Tom Schwartz confirmed fans will see the early stages of his new relationship on the upcoming season of “The Valley.” The Bravo TV veteran, who appeared on “Vanderpump Rules” for 11 seasons with his now ex-wife Katie Maloney, filmed a Q&A video with Lala Kent. The former bar stars have both been added to the cast of “The Valley” for Season 3, which premieres April 1.
In the clip, Schwartz said it feels like “a rebirth” to be back on Bravo, but then added that he doesn’t feel like he was “cast” on the show, just that they “picked up cameras with a different group of friends” that he loves.
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Schwartz, 43, further explained his “rebirth” nearly four years after his split from Maloney.
“I’m starting life over in my 40s,” he shared in the video. “And you get to see how that looks, and also, you get to see me in the early stages of kind of falling in love,” he teased. “Which is super intimate.”
‘’The Valley” began filming for Season 3 last fall. In a September 2025 Amazon livestream, Kent told fans that she thought that Schwartz “may be talking to someone right now.” “He seems very happy,” she added.
In October, Schwartz confirmed he was dating someone during an appearance on Kent’s “Untraditionally Lala” podcast. He also said he was looking toward starting a family—someday.
“I feel better than I’ve ever felt in my life. I feel healthy, and I’m happy,” Schwartz said at the time. “I’m in a good place, but, yeah, I want kids, man. But, I don’t want to be so rigid with timelines and stuff that I deny myself being in the moment and happy.”
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Schwartz’s girlfriend is model Kianna Carroll. According to People magazine, he gushed about his girl at BravoCon last November, going so far as to say his “dreamy” new girlfriend was “the love of my life.”
“I feel like I’m under a love spell right now,” Schwartz admitted, before realizing, “I wasn’t supposed to say that out loud.”
He later told People that while he’s “in love” he wished he didn’t announce it publicly.
“I’m sorry. It came out wrong. I do love her. She’s amazing. And shoutout to Kiana, but I didn’t mean to say that,” Schwartz said at the time. “Oh my God. I feel like she’s gonna leave me after this. She is the love of my life. I just felt like I shouldn’t have said it on stage, damn it! I don’t wanna scare her away.”
Oh my gosh Schwartz you really are an idiot. When you have to announce it to the world you sound like Tom Cruise when he jumped on a chair and shouted I’m in love with Katie Holmes. And look what happened to that realitionship??? Once she really got to know him and how controlling he was she took their daughter and left his butt. The same thing will happen to you. Once she finds out what a ass you are and that you’ll always put other people ahead of your girl or wife. And what kind of a cheater you are when your drunk. She will leave you ass as fast as possible. And we the fans have seen enough of Lala and her mean girl ways and you Schwartz your wimmpy ways and drunkenness cheating ways and use the excuse I was drunk I thought I was kissing you. Why would you put the two hated people on TV again. They really have no reason to be on a show with a bunch of married couples. Please BROVO AND ANDY COHEN get rid of Lala and Schwartz. They have nothing to offer on this show but meanness. And whimmoyness. Get rid of them both. They will ruin the show. Neither of them are married. Even though 2 couples on the show are divorced. They do not fit on this show. Big mistake BROVO AND Andy Cohen for putting the 2 losers on this show that everyone was just starting to watch….We will Definitely not be watching anymore…..PERIOD