Jo Wenberg, Tom Schwartz. Courtesy of Jo Wenberg/Instagram
Tom Schwartz had nothing however reward for Jo Wenberg throughout her Vanderpump Rules debut.
Viewers had been launched to Jo, 35, on the Tuesday, February 20, episode when she was seen chopping Schwartz’s hair. Schwartz, 41, jokingly requested whether or not Jo most well-liked “cash or a trip to Olive Garden” to repay her for the haircut and she or he selected the latter.
“By the way, the entire group thinks you are my secret roommate [and] girlfriend,” he informed the hairstylist, who let loose fun. “I mean we did spend a lot of time together last summer so I get the optics of it.”
Jo agreed that her and Schwartz “still” hang around usually. In a confessional, Schwartz provided extra details about the place he and Jo stand after their previous fling.
“Jo is a human being — Jo is a light in my life,” he gushed. “I want to clear things up. Jo was never living with me. Was she staying with me sporadically? Yes. She’s not my girlfriend, she never was. We had a whirlwind romance but we are just buds now.”
Tom Sandoval subsequently joined Jo at Schwartz’s residence, the place the group mentioned an upcoming solid journey. Schwartz inspired Sandoval, 41, to be extra receptive to mending his points with Lala Kent and Scheana Shay forward of their getaway to Lake Tahoe. Sandoval, in the meantime, continued to carry up his previous points together with his costars.
Jo primarily watched Schwartz give Sandoval recommendation and didn’t present a lot perception herself. The episode marked Jo’s first onscreen look on Vanderpump Rules after being solid in a “friend of” capability. She was beforehand talked about throughout season 10 after Schwartz’s divorce from Katie Maloney.
Tom Schwartz‘s close connection with Jo Wenberg has raised eyebrows following his split from Katie Maloney — and he’s provided a stunning quantity of perception into their friendship. Before filming began for season 10 of Vanderpump Rules, Tom and Katie introduced their resolution to half methods after greater than a decade collectively. As cameras began […]
Schwartz and Katie, 37, introduced their break up in March 2022 after greater than a decade collectively. As Schwartz entered the relationship scene once more, his Vanderpump Rules costars questioned his reference to Jo, which he clarified on the reunion.
“No, [Jo] wasn’t [my girlfriend]. Especially not at that point. It did evolve into a situationship or a friends with benefits thing with clearly defined boundaries,” Schwartz stated within the May 2023 particular. “We were both coming out of long-term relationships, and for a minute there, we were each other’s happy places.”
Katie, in the meantime, made it clear she wasn’t on good phrases with Jo.
“Jo is spooky. I mean none of us could stand to be around her. Her energy is on par with a crackhead,” she wrote in an Instagram remark in February 2023. “But when Tom and I announced our divorce almost a year ago the last thing she text[ed] me was, ‘I love you, and I’m so supporting of your inner thoughts and visions / live in the moment, you’re a gem and I’ve always respected you. I love you. Xo Jo.’ She is a psycho and I will also light her on fire.”
When viewers had been launched to employees at Lisa Vanderpump‘s restaurant during Vanderpump Rules‘ 2013 premiere, it was clear everyone was intertwined in one another’s love lives. From Stassi Schroeder‘s rocky relationship with Jax Taylor, which took a turn when he hooked up with her best friend Kristen Doute, to Peter Madrigal’s informal connections to a number of […]
Before her debut, Jo took to social media to share her ideas on the expertise.
“I’m going public with my Instagram tonight. I hope you guys will all be kind to me. I haven’t gotten the nicest stuff on any type of platform. But I wanted just to make sure that you guys could [see] just me with no makeup or filter. This is who I am,” she stated in a November 2023 Instagram video. “I did film this season of Vanderpump Rules, and it was a very big, eye-opening experience. I am usually behind the camera, and being in front of the camera was very hard for me. But I will say the producers were really awesome.”
Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and is on the market to stream on Peacock the subsequent day.
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