Tom Schwartz confirmed to Scheana Shay that rumored girlfriend Jo Wenberg was living at his apartment during production on Vanderpump Rules season 10.
In a just-revealed deleted scene from Tuesday’s episode, Tom and Scheana were seen chatting at his new apartment, which he moved into after his February 2022 split from now-ex-wife Katie Maloney. And during their discussion, Tom shared the news of his new roommate.
“My friend Jo’s staying with me It’s like… yeah,” he shared, as seen in a clip from the extended episode shared by Bravo.
“Is Jo a guy or a girl?” Scheana asked.
Then, after confirming Jo is “a girl,” Tom alleged that things weren’t “like that” between them.
But when Jo enters the scene before quickly making her way out for a walk with her dog, Tom told her, “[I] frickin’ love you, Jo.”
“Love you too,” she replied.
Tom also discussed his relationship with Jo in a cast confessional, telling cameras that he has a “crush” on Jo but isn’t planning to do anything about it due to his then-recent breakup with Katie.
“I think I have a little bit of a crush on her but I’m gonna suppress that because I just got out of a 12-year relationship and I don’t want to make things awkward,” he stated. “So yeah, no one will ever know that, except for… the entire nation.”
Meanwhile, during a chat with Lala Kent and Raquel Leviss, Katie said that while dropping off her and Tom’s dogs at his place, she discovered a toothbrush with lipstick on it and jewelry.
“Like, that the f-ck is this sh-t? He’s like, ‘It’s Jo’s,’” Katie recalled. “First of all, [Kristen Doute’s]’s her best f-cking friend. Why isn’t she staying at Kristen’s down the street?”
Later, in a flashback scene, Katie was seen confronting Tom about the situation.
“I think someone might have left their jewelry in your kitchen,” she told him.
“It’s Jo,” Tom confirmed. “She’s staying with me until the 1st. You look all suspicious and sh-t. Jo’s my friend. It’s kinda nice having a roommate, actually.”
“That’s just a weird thing to not mention,” Katie replied.
As Pump Rules fans may recall, Tom was first linked to Jo in December 2022, when the two of them were seen holding hands in a video shared to Raquel Leviss‘ Instagram Story, which was taken at a concert in Los Angeles.
Months later, in February of this year, Tom denied the two of them are dating.
“Jo is a bad-ss hairstylist. … I think she’s a beautiful soul,” he told Us Weekly. “We’re not living together, and we’re not dating either, but she’s just someone who I appreciate on a deep level, and she’s a really cool human being, and we’re just hanging out.”
“I just got out of a 12-year relationship. I cannot be in a committed — I can’t dive back into another relationship,” he continued. “It wouldn’t be fair to the other person ‘cause I’m kind of consumed with, like, business and my family, and I’m kind of falling in love with myself all over again.”
Vanderpump Rules season 10 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.