If you’ve been following Tom Schwartz on Instagram, then you know he’s been teasing a new girl in his life. Her name is Kiana Carroll, she’s a model, and she’s 16 years younger than the Vanderpump Rules alum. But who’s counting?
Although Tom hasn’t officially called Kiana his “girlfriend,” it’s definitely starting to seem that way. She just joined him on an episode of his podcast, Detox Retox with Tom Schwartz, and they’re both fanning the flames of these romance rumors.
Ahead of the November 12 episode of Schwartz’s podcast, he shared an Instagram post, teasing that the podcast would do a deep dive into the modeling industry. He asked, “Ever wonder what it’s really like to make a living as a model?”
“Let’s go to one [of my] favorite places in the world, NYC, [with] one of my favorite humans in the world @kkianac,” Tom continued. “She’s got charisma, moxy and is as funny as she is beautiful.”
He continued, “With Cold beer in hand, we riff on the current state of the modeling biz from her chic high-rise apartment.”
That’s a pretty glowing review, right? Underneath the Instagram post, Tom’s costars from The Valley weighed in, seemingly confirming that this age-gap relationship is the real deal. Everyone skipped right over that lengthy passage about the modeling industry.
Zack Wickham wrote, “My two favorites.”
Meanwhile, Jesse Lally added, “Hard launch! Love you guys!”
Of course, there were also plenty of comments from Bravo fans urging Schwartz to date someone in his own age bracket. However, in between all of that feedback, Kiana dropped a lovey-dovey comment to her rumored boyfriend. She simply wrote, “♥️ u.”
Vanderpump Rules returns to Bravo with a brand-new cast on Tuesday, December 2 at 9/8c.
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Earlier this year, Todd Chrisley received a pardon from the President. However, Patricia Altschul is a tougher sell. Unlike POTUS, this Southern Charm star refuses to absolve Todd of his verbal crimes. Instead, this queen honey bee is standing ten wealthy toes down, adamant that Charleston is not a place for a “felon” like Todd.
Todd and Patricia are the reality feud I never saw coming. Their tiny tit for tat started after Todd’s release from prison. “During the [post-prison] press conference, I had stated that we are doing a hotel and it’s going to be near Charleston, South Carolina,” Todd explained. In response, Patricia said, “Well, there goes the neighborhood.”
Well, Todd did not like that. So, he made several jests about Patricia, which mainly focused on her older age and her finances. Overall, it was gross.
So, recently clapping back via Decider, Pat quipped, “He’s very irrelevant. I said four words—there goes the neighborhood — and he went on, and he did a whole program about me. It was just a comment in passing.” Nevertheless, Patricia stands by her original stance, saying, “We just don’t need any more felons in Charleston.”
Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States back in 2019. They swore they were innocent. Yet, they were still found guilty. In all, The Chrisleys: Back to Reality stars received a combined 19 years in federal prison, but thanks to their pardons, they walked out of their prison cells for good in May of this year.
And now, Ms. Pat wants them to heed her words and not walk toward her in Charleston.
Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on November 19, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock, or Hayu in Canada, the UK, and Ireland.