Tom Schwartz Reveals If New Girlfriend Sophia Is 'The One' After Katie Maloney Divorce

so Tom this season it's bringing the drama and you are in a lot of it um how was watching the season back for you you know I got to say first half of the season was a little intense a little Doom and Gloom but like the second half of the season for me if I can take myself out of the equation my own neurosis and everything and the shame and pain of having to watch yourself on TV I don't know if you get that but um I think it's awesome I feels like vintage VPR it's a it's like the drama is still there the stakes are there but it feels a little more light-hearted I love it I've watched I've seen every episode cuz we already did the reunion but I think it's really really really really good so I yeah I think it's a great season and the second half of the season's a little a little lighter than its feet a little bit not so you know what of all mhm intensive we're loving the season fans are loving the season but do you wish you had done anything differently as you watch it [Music] back I wish I would have maybe had a stronger voice there was a lot of times just coming out of such an intense year of my family members almost dying my dad was in the hospital 7 months my brother like yeah was like essentially being sent to hospice other brother got can it was so intense getting the divorce selling the house you know the like our business getting I just I kind of lost my mind a little bit I think um and I kind of wish I would have handled it better you know I did I did not Thrive Under Pressure but I think I I'm probably a better stronger person because of it and um maybe some of the stuff with Joe too it's like you're kind of seeing like the remnants of our relation what what we had I don't know if it was a really whatever you want to call it we we we had some magic before and like what you're seeing now play out is kind of the remnants of it we were at a different place and I I wish I would have done a better job communicating the reasons why I pulled away as opposed to just doing it um so yeah you know I never never intended to hurt or anything and yeah I don't know I just I guess I wish should have had more of like Valor more composure more more more like um what's a better word I don't know more Mojo no not more Mojo that's not the word I don't know just more calmness Under Pressure okay you know I was kind of flailing a lot and like a bit of a basket case but uh it was a it was an ERA and I think that era is over New Beginnings now I know you mentioned Joe I was G to I was going to ask about Joe so what went on between you two Joe said she was hoping for a future with you two were you ever interested in dating her or was it more just kind of a casual um I think it was I I don't know what label you would put on it especially in this day and age but like I'll just say for a while there it really felt right M you know I don't know if it was a situationship but it felt right but I think that I had my guard up a little bit coming out of a 13-year relationship and still reeling from the trauma of like going back and forth across the country and trying to like all of a sudden kind of being like the patriarch of my family and just dealing with like all these medical emergencies the unrelenting Financial pressure of the bar so I just didn't feel like I was in a good place to be in in in in a relationship any sort of traditional conventional relationship and I communicated that but at times I will acknowledge that maybe it got blurred cuz it it felt right and we did have fun together and then you know there was like some of this little things that caused me to pull away and I just yeah I'll say it again I kind of wish I would have been more upfront and communicated that to her as opposed to just kind of quietly slowly pulling away you know so and do you still talk with her um like maybe maybe here and there just like niceties um but uh you know I'm always rooting for her I think Joe's an awesome person um one of the best Wisconsin Representatives out there die hard chees head and um just an overall a bright light in the universe and she's going to be fine she's going to find success and happiness I think she's dating I don't know I'm dating I'm happy so yeah man we're doing our thing so you say you're dating what can you tell us about that I mean the dword is like I know I I I'm I'm happy it's it's kind of new and exciting I kind of feel at peace for the first time in a long time and um you know it's been really Pleasant um her name's Sophia and uh yeah she's she's a marketing manager and strategist and she also has like a vintage uh clothing store shop sosco check it out um and she's just really effing cool cool she's so charismatic and clever and like kind of unconventionally funny she's way cooler than me um hopefully the audience gets to meet her someday I don't know I don't know but anyway she's just a badass human being yeah and what Drew you to her like what brought you two together um it's funny you say that cuz like when I around the time I met her was the time that I made a pledge to myself you're not going to date for a while you're going to be that's when it happen that's when that's what how I met my husband are you serious I'm not even lying I'm not lying and I did a I had a formal moment with myself into the Universe I was like I'm going to stay single for like 2 years bust my ass make money take care of my family travel and then I met her and I was like what the heck I was just like oh I just like it was one of those moments where like everything kind of froze time Stood Still and I was just like oh my God who is this human being like she has a presence and um it's when you're not looking for it that it comes to you you know that's like I met her when I was like the last thing on my mind in life literally mhm and um yeah I'm glad we bumped into each other well I'm glad you're so happy that's