Tom Schwartz welcomed his new girlfriend, model Kiana Carroll, to his podcast on Tuesday.
As he promoted the latest episode of Detox Retox, the 43-year-old Vanderpump Rules alum, who split from ex-wife Katie Maloney, 38, in 2022, shared a soft launch with Kiana, 27, as the two of them were heard discussing their modeling careers and the Bravo reality show.
“Ever wonder what it’s really like to make a living as a model?” Tom asked in the caption of his November 12 post on Instagram. “At some point, you’ve probably thought damn, I’d like to get paid to look pretty. But it’s more than a just being a pretty face & competition is FIERCE.”
“It’s not for the faint of heart. Job insecurity lurks after every casting and for every breakout star, there are a troves of stunning faces barely booking. I did my share of print work back in my early LA days. Fed off the scraps from the the big models but even then always felt lucky to book a gig,” he continued.
Tom then said he had interviewed Kiana, whom he described as “one of [his] favorite humans in the world,” in New York City, applauding her as charismatic, funny, and beautiful.
“With Cold beer in hand, we riff on the current state of the modeling biz from her chic high-rise apartment. Here’s your peek behind the curtain into the glamorous, gritty, and unpredictable world of professional modeling [PodcastOne],” he teased.
On the November 11 episode of Detox Retox, Kiana revealed she was discovered by a scouting agent in Orlando, where she was attending college, sharing that he connected her to an agent who linked her with a large agency in New York City. Meanwhile, Tom joked about his own modeling past, admitting that he was “never a real model.”
“I was a ‘mactor,’” he explained. “When I first started, Tom Sandoval gave me his old book from his Miami modeling days and I had like four pictures in there and I was always almost embarrassed to hand it over to prospective clients.”
Moving on to Bravo, Kiana said she was a fan of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and compared it to Pump Rules.
“You couldn’t have scripted a better show … it’s so perfect. Some people probably say that about Vanderpump. You couldn’t have even, if you tried to script it, you couldn’t have created such magic; it was so good,” she noted.
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime, lightning in a bottle scenario,” Tom agreed.
For years, people have speculated about the true nature of
This revelation shatters the common misconception that Tamar was looking for a financial lifeline when she married Vince. She had her own career, her own money, and her own accomplishments. Yet despite their individual successes, their marriage blossomed from a shared bond of love and mutual respect. Vince confirmed that even at the beginning of their relationship,
What’s even more telling is that Vince never made Tamar sign a prenup. Many would assume that with both of their careers at the time, a prenup would be a given, but
However, like many high-profile relationships, the cracks started to show when personal and professional lives began to mix. Tamar and Vince both worked together on numerous projects, and while it might have seemed like a dream team on the outside, the blending of business and marriage ultimately caused their relationship to suffer. The pressures of working together while trying to maintain a personal relationship created tensions that neither of them anticipated, and this was when things started to fall apart.
Tamar and Vince’s story is a poignant reminder that love in the public eye isn’t always what it seems. While it’s easy for people to assume that financial success is the motivation behind relationships, Tamar’s journey proves otherwise. Despite the public’s assumptions, she proved that her love for Vince was based on genuine connection and not on what he could provide materially.
Her decision to walk away with nothing more than she came with reinforces the idea that, at the core of their marriage, it wasn’t about money — it was about a bond that was real and meaningful to her. Unfortunately, when business enters the equation, even the strongest of relationships can be strained, and that’s exactly what happened to Tamar and Vince.