‘Winter Home’ Forged Focus on Tom Schwartz, Katie Maloney Cut up

A pleasant distraction. Tom Schwartz joined the forged of Winter Home season 2 amid his cut up from Katie Maloney, and his castmates suppose the present was a good way for him to take his thoughts off issues.

The TomTom co-owner, 39, and the “You’re Gonna Love Me” podcast host, 35, known as it quits in March after greater than a decade collectively. The duo initially tied the knot in 2016 earlier than realizing the ceremony wasn’t official, in order that they legally wed in 2019.

When season 2 of the Bravo crossover sequence filmed, nonetheless, the pair hadn’t but introduced their breakup. “I feel it was good for him,” Craig Conover advised Us Weekly forward of the present’s Thursday, October 13, premiere. “You get to see the start of that unlucky circumstance, however we had been operating on reserves once they received there, and [Schwartz and Tom Sandoval] got here in with contemporary concepts.”

The primary season of Winter Home featured forged members from Summer season Home and Southern Attraction, however the inclusion of Schwartz and Sandoval, 39, incorporates a 3rd Bravo sequence: Vanderpump Guidelines. “It was a breath of contemporary air,” Conover, 33, advised Us of the bartenders’ involvement within the new episodes. “I’m stoked, man. I find it irresistible. Three fairly nice franchises to intermingle, in my view.”

Us confirmed on Thursday that Schwartz and Maloney finalized their cut up lower than six months after the previous SURver filed for divorce from her husband. In line with authorized docs obtained by Us, the previous spouses cut up the earnings from their house, which they offered in August for greater than $2 million. The Bravo stars divided the remainder of their belongings primarily based on which merchandise is wherein individual’s title.

Although the Schwartz & Sandy’s cofounder was coping with the aftermath of his cut up when Winter Home filming started, Amanda Batula advised Us that her new costar didn’t open up an excessive amount of concerning the breakup. “On the time, it was one thing private that the 2 of them had been going by means of,” the Loverboy entrepreneur, 31, defined forward of the Winter Home premiere. “So, there was solely a lot that he was going to share.”

Regardless of his emotional state, nonetheless, Schwartz nonetheless managed to serve up some severe cocktails for his housemates — with assist from his enterprise accomplice. “We positively drank our faces off,” Ciara Miller advised Us. “They made us wonderful drinks. They’re wonderful bartenders.”

Season 2 of Winter Home premieres on Bravo Thursday, October 13, at 9 p.m. ET.

Preserve scrolling to see what the Winter Home forged needed to say about Schwartz’s mindset when he joined the present.