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Tom Schwartz knows that it’s his time to clear the air.

The Vanderpump Rules alum clapped back after a tabloid published a paparazzi photo of him out in Los Angeles with the headline reading: “Tom Schwartz is unrecognizable as he surfaces downcast at 43.”

“His trademark breezy ebullience seemed nowhere in evidence,” read the July 22 article, which also detailed how his and Tom Sandoval‘s Hollywood bar Schwartz & Sandy’s had closed down while the L.A. sandwich shop owned by Schwartz’s ex-wife Katie Maloney “remains open.”

Well, Schwartz wasn’t exactly raising a glass to how he was depicted. As he joked on his Instagram Story July 23 alongside a screenshot of the story, “You better sleep with one eye open @DailyMail,” alongside a sobbing emoji.

His girlfriend Kiana Carroll also jumped to his defense, sharing a Boomerang video of Schwartz by a pool with the caption, “It was a bad angle guys.”

And while the friendship between Schwartz and Sandoval, 43, did hit a rough patch during the final days of Schwartz & Sandy’s—which were preceded by the infamous Scandoval cheating controversy and a complete VPR cast overhaul—it’s all water under the bridge for the Valley star.

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“He’s family for me,” Schwartz said on The Valley: After Show last year. “I will always love Tom Sandoval, but of course I have some deep-rooted frustrations still. But not holding onto that s–t.”

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In fact, he’s SURrounded by good vibes these days.

“Tom is more self-assured and more confident in what he wants out of life,” Schwartz shared of his own current chapter in a recent episode of the E! digital series Hot Goss. “He’s happy right now. He’s in love right now.”

The TomTom owner has also made peace with Maloney, who he divorced in 2022 after three years of marriage.

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“We have such a good line of communication,” he shared. “We’re great friends. We’re both happy and proud of each other.”

“When a relationship doesn’t work out, I don’t I never look at it like, ‘You wasted three years of my life,'” Schwartz added. “If you learn things from each other, you had good times.”

And to find out where other Vanderpump Rules couples stand today, keep reading…

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Jax Taylor & Stassi SchroederMuch of Vanderpump Rules‘ first season, which debuted 2013, focused on the drama surrounding Taylor cheating on Schroeder in Las Vegas. And after he hooked up with co-star Kristen Doute on season two, the couple broke up for good.

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Stassi Schroeder & Beau ClarkThe VPR alum began dating the casting executive in 2017 while she was still on the show. After she was fired from the series in 2020, Schroeder and Clark legally tied the knot in September of that year during the COVID-19 pandemic before welcoming daughter Hartford in January 2021.The two later held a formal wedding in Italy in May 2022 and welcomed their second child, son Messer, in 2023.

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Jax Taylor & Brittany CartwrightTaylor and Cartwright met in 2015 following his breakup from Stassi. After surviving a cheating scandal involving Taylor and their former co-star Faith Stowers, he and Cartwright got married at a castle in her native Kentucky in 2019. Their wedding special aired on Bravo shortly after.The pair welcomed their first child—son Cruz—in April 2021 a year after they walked away from the show.Sadly, they announced their separation in February 2024 and that Cartwight had moved out of their house. She officially filed for divorce in August that same year.

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Tom Sandoval & Ariana MadixFollowing his breakup from Doute, Sandoval and Madix began dating when she joined the show during filming season three in 2013. The duo proved to be one of VPR‘s most dependable couples for nine years as they bought a house, adopted dogs and even wrote a cocktail book together.Because of their stability, fans were shocked when the TomTom co-owner’s seven-month affair with their co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss came to light in March 2023, leading to his and Ariana’s breakup.Since the cheating scandal, Sandoval has credited a lack of intimacy as one of the reasons they drifted away. He also claimed they were separated when news of his cheating went public, though he revealed he and Raquel first kissed in August 2022 long before Ariana found out.

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Ariana Madix & Daniel WaiOne month after Madix broke up with Sandovalfor cheating on her with Raquel, the reality star moved on with fitness trainer Daniel Wai. The two were spotted making out and getting cozy in April 2023 at weekend one of Coachella.They are still going strong over one year later.

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Scheana Shay & Brock DaviesFollowing her divorce from ex Mike Shay in 2017, the SURver met Davies two years later with friends in San Diego and it was love at first sight. The couple welcomed their first child together—daughter Summer Moon Honey—in April 2021 before tying the knot.Their August 2022 Cancún wedding aired during VPR season 10, but Shay actually revealed on the show’s April 2023 episode that they secretly got married (legally) one year prior to the destination ceremony.However, Shay revealed in her 2025 memoir My Good Side that the Australian athlete cheated on her in 2020 during her pregnancy, but only came clean about the affair during 2023’s Scandoval controversy.

