💍,” the reality TV star, 34, captioned a carousel of photos from the big day.
Windey walked down the aisle to Chappell Roan’s “Hot To Go” — resulting in a fun dance break before the two said “I do.”
The “Traitors” star wore a high-neck, long-sleeve lace gown for the 20-minute ceremony, which was officiated by “a disengaged minister in red sneakers,” per Cosmopolitan.
Windey told the outlet that she and Hoffman, 35, decided to elope during the Los Angeles wildfires.
“We had just evacuated from the fires. Literally cue Rihanna, ‘We found love in a hopeless place,’” she joked.
“What better time to get married than right now? Because if the world is ending, we want to be with each other.”
Amid the chaos of the fires, the couple couldn’t find a place to stay in LA, so they headed to Vegas, where they were put up in a “penthouse suite.”
“It looked like a wedding suite,” Hoffman said. “Gabby turned to me and she went, ‘Should we get married?’”
The writer joked that she had “been proposing” to Windey “since the day [she] met her” — and she finally said yes.
“Robby was literally ready to propose three weeks in and I’m always the one pumping the breaks, but when something feels right, it just feels right,” Windey explained. “I think it was better for the both of us that it was my idea. She kept checking in like, “Are you serious?”
While they were originally “just going to show up to a chapel,” Windey told Hoffman she wanted an actual proposal before they made things official.
However, Hoffman “already had a plan” involving their much-loved New York Times Games.
“We do the New York Times crossword, Wordle, and Connections every morning together over a cup of coffee,” Windey explained. “That’s our thing.”
Hoffman “had a friend make a crossword” and made sure “the clues and the answers” spelled out “WILL YOU MARRY ME, GABBY.”
“In the morning, we went to do the crossword, but it wasn’t the New York Times,” Windey recalled. “Robby was like, ‘Oh, I have a streak with The Atlantic,’ and I said, ‘Okay, whatever.’ Nothing was clicking.”
The first clue was “a document signed when someone dies,” which Windey guessed could be a “deed” before Hoffman suggested a “will.”
As they continued, Windey noticed that “the downs didn’t make sense,” and Hoffman “had to just say it” before they finished the last word, which was “Gabby.”
“We were side by side in bed, and she was like, ‘Will you marry me, Gabby?’” Windey told the outlet, flashing her Cartier ring.
The two quickly got to planning. Hoffman was tasked with finding the chapel and Windey went dress shopping at a department store.
“The first dress I saw on the mannequin was off-white lace, and I was like, ‘This is gonna be it,’” the reality TV star said. “It was the only one they had in stock. It was a little tight and made my butt look huge, but it was perfect.”
“Everything just fell into place so naturally. It felt so serendipitous and so precious and so meant to be.”
Windey explained that she and Hoffman both come from “atypical, non-totally-nuclear families,” so it “felt right” having such an intimate ceremony just the two of them.
Hoffman said the “perfect” day only cost them $799, including the “limousine,” the “photos,” the “minister” and “wedding package.”
“It was the best wedding I’ve ever been to,” the comedian said. “We got to spend our wedding truly together. We love to be together.”
After the nuptials, the pair were cleared to head back to LA. Despite the destruction, their house miraculously “survived.”
“We were returning married to whatever the state of the neighborhood was,” Hoffman said. “We got so lucky. We really didn’t know how our house would turn out. All we knew was we had each other and felt home in each other.”
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