Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss.Photo: Tommy Garcia/Bravo
Vanderpump Rules' firstseason 10 trailerdropped on Monday, andKatie Maloneyhas foregone the rage-texting in favor of directly confrontingTom Schwartzover his hookup with costarRaquel Leviss.
After Maloney finds out that her ex-husband got physical with Leviss, she tells the Tom Tom bar owner: “I’ve never had hatred for you and now I do. I think you’re pathetic, I think you’re a drunk and I think you’re a loser.”
The drama kicked into high gear during the cast’s trip to Mexico forScheana Shay’s Mexicanwedding to Brock Davies, so it’s probably safe to saytequilawas involved.
Of course, Maloney’s anger that her ex has moved on doesn’t mean she’s not ready to do so herself — the trailer also shows her on a date.
Maloney has adouble date partnerinLala Kent, who also let the world in on her high-profile split from movie producerRandall Emmettduring the previous season ofVanderpump Rules.
James Kennedy, Kent’s friend and semi-ex — who just happens to beLeviss’s ex-fiancé— also seems ready to lock it down with his new love. Speaking about new girlfriendAlly Lewber, he says, “I’m going to put babies in her one day.”
Elsewhere,Ariana Madix and Tom Sandovalare confronted with the rumor that they have an open relationship.
Quickly after the trailer was released on Monday, though, Madixshut downthe speculation: “we dont have an open relationship. i’m really not that cool. thought that was obvious.”
And Sandoval is facing struggles in his business with Schwartz as they struggle for a second season running to get their new bar Schwartz & Sandy’s up and running.
Though the tumult of bringing a business to life doesn’t seem to have affected Sandoval’s relationship with Madix, Schwartz thinks it’s at the core of his and Maloney’s marriage ending. “We gotta get this f—ing bar opened,” he says in the trailer. “If it wasn’t for this bar, me and Katie would still be together.”
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Even before filming began for season 10, rumors that Schwartz and Leviss had hooked up earlier this year began swirling after a Twitter user claimed in April that the costars had kissed at Coachella. However, Schwartz denied those claims,tweetingthat he “wasn’t at Coachella.”
Renewed speculation began after Shay and Davies' Aug. 23 wedding (Schwartz served as a groomsman and Leviss was in the bridal party).
Soon after, a source confirmed the PEOPLE: “They were in a room together and that happened organically. It was the right place at the right time kind of thing. Everyone had been drinking a lot.”
The wedding hookup came only five months after Schwartz announced the end of his nearly three-year marriage to Maloney. (The pair had been together 12 years all together.)
In his statement, Schwartz revealed that Maloney was the one who made the choice to separate.
“Fully respect Katie’s decision and we’ve had healthy, productive conversations about it. It would be far sadder if she decided to stay with me whilst not happy,” he wrote in part, adding, “We had some of the most blissful, romantic, fun times humanly possible over the course of our relationship.”
Maloney, who was thefirst to announcethe pair’s split andfiled for divorcethat same month, later spoke aboutending things on her podcast.
“Ultimately, I just wasn’t happy,” she said. “For a long time, I sat with it. I thought about it and I didn’t talk to anyone about it for a long time. I wanted to know, if it was just something else that was making me feel this way [and] that it was coming from a different place.”
“It has [changed the dynamic],” she added. “It seems that way, anyway — even though I’m friends with both of them.”
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The couple shared the news of their split with cast members the night before the show’s season 9 reunion.
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Although Kennedy blamed the relationship’s fallout on the COVID-19 pandemic, Leviss has expressed that she felt differently.
“We haven’t been having sex for a while,” she revealed toLisa Vanderpump.
“It’s been since those rage texts that James sent me,” she added, referencing the timeback in 2019when James sent her a string of angry text messages after a night out with friends.
Both Maloney and Kennedy were noticeably absent from Shay’s big day, but other familiar faces from the show like Madix, Sandoval,Kristin DouteandJax Taylorand wifeBrittany Cartwrightwere in attendance.
Maloney and Schwartzfinalized their divorcein September.
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Vanderpump Rulesseason 10 will premiere Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