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Katie Maloney & Tom SchwartzThe longtime lovers got married in August 2016 after six years of dating. However, their tumultuous relationship played out on the Bravo series and after years of tension and fighting, Maloney had had enough. The duo was together for 12 years in total before she decided to divorce the TomTom co-owner in March 2022.While they initially remained friendly exes, Schwartz’s makeout with Leviss in August 2022 ruined any chances of amicability between the two. During season 10 of VPR, Maloney introduced a new love interest, actor Satchel Clendenin, though the two are no longer dating.

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James Kennedy & Raquel LevissKennedy and Leviss dated for five years—and even got engaged—before breaking up in November 2021. The former beauty queen later credited Kennedy’s anger issues as one of the reasons for their split.During VPR‘s season nine reunion, which aired in January 2022, Kennedy and Leviss revealed they had barely had sex in the two years leading up to their breakup.

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James Kennedy & Ally LewberKennedy briefly date Doute after joining the show during season 3, but the two broke up in 2015.Just two months after his split from Leviss, Kennedy was spotted with a new lady, Ally Lewber, in January 2022 and they made their first official red carpet appearance together the next month.Lewber made her Vanderpump Rules debut on the premiere of season 10 and fans later saw the couple move in together.Their romance hit a speed bump in December 2024 when Kennedy was arrested for domestic vioence after an incident with Leviss. By the next month, the former couple announced they had broken up amid Kennedy’s legal troubles, which did not result in any formal charges against him. They’ve since broken up.

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Lala Kent & Randall EmmettThe Bravo star and movie producer called off their engagement in October 2021 after three years together. Before breaking up, they welcomed daughter Ocean in March 2021. Kent later chalked up their split in part to Emmett’s alleged cheating, though he’s denied having affairs.During VPR season 10, Kent revealed she hadn’t had sex since their breakup, but dove back into the dating pool by hooking up with a guy during a girls trip to Lake Havasu.

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Kristen Doute & Luke BroderickAfter Sandoval—and her fling with Taylor—Droute dated Brian Carter on and off on the Bravo series before moving on with Alex Menache, who she was with for two years before calling it quits in June 2022.Doute found love again soon after that same month. She met Luke Broderick when they served as a bridesmaid and groomsman in their mutual friend’s nuptials that summer and have been together ever since. In addition to dating, he regularly co-hosts her podcast Love, Sex and What Else Matters.The pair announced their engagement in September 2024.

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Kristina Kelly & Max VilleKelly, who made multiple appearances on the show since season two, welcomed her first child—baby boy River—with partner Max Ville in March 2023. The two have been together for over 12 years.

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Tom Schwartz & Sophia SkoroSchwartz finally committed to his first serious relationship since his divorce when he started dating Sophia Skoro.”We love each other,” he admitted in March 2024, adding of the vingtage clothing busniess owner, “One of the coolest human beings on earth. The baddest b—h alive. She’s got this unconventional sense of humor. She’s sharp as hell, super successful.”However, their romance fizzled out by the following year, with Schwartz sharing on an April 2025 of his Detox Retox podcast, “We’re really good friends.”

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Katie Maloney & Nick MartinMaloney announced that she’s “in love” and in a serious relationship two years after her divorce with Schwartz.”He just makes me feel really special, and he’s really special,” she shared of her new man on her Disrespectfully podcast in October 2024. “I’m just really, really happy.” Two months later, she hard-launched the romance, revealing her boyfriend to be Sleeping With Sirens guitarist Nick Martin.

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Tom Schwartz & Kiana CarrollSchwartz met the model in 2024 at his now-shuttered Schwartz & Sandy’s bar, but their relationship didn’t turn romantic until October of the following year.”Probably longer than we’ve been dating, we were just friends,” he told Swoon in April 2026. “It kind of started evolving and becoming something more than just friends.”And Schwartz believes he’s become a better person because Carroll.”She’s my karma for some of my douchiness,” he joked in a July 2026 episode of E!’s Hot Goss. “She’s so quick to call me out and I’m so much better at taking constructive criticism and using it, learning from it.”

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James Kennedy & Jordan MeyersAfter meeting at one of the DJ’s shows, the couple hard-launched their relationship in June 2026 by announcing Meyers’ pregnancy.”We have previously kept our relationship out of the public eye, and this is the first time we’re sharing it publiclym” he told People at the time. “We wanted to keep things personal while we were building our relationship together, and we’ve shared this news privately with close friends and family for some time now.”Three weeks after the baby news, Kennedy and Meyers announced their engagement.

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