Tom Schwartz of ‘Vanderpump Rules’.Photo:River Callaway/Variety via Getty
River Callaway/Variety via Getty
Tom Schwartzis still getting used to single living.
During theVanderpump Rulesafter show, Schwartz spoke candidly about living alone in an apartmentsince his divorcefromKatie Maloneyin 2022.
“Listen, it’s not that bad of an apartment. It’s fine. It’s just that it’s literally the same amount as my mortgage. And I’m not building equity. It’s not sexy. It screams bachelor. It screams dude who just got a divorce,” he said while sitting with costarTom Sandoval.
Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney.Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
After Sandoval said the apartment was “nice,” he joked that “it screams to me like the first apartment after somebody moves out of a dorm.” Schwartz noted that he has the means to renovate his home but doesn’t want to live in it forever.
“I have friends who do interior design for a modest price that can make that place look really nice, but I don’t want to get cozy here,” he said of hisValley Village rental.
A look inside Tom Schwartz’s apartment.bravo
bravo
He and Maloney announced that theywere splitting up after 12 years togetherthrough statements on their respective Instagram accounts on March 15, 2022. Days later,Maloney officially filed for divorceat the Los Angeles Superior Court. The former couplemoved out of their home that June.
Maloney shared a photo inside the empty home onInstagram, and expressed that “closing this chapter on my life feels like attending my own funeral.”
“Thank you house for being the coziest brightest home, for the memories, for being my sanctuary, for letting me dress you up like a hallmark movie set at Christmas and for being OURS. I’m going to miss coming home,” her caption read.
During an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE in November 2023, Schwartzsaid his apartment had become a bit “cozier.”
Tom Schwartz.Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo via Getty
Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo via Getty
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“It’s now my $4,000 a month storage unit that I’m temporarily living in until I either buy a new house or get a new apartment. So that’s how I look at it now, and I’m grateful to have a roof over my head," Schwartz told PEOPLE.
source: people.com