so exciting that you have someone new in your life thank you yeah now taking a bit of a pivot um so uh fans are kind of over the scandal of the do now are you over it as well I just hearing that word a is slightly triggering but b i it gives me brain rot like it's like it's like a plume of brain fog it's just everyone's over it I understand that luckily I think the second half of the season is less that of all uh like I said intensive and there's some like fun light-hearted stuff and I feel like me and Katie have some really good fun banter and um I think yeah it's just a little it's a little more it's a little lighter hearted and um yes I have I think we all have you know what of all fatigue um and if I ever hear that word again I'm going to snap I'll try not to say it again okay now do you think there's any world where your new girl might be making a debut on Vander pumps or any the Bravo verse I would love if she filmed um of course I'll give her all the disclaimers cuz it can be intense if you've never done television before having your your life uh your emotions put on display for others to judge can be terrifying and it's not for everyone and you might think it's fun cuz you know you're kind of romanticized with the idea of being on television it is cool I'm not going to lie it's cool to be on a TV show but when you're in the trenches and you're dissecting aspects of your relationship and where it went wrong or infidelity or something it's it's like gut-wrenching soul sucking and it's really hard to relive with millions of people judging but that being said it is really fun if you ever see this Sophia think about it now not trying to scare Sophia but do you think she's the one listen I'm just taking it like day by day right now um but I really enjoy her company like we just started M we we've known each other kind of a while now but I don't know I don't know what the future holds but I'm I'm just really happy and at peace with her right now or with life yeah has she met any of the other cast members just in like casual hangouts or anything what do they think she's met um she's met a lot of them she's met JX Britney well that's the valley but she's met sand ofal she's met who else has she met Sheena you're asking me I don't I'm I'm thinking out loud here um who else yeah she's met some of them that's yeah but she gets along great with everybody that's like one of my favorite things about her I introduce her to people she's just so genuine and like instantly like makes the connection with people she's uh very gregarious yeah yeah now I know we were we' been talking about Vander pump rules a lot of fans are thinking this could be the last season of Vander pump rules do you think it should be um I hope not I don't want to end on you know what mhm just like I I feel like we're all like finally in a good place again like the girls are getting ready to open up their sandwich shop we're launching Schwarz and SES 2.0 we have new drinks new food new music live performances like I feel like we're on the precipice of like a real a new chapter A New Beginning for us as a group of friends and everything and I feel like we just have so much more life to give also everyone on the show I'm not talking about myself but everyone's just so entertaining I hope the show doesn't end cuz like for me I I don't love seeing myself on television like we talked about earlier but when I watch it back I'm like my friends are hilarious and wildly entertaining and problematic we talked about Katie um where did things stand with her how are you both um I think we're far better than we were after the Mexico incident um you know it's kind of she like more or less completely uh banished me from her life and her family and um up until then we I think we were like model divorce a we were really handled it well you know and then we took a long break from each other but I'm like I think now it's kind of like a delightful love hate dynamic but like factiously like not you know it's it's it's it's nice you know I feel like um we have like a playful little banter and um there's like there's no there's no illusions of us ever getting back together there very clearly defined boundaries you know what I mean so it makes it very easy just it it makes it easy to navigate life after the divorce you know there's no residual feelings I always love Katie and her name will probably always be tattooed on my ass but like we'll never get back together and we know that and that's it it just makes it easier to to to forge ahead as friends right I think yeah yeah and uh what did you feel when you heard that Katie had slept with your best friend Mac okay I did not see that question coming low key forgot about that um by the way that was a plot twist that I did not see that on my 2023 bingo card of all the weird stuff that happened I just was like what I was like flabbergast I was like Max the guy that used to run TomTom Max my buddy like one of my closest friends Max that I go hiking with every week you shaged Max and she's just like yeah he was he was there I was there tequila was there and it just sort of happened and I'm like by the way honestly in in light of having a very traumatic like most intense year of my life it it it did strike me as weird but it's it was almost like I'm not going to say it was it felt very inconsequential you know it's like it just I I and and and and honestly I was so happy to be on good terms with Katie again I didn't want to bust her balls too much but for the record I had to like point out you know the hypocrisy because she really lit my life on fire for the whole Mexico kiss and then she's shaging one of my closest dear friends but anyways Max apologized to me like right away we're cool and and Katie's like she didn't apologize she's like I did it so deal with it I was like okay it is what it is it is what it is just she hit me with it is what it is um and you just filmed the reunion what can