Katie Maloney Needs a ‘Recent Begin’ After Divorce

Shifting on! Days after Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz finalized their divorce after 5 years of marriage, the Harper’s Globe actress is opening up about how she’s coping.

“I’m undoubtedly prepared for a contemporary begin. That was very terrifying factor, you realize, making that leap and every part, and now I’m actually embracing the unknown and the potential for the unknown,” the Vanderpump Guidelines star, 35, solely informed Us Weekly at BravoCon 2022 on Saturday, October 15. “It’s scary. However, you realize, someday at a time. There’s some days which might be more durable than the others, however I simply need [Tom and I] to get to a superb place and be associates.”

Whereas Katie — who filed for divorce earlier this yr — famous that each she and the TomTom cofounder, 39, nonetheless have “plenty of love for one another,” it’s been difficult to maneuver ahead as singles.

“[It’s] gonna be a piece in progress, in all probability for a very long time,” the Utah native stated on Saturday whereas attending the conference at New York Metropolis’s Javits Heart. “We’ve put a lot of our relationship and our life on the market for nearly the whole thing of our relationship, so it could really feel fallacious in some methods to not be open about it.”

The Bravo costars — who tied the knot in 2016 and once more in 2019 after studying they have been by no means legally wed — introduced in March that that they had determined to separate.

“I by no means thought I must make an announcement like this. However I really feel it’s necessary that I’m open about my life with you,” the “You’re Gonna Love Me” podcast host wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “After 12 years on an journey by way of our life collectively, Tom and I are ending our marriage. This ending isn’t met with resentment or animosity, no sides to decide on. We now have deep admiration for each other that may at all times stay and cherish our friendship.”

The Minnesota native, for his half, shared his personal assertion after information of their breakup made headlines. “I’m not the sufferer. Not gonna write too unhappy a music,” he captioned an Instagram publish. “Totally respect Katie’s choice and we’ve had wholesome, productive conversations about it. It could be far sadder if she determined to remain with me while not blissful.”

Us confirmed on Thursday, October 13, that the twosome’s divorce had been finalized someday earlier they usually agreed to separate the income from the sale of their joint California home and divide up their remaining property.

Whereas Katie is able to begin a brand new chapter post-divorce, she’s not able to dive into a brand new long-term romance for the time being.

“I don’t need, like, a relationship simply but. I simply wanna have enjoyable proper now,” she informed Us on Saturday, teasing that a few of her dates could also be featured on the following season of Vanderpump Guidelines. “I didn’t assume I’d ever [be in this position and I] thought [Tom] was my without end individual, so yeah, this [is] very bizarre.”

Whereas Katie performed coy about who she’s been seeing, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix confirmed through the forged’s BravoCon panel on Saturday that she had the “most stunning hookup” within the new episodes.