'If the World is Ending, We Want to Be with Each Other' - Gabby Windey, Robby Hoffman Elope

Reality star Gabby Windey and her girlfriend, comedian Robby Hoffman, responded to the threat the recent fires in LA posed to their home by leaning into life and tying the knot after evacuating to Las Vegas.

The couple had fled their Los Angeles neighborhood as the fires raged, Entertainment Weekly detailed, when they decided to get married. Not knowing what the future might bring, or even if they would still have a home, the couple were determined to face it together.

"We had just evacuated from the fires. Literally cue Rihanna, 'We found love in a hopeless place,'" was how the reality star described the momentous decision to Cosmopolitan. "What better time to get married than right now? Because if the world is ending, we want to be with each other."

Windey described her cool thinking when the couple realized they were in danger. "I've been in a fire before in Colorado where I was evacuated, so I was familiar with the process," she related. "Seeing smoke inside our house was alarming, but of course we weren't getting any of the government-aided text messages."

Priorities presented themselves to the quick-witted "Traitors" star.

"I took my podcasting equipment," recounted Windey, who, in addition to being the host of the "Long Winded" podcast, has made the rounds of several reality shows, including "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette." "I'm like, If everything burns down, I have a contract. Who knows what kind of lawsuit they're gonna hit me with? I need a way to make money if everything burns down."

Her foresight stems, at least in part, from her other career, Windey said. "I'm a nurse – safety is always first, and a lot of harm can be prevented if you act prophylactically."

Not that things seemed very safe at the time. Hoffman described how it seemed like the world was in extremis. "Our fence was blown over. The wind was apocalyptic," she recalled.

"We were like, 'L.A. is burning down. There goes the industry, there go the studios,'" Windey added. "It was so crazy to think of all those things at once, but it's what brought us closer."

Reasoning that they'd be able to find accommodations 24/7 in Las Vegas, the couple headed there – and since they were in Las Vegas anyway, why not get married? Especially since, as Hoffman described, the room they ended up in "looked like a wedding suite."

"Gabby turned to me and she went, 'Should we get married?'" Hoffman continued. "And, look: I've been proposing since the day I met her."

"We did everything in two days," Windey put in. "We were just going to show up to a chapel, but then I said, 'Oh, no. If it's okay, I actually want you to ask me.'"

Hoffman did just that... but not in the usual way. Instead, she had a friend mock up a crossword puzzle that she then presented to Windey as an alternative to her usual puzzle. The game, when solved, asked: "Will you marry me Gabby," Cosmo detailed.

Even so, Windey didn't quite get it at first. "I finally had to just say it," Hoffman recounted. "And she went, 'Baby??' and I had the ring."

The answer? "She said yes!" Hoffman enthused. "And we were engaged for a day."

Long enough to celebrate.

"We had our engagement dinner at the Wynn buffet over crab legs," Windey noted.

"All you can eat, and it was too delicious," Hoffman filled in. "I have this picture I love of Gabby with crab legs. We had the best engagement."

Hoffman took note of the fact that their celebrity means everything they do is under a spotlight. But the wedding, she said, felt like something different. "Having this moment just for us? It felt right."

It was also economical: The wedding chapel they booked charged only $799, Hoffman revealed. "That included the limousine. That included the photos. That included the minister."

"And by the way, we got the most expensive wedding package they offered – they have one for $99!"

"It was literally the best night of my life," Windey told Cosmo. "I just love being with Robby, so knowing that I got her one-on-one to celebrate this beautiful night, I could cry. It was joy."

Their return home was another joyous moment.

"Our house survived and we were returning married to whatever the state of the neighborhood was," Hoffman said. "We got so lucky.... All we knew was we had each other and felt home in each other."

Added Windey: "There's a comfort that comes with knowing you want to be together forever. Having Robby in my corner and believing in me, she's helped me so much in the two years we've been together. This is the person I want next to me my whole life."

Congratulations to the newlyweds!