Tom Schwartz generally seems to have negative feelings about life post-divorce. Vanderpump Rules fans watched the Schwartz & Sandy’s co-owner expressing regret and disbelief at where he ended up at the age of 40. It was very apparent in Season 10, and still present in Season 11.
Probably the most symbolic of Schwartz’s single life is his apartment. He had to downsize after the sale of the house he bought with Katie Maloney during happier times. Now, he’s in a bachelor pad, with a lot of plants to keep him company.
So what are Schwartz’s updated feelings on life as a divorcee? He tends to go for self-deprecation and suspended disbelief on the matter. What has the VPR star said this past week on the cast trip to Lake Tahoe?
Schwartz feels like a divorce “statistic”
“I feel incapable,” Schwartz revealed during the Pump Rules After Show. “Not incapable of love, but incapable of being in whatever a traditional relationship is. But at the same time, I don’t want to be single.”
“It somehow feels sad or pathetic. But this happens, I’ve seen it play out many times. I just never thought it would be me. I kinda feel like a statistic. It just doesn’t have a great ring to it. I feel like a red flag,” he shared on the negative connotation of divorce.
Schwartz is in good company, apparently. Tom said, “Most of my friends are forty and single. Happy, and thriving, and successful. I just never thought it would be me I guess, you know?”
A clip of the VPR cast in demolition mode was shared. In it, Schwartz is swinging a sledgehammer while lamenting being single at 40. “In that moment, it felt good. I guess it was a little cathartic,” he shared.
It really does come down to the apartment though. Schwartz than revealed that his rent is “literally the same amount as my mortgage.” And that he’s “not building equity.”
“I think I was just bitter about my current living situation,” he continued. “Just such a Debbie Downer. It’s not that bad of an apartment. It’s fine, just that it’s literally the same amount as my mortgage. And I’m not building equity. It’s not sexy. It screams bachelor. It screams a dude who just got a divorce.”
Though Schwartz admitted to having “the means” to get an interior decorator, he is decided against the idea. “I don’t want to get cozy here,” he concluded.
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