Nothing to swoon over. Katie Maloney had a tough time watching her ex-husband, Tom Schwartz, kiss Raquel Leviss on season 10 of Vanderpump Guidelines.
The 36-year-old actuality star recapped the second — which aired on the Wednesday, April 5, episode of the Bravo hit — throughout an interview on the “Every thing Iconic With Danny Pellegrino” podcast. Katie audibly groaned earlier than sharing her candid ideas on the PDA scene.
“I used to be nervous in regards to the kiss, for apparent causes,” she defined. “You’ll discover out in subsequent week’s episode how I react to it. However … this was one thing I used to be very a lot not eager to occur as a result of I used to be eager to have a friendship with Tom. And I knew that [the kiss] would sort of jeopardize that.”
The Utah native — who introduced her cut up from Tom, 40, in March 2022 after greater than 10 years collectively — known as out the dearth of chemistry between her former partner and Raquel, 28. “I used to be like, ‘That is giving creepy uncle,’” she joked. “There’s nothing passionate, romantic — it simply seems like, ‘Alright, nicely … ought to we kiss?’”
Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss Courtesy of Raquel Leviss
Katie confessed that she couldn’t say whether or not Tom and the wonder queen would’ve shared the identical second had they not been filming for the fact sequence. “There was a lot peer stress round them [from the cast],” she added, noting that there was lots of “compelled interplay” between the twosome at Scheana Shay‘s wedding ceremony to Brock Davies.
Us Weekly confirmed in August 2022 that the TomTom co-owner bought cozy with Raquel at their costars’ nuptials in Mexico. Two months later, Katie and Tom finalized their divorce. (Raquel, in the meantime, has since been embroiled in an affair with Tom Sandoval, which prompted his breakup from Ariana Madix final month.)
Katie’s divorce has been a serious story line all through season 10, which debuted in February, as she and the Minnesota native battle to navigate their relationship as exes. Throughout Wednesday’s episode, they tried to share a enjoyable second over dinner — however she stormed out in tears.
“This was a 12-year relationship and a six-year marriage,” Katie mentioned on the podcast. “You don’t simply snap your fingers and recover from it in a single day. … It was troublesome and nonetheless a young time.”
Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz Picture Press Company/NurPhoto/Shutterstock; Lisa O’Connor/Shutterstock
Pump Guidelines followers will recall that Katie typically bought pissed off with the Schwartz & Sandy’s co-owner over time for not sticking up for her throughout varied costar feuds. He tried to defend his conduct on Wednesday’s episode of Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen — however his rationalization rapidly went south.
“Right here’s the factor, early on in our relationship, she abused [the request to defend her] somewhat bit. She was all the time getting in tiffs and he or she’s like, ‘You’re with me or towards me,’” he claimed. “She demanded unconditional loyalty early on. … She’s approach higher now. Katie, I like you, however to start with, she was sort of a monster.”
He added: “She has had a falling out with each single particular person in her life a number of occasions. And I simply didn’t like getting dragged into all that and I assume I grew to become somewhat numb when she truly did want me it’s just like the boy who cried wolf.”
When fellow visitor John Owen Lowe questioned the usage of “monster,” the Bravolebrity as an alternative known as Katie an “angel.”
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Following the episode, she tweeted in response: “I used to be known as a monster too many occasions to rely… tonight’s #wwhl didn’t section me. Sadly.”
