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Tom Schwartz<\/strong>\u00a0welcomed\u00a0his new girlfriend, model\u00a0Kiana Carroll<\/strong>, to his podcast on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n As he promoted the latest episode of\u00a0Detox Retox<\/em>, the 43-year-old\u00a0Vanderpump Rules<\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0alum,\u00a0who split from ex-wife\u00a0Katie Maloney<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n \u201cEver wonder what it\u2019s really like to make a living as a model?\u201d Tom asked in the caption of his November 12 post on\u00a0Instagram. \u201cAt some point, you\u2019ve probably thought damn, I\u2019d like to get paid to look pretty. But it\u2019s more than a just being a pretty face & competition is FIERCE.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s 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,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n Tom then said he had interviewed Kiana, whom he described as \u201cone of [his] favorite humans in the world,\u201d in New York City, applauding her as charismatic, funny, and beautiful.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Cold beer in hand, we riff on the current state of the modeling biz from her chic high-rise apartment. Here\u2019s your peek behind the curtain into the glamorous, gritty, and unpredictable world of professional modeling [PodcastOne],\u201d he teased.<\/p>\n On the November 11 episode of\u00a0Detox Retox<\/em>, 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 \u201cnever a real model.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was a \u2018mactor,\u2019\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen I first started,\u00a0Tom Sandoval<\/strong>\u00a0gave 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Moving on to Bravo, Kiana said she was a fan of\u00a0The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and compared it to\u00a0Pump Rules<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou couldn\u2019t have scripted a better show \u2026 it\u2019s so perfect. Some people probably say that about\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a once-in-a-lifetime, lightning in a bottle scenario,\u201d Tom agreed.<\/p>\n After stealing hearts as Lt. Kelly Severide at the helm of Chicago Fire for 14 years and counting, it\u2019s hard to imagine a time before Taylor<\/p>\n Kinney played the valiant firefighter. But it\u2019s far from Kinney\u2019s first time playing a character who will go above and beyond to save civilians.<\/p>\n Case in point: Kinney\u2019s starring role as an EMT in Trauma, a 2009 drama series that followed San Francisco paramedics. Kinney played EMT Glenn Morrison, a charming young paramedic who flexed his heroic dedication in all 18 episodes of the series.<\/p>\n In a throwback photo from Kinney\u2019s Trauma era, he can be seen donning a mustache and goatee, a bit of a far cry from the shaved salt-and-pepper style he\u2019s embraced at Firehouse 51 in recent seasons of Chicago Fire. After all, it is a snapshot from 2009, just a few years after Kinney broke into the entertainment industry and before he made his 2012 Chicago Fire debut.<\/p>\n Taylor Kinney as Glenn Morris in Trauma Episode 3 Season 1.<\/p>\n Photo: Paul Drinkwater\/NBCU Photo Bank<\/p>\n Taylor Kinney reflects on his Chicago Fire audition: \u201cI was excited\u201d<\/p>\n Kinney\u2019s role on Trauma came just a few years before he helped launch the One Chicago franchise in the mothership series, but Chicago Fire\u2018s Kelly Severide isn\u2019t his only iconic role.<\/p>\n Aside from dynamite guest roles in hit series like Castle, CSI: NY, Shameless, and Bones, many audiences know Kinney for his recurring role as werewolf Mason Lockwood in the supernatural thriller The Vampire Diaries. Kinney has also appeared in big-screen projects like Zero Dark Thirty and Here and Now.<\/p>\n Kinney made his way to Dick Wolf\u2019s Windy City-based drama after several years spent in the television circuit, giving him the know-how and experience to successfully nail his first-ever Chicago Fire audition. That quiet confidence and assurance no doubt helped Kinney score the leading role of Severide, a firefighter who boasts infallible confidence and unbridled determination.<\/p>\n \u201cMy first audition for Chicago Fire? I was in the circuit of auditioning a lot, so I was decent at it. I remember never having any anxiety. I was excited about it, and then you kind of leave it up to the powers that be,\u201d Kinney revealed during a 2023 NBC interview. \u201cIt went well, and 10 years later I\u2019m still here bugging you through your televisions while you fold laundry.\u201d<\/p>\n After stealing hearts as Lt. Kelly Severide at the helm of Chicago Fire for 14 years and counting, it\u2019s hard to imagine a time before Taylor Kinney played the valiant firefighter. But it\u2019s far from Kinney\u2019s first time playing a character who will go above and beyond to save civilians.<\/p>\n Case in point: Kinney\u2019s starring role as an EMT in Trauma, a 2009 drama series that followed San Francisco paramedics. Kinney played EMT Glenn Morrison, a charming young paramedic who flexed his heroic dedication in all 18 episodes of the series.<\/p>\n In a throwback photo from Kinney\u2019s Trauma era, he can be seen donning a mustache and goatee, a bit of a far cry from the shaved salt-and-pepper style he\u2019s embraced at Firehouse 51 in recent seasons of Chicago Fire. After all, it is a snapshot from 2009, just a few years after Kinney broke into the entertainment industry and before he made his 2012 Chicago Fire debut.<\/p>\n Taylor Kinney as Glenn Morris in Trauma Episode 3 Season 1.<\/p>\n Photo: Paul Drinkwater\/NBCU Photo Bank<\/p>\n Taylor Kinney reflects on his Chicago Fire audition: \u201cI was excited\u201d<\/p>\n Kinney\u2019s role on Trauma came just a few years before he helped launch the One Chicago franchise in the mothership series, but Chicago Fire\u2018s Kelly Severide isn\u2019t his only iconic role.<\/p>\n Aside from dynamite guest roles in hit series like Castle, CSI: NY, Shameless, and Bones, many audiences know Kinney for his recurring role as werewolf Mason Lockwood in the supernatural thriller The Vampire Diaries. Kinney has also appeared in big-screen projects like Zero Dark Thirty and Here and Now.<\/p>\n Kinney made his way to Dick Wolf\u2019s Windy City-based drama after several years spent in the television circuit, giving him the know-how and experience to successfully nail his first-ever Chicago Fire audition. That quiet confidence and assurance no doubt helped Kinney score the leading role of Severide, a firefighter who boasts infallible confidence and unbridled determination.<\/p>\n \u201cMy first audition for Chicago Fire? I was in the circuit of auditioning a lot, so I was decent at it. I remember never having any anxiety. I was excited about it, and then you kind of leave it up to the powers that be,\u201d Kinney revealed during a 2023 NBC interview. \u201cIt went well, and 10 years later I\u2019m still here bugging you through your televisions while you fold laundry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Credit: Instagram Tom Schwartz\u00a0welcomed\u00a0his new girlfriend, model\u00a0Kiana Carroll, to his podcast on Tuesday. As he promoted the latest episode of\u00a0Detox Retox, the 43-year-old\u00a0Vanderpump Rules \u00a0alum,\u00a0who split from ex-wife\u00a0Katie Maloney, 38, in 2022,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n