Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney are each relationship after their divorce — or even ended up enthusiastic about the similar individual.
Vanderpump Laws fanatics noticed each Schwartz, 41, and Katie, 37, percentage respective kisses with singer Tori Keeth within the season trailer.
“How did it come to this? I’m convinced there was some sort of magnetic pull or shift and I’m in a parallel universe now,” Schwartz quipped to Us Weekly completely on Wednesday, January 17, on the season 11 premiere. “For better or for worse, I don’t know yet.”
Katie used to be similarly puzzled that she ended up in a triangular state of affairs together with her ex-husband, whom she showed her cut up from in March 2022.
“I didn’t plan it, because I didn’t know that they had been chatting or talking or there was a thing happening when I had been like, ‘Oh, hey,’” Katie defined to Us at the premiere pink carpet, which used to be held on the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. “I was like, what am I gonna do, just be like, ‘Oh, why don’t you guys just [go ahead]?’ I’m like, ‘No, I like her too, so I’m going to hang out with her too. And whoever she likes more, I guess she’ll just [decide].’”
Katie added, “It was just a weird thing. Some people thought I was maybe gonna go after her just because of Tom. I was like, ‘I don’t wake up in the morning and plan my day around what this man is doing,’ so I just had already decided what I decided, and I wasn’t gonna let that stop me.”
Whilst the One thing About Her founder performed coy about Tori’s ultimate determination, she did ascertain to Us that she’s nonetheless in the marketplace.
“I love being single,” Katie gushed. “I love having crushes, and I love when people flirt and all that, but it’s, like, it’s so bleak, I don’t know. I need someone to be really impressive to me.”
Till a “pretty special” suitor sweeps Katie off her ft, she’s “good on [her] own” in the meanwhile. “So, until that comes, I’m going to keep doing my thing,” Katie famous.
Schwartz may be recently unmarried, telling Us that he’s “just chilling” in this day and age.
“[I’m] looking forward to the future with an optimism, an eagerness I haven’t had in a long time. I’ve just been a basket case for way too long,” he mentioned.
Whilst showing on Iciness Space overdue closing 12 months, Schwartz discovered a connection with Underneath Deck big name Katie Flood.
“We’re still really good friends, we’re not dating,” he mentioned on Wednesday.
All through the Iciness Space season, Schwartz used to be cautious about relationship Flood, 32, since she shared a reputation along with his ex-wife.
“I’ve worked past that. And by the way, I want to issue a public apology. That was terribly immature of me,” he instructed Us. “I was falling apart in that moment in life, and anyways, I’m so honored that she’s in my life, she’s in my orbit. We’re still really good friends. We text each other, we still hang out. We’re not dating.”
Katie and Schwartz had been in combination for greater than a decade ahead of their divorce, which used to be finalized in October 2022. They're recently on “fine terms.”
“We’re not besties, we’re not buddies, but we have the dogs still, so it’s fine. I don’t have any ill will,” Katie instructed Us on Wednesday, regarding their association to percentage custody in their two pets. She then threw coloration at Rachel “Raquel” Leviss’ fresh claims that Schwartz knew about his BFF Tom Sandoval’s affair with Rachel months ahead of he claims. “I want the best for him, but, like, the man just constantly keeps, I don’t know. There’s always something that pops up that I’m just like, ‘God, when are you gonna [stop].’”
Vanderpump Laws returns to Bravo Tuesday, January 30, at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting via Hannah Kahn