Tom Schwartz is strolling again his “love of my life” remark — and making jokes — after gushing over his new girlfriend throughout a BravoCon 2025 panel.
“That was a bit of melodramatic,” Schwartz, 43, solely informed Us Weekly on Friday, November 14, after calling mannequin Kiana Carroll the love of his life throughout the “Peaks and Valleys” panel in Las Vegas earlier that afternoon.
Schwartz additionally confessed on the time to being “underneath a love spell” whereas courting Carroll, 27, which he informed Us isn’t that far off.
“I meant to simply say, ‘I like her. I’m so comfortable proper now,’” he defined to Us after the actual fact. “The ‘love of my life’ [line] was a bit of excessive.”
The previous Vanderpump Guidelines star joked, “Sorry if she sees that, [that’s] in all probability gonna scare her away.”
Schwartz clarified, “I do love her, and she or he’s wonderful. It simply got here out unsuitable. I assume I used to be nervous.”
Schwartz’s The Valley castmate Jesse Lally chimed in, calling his romance “pet love for our golden retriever over right here.”
Schwartz confirmed in October that he was courting somebody new whereas showing on former Vanderpump Guidelines costar Lala Kent’s “Untraditionally Lala” podcast.
Through the episode, Kent, 35, recalled shutting down rumors that she and Schwartz had been courting by posting a “smooth launch” photograph through Instagram in September.
“Comfortable launch. Like, so smooth it’s not even actual sort smooth,” she captioned the snap on the time, teasing that she and Schwartz would by no means be a pair.
Schwartz hinted at his romance with Carroll throughout the podcast, noting that whereas he “favored” Kent’s smooth launch joke, he didn’t repost it “out of respect for somebody I’m courting.”
“However, she is in on the joke and she or he completely will get it,” Schwartz stated of his accomplice.
Schwartz opted to maintain Carroll’s identification a secret on the time, however Kent revealed she had met the thriller girl and she or he had “a very popular face.”
Kiana Carroll, Tom Schwartz. Courtesy of Tom Schwartz/Instagram
“Some would name it a supermodel gorgeous face,” Kent teased. “I, like, type of couldn’t put phrases collectively once I noticed her.”
One month later, Schwartz laborious launched his relationship with Carroll by reposting a cuddly photograph with the mannequin to his Instagram Story on November 9. The pair had been cozied up at a sales space in a bar and gazing into one another’s eyes within the snap.
Schwartz has since let followers in a bit of extra on his budding romance with Carroll, that includes her on his “Detox Retox” podcast earlier this month.
To tease the November 11 episode, Schwartz referred to Carroll as “one in all my favourite people on the earth,” sharing a number of pictures from their time collectively through Instagram.
“Shes received charisma, moxy and is as humorous as she is gorgeous,” he added. “With Chilly beer in hand, we riff on the present state of the modeling biz from her stylish high-rise condo. Right here’s your peek behind the scenes into the glamorous, gritty, and unpredictable world {of professional} modeling.”
Previous to his relationship with Carroll, Schwartz was married to VPR costar Katie Maloney. The pair tied the knot in 2016, however on account of misplaced paperwork the union wasn’t authorized, so Schwartz and Maloney, 38, had a second marriage ceremony in 2019. The couple introduced their divorce in March 2022.
Vanderpump Guidelines followers assume they’ve recognized the brand new girl in Tom Schwartz‘s life. Sophia Skoro sparked romance rumors when she uploaded a TikTok video on Monday, March 4, of her spending time with Schwartz, 41, in Las Vegas. The pair filmed themselves dancing round in a number of completely different areas of a lodge. Skoro shared one other […]
Within the wake of their break up, followers have stored up with Schwartz on VPR and The Valley. After making cameos on the spinoff, Bravo introduced throughout BravoCon that Schwartz is formally becoming a member of The Valley’s season 3 solid.
“I’m so again,” Schwartz informed Us on Friday. “There’s been moments the place I’m like, ‘Am I having a midlife disaster?’ But it surely looks like a midlife comeback. I’m within the midst of a midlife comeback. I’m feeling good.”
He teased that he and his former VPR costars have “matured, we’ve grown, we’ve moved over the hill” for The Valley.
“It’s been actually enjoyable as a result of I’m associates with everyone, but it surely was enjoyable for me simply attending to know them on a deeper stage and studying the inside workings of their relationships and the way their brains work,” Schwartz added.