you tease for us I'm not good at teasing I've found three teases today and there were so lackluster um but like for me season 10 without a doubt was the most intense reunion of all time uh like I I still sometimes Replay that in my mind it was so uncomfortable and this season I felt a lot more I felt there was a lot of love but it was raw and people did not hold back and um it was uncomfortable but like just like heartfelt just raw emotion just flowing the entire time a lot of Tears everybody cried at least once I cried um like three times and yeah I don't know I I I I left just feeling sad about where our group was and how fractured it is right now you know it's like laala and Ariana hav getting along great uh laa and like Sheena and laa and Katie haven't been getting along great um I I just I like when we're all one big happy family and I know people online are like Tom we hate you everybody needs to get a long stick drop it but like that comes from the heart it's sincere I love these people and I miss our group dynamic um that being said I'm on pretty dang good terms with everybody except for Ariana that's a working progress mhm yeah now how are you liking watching the valley I love the valley cuz like I know all those people I hang out with all of those people they're my friends so uh it's it's yummy to watch you know it's salacious and it's like cuz I know them we're tight but you we don't really get into the inner workings of their relationships I hear murmurs but I mind my own business so it's it's it's fascinating to watch it play out with like Jessie and Michelle and like jackon Britney and like my God I think it's I think it's uh juicy and wonderful and I can't wait to watch more dig the valley I support the valley will you Bey on the valley there's a few crossovers okay I think I make a few cameos okay and um I mean more as a more full-time member maybe you live in the valley yeah jackon is one of my best friends in the world and we're actually we're actually working on some stuff with uh yeah cross-pollinating promotions for the bar so I love the guy and um yeah I'm sure I'll pop in the valley once in a while now speaking of Jack do you think that Britney um should Britney not go back to Jack should she go back to him what do you think as a third party I should be careful with my words H I don't know I I part of me thinks they're at the point of no return MH I know they're trying to work things out and they're giving each other space I don't know what's I don't I haven't really asked I don't know if they're dating other people I don't know exactly what's going on but I think whatever is going to happen this break was it was necessary MH and it was a long time coming and um I think some space will be good for them I don't know but I I respect the heck out of how they're handling with Cruz their their son it's been very uh amicable and cordial and um you know part of me hopes they make it but there's another part of me that's like a huge proponent Champion for like separation and divorce it's not really that sad to me I think it's much sadder when people stay together who aren't happy I'm a I'm a divorce Champion mhm yeah no yeah for sure yeah you and your ex-wife went out with the same girl who was interested in her first um Tori's actually a friend of mine so like our date was you can I think you can tell watching it there's I I don't think there's a romantic future for us together we're it's more platonic we're friends like she's like my girl bro but we had a fun date I think her and Katie had more of a romance um I don't know I don't know if they've pursued that or where they stand but tor's great man I thought she I think she was great on the show and also just great in life she's a she's really funny talented she's a singer musician artist and she's got a lot of spunk and uh yeah look out for t and what were your thoughts about being in a love triangle so weird how did it come to this how did it come to this I'm telling you something happened during the pandemic and I got thrust into a parallel universe and I'm happy to be here with you guys but this is not my life man this is not what I signed up for anyways yeah yep parallel universe you heard it you heard it here first um and then last question um so the this is this is more of a light-hearted question but the water Somalia yes we need to talk about this could you really taste the difference what was that like especially the ones with a high mineral content um yeah and like uh especially the ones with a lot of sodium in there which are better for hydration or if you're hung over but like yeah um I think I'm proud of my palette I really could taste the difference a $1,000 water was like forget about it um once you go1 th000 water you can't go back there's no going back from that back so anyways um I love that guy he's he's a Tik Tok sensation so check him out yeah I love his stuff he's fun to watch me too I just had to know though if it actually could taste a difference oh I really could cuz we were skeptical in the beginning we're like kind of like doing one of these like dude water so water's water but no water is not water and it's like I'll never taste it the same way um I love Fiji Water in case you're wondering and mountain spring is my favorite the green glass bottles shout out the mountain spring that's what we carry at Short at Sy no I'm an aquap girl aquapa is world class Elite and he vouched for aquapa let's it's it's in a glass bottle I feel like it tastes better totally you know yeah it's ritzier classier something about it just feels like High Society for sure well on that note thank you so much for stopping by today and chatting with me about all this yeah it's been fun yeah and I like this parallel universe I'm sorry sorry I said it was for me [Music] oh

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Length: 17min 37sec (1057 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 11 2024