It’s the reality TV season of strange coincidences. Vanderpump Rules star Tom Schwartz is attracted to former Below Deck Mediterranean chief stew Katie Flood as the two enjoy Steamboat Springs, Colorado in a party house filled with other Bravolebrities.
The problem? This girl has the same first name as Schwartz’s ex-wife, Katie Maloney. And the strange circumstances don’t end there, as Winter House fans will come to realize during the episode on November 20.
Tom thinks “it’s a good joke”
E! News shared an exclusive sneak peak of said episode, and in the preview, Schwartz is heading back to Los Angeles to film the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 reunion. He also has to check in on Schwartz & Sandy’s, the bar he opened with Tom Sandoval, despite being “on a break” from the disgraced reality TV star.
“You guys, I’m sad I have to leave tomorrow,” Schwartz tells Katie and her Below Deck Med pal Malia White. “I have to go back and just check on the bar, we just opened. And check in with my buddy Tom.”
In a confessional interview, Schwartz added, “As time goes on and I inch closer and closer to having to return to L.A., my anxiety’s creeping in. It’s tap-tap-tapping at my doorstep and I know it’s a little melodramatic, but it’s coming, it’s inevitable. I have to film the reunion.”
At least the temporary goodbye had one fuzzy moment, Schwartz and Katie making out the night before then discussing the feels the next day.
“It was like being in high school again,” Katie gushed.
Schwartz replied, “That is the sweetest thing anyone’s ever said to me.”
The fact that Katie shares the same name as Schwartz’s ex-wife weighs heavily on him. Katie joked, “Do you just wanna rename me?”
This conversation led to the biggest shocker of all, that both Katies have the same middle name.
“Please don’t tell me her name is Katie Marie,” Katie joked.
Schwartz reacted in confessional, “Katie Marie? You gotta do it to me. This is the universe f*cking with me. It’s a good joke though.”
It’s some relief that Katie goes by Floody with her friends.
Catch Winter House on Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
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