Tom Schwartz just wants everyone to get along and take shots with him, including us (sorry Schwartzie, we’re on the job)! From reminiscing about the beautiful sh*tshow that was the first season of ‘VPR’ to his biggest regrets throughout the show’s history (hint: it's not how he treated Katie ), Tom Schwartz holds nothing back. Tune in to learn how he feels about not standing his ground during “you-know-what-oval” and whether he'll clear the air on *that* kiss with Raquel and his relationship with Jo Wenberg.
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00:00See, I do stand up for Katie.
00:02One time.
00:03I did stand up for Katie one time.
00:05Hi, my name is Tom Schwartz,
00:07and I'm taking cheap shots with Cosmo.
00:09This is for you, Sandoval.
00:11That was nice.
00:12I'm feeling good now.
00:13A little toasty.
00:17Listen, I kind of have, like,
00:19a masochistic tendency in me.
00:21I like taking horrible shots
00:23because I love drinking.
00:24I love the spirit
00:26and the camaraderie of shots.
00:28Half shot, by the way.
00:29Half shot.
00:30I kind of invented the half shot.
00:31Okay, round one,
00:32we're doing personal shots, all right?
00:34I'll be taking shots at myself.
00:36The drinks are tequila sunrises,
00:38four regular,
00:39one is spiked with a cheap tequila.
00:41Question one.
00:43Let's go.
00:44I feel like I should just take one to pregame.
00:46Yeah? Can I do that?
00:47Yeah.
00:50Ah.
00:51Rev the engines a little bit.
00:53All right. Nice.
00:54That was the cheap one.
00:56What?
00:58Shit.
01:01All right, here we go.
01:02And away we go.
01:04Question one.
01:09That's complete fabrication, by the way.
01:15Whoa.
01:16I've never phoned it in.
01:17Maybe I've phoned it in,
01:18but I've never fabricated anything.
01:20Let me think.
01:21Have I ever, like, self-scripted or...
01:23Ah.
01:27Yeah, okay.
01:28Maybe, yeah, honestly, yeah.
01:30I've stretched the truth a little bit, for sure.
01:33I've maybe sensationalized some moments,
01:35kept something secret
01:37when I should have been more transparent.
01:39But, yeah, man,
01:40I don't have any specific stories I've ever fabricated.
01:43But have I lied?
01:44So much.
01:47I think it's time to set the record straight, then.
01:49Was the kiss with Raquel real,
01:51or was it fake?
01:53It was real.
01:54But I got to say,
01:55it was probably one of my biggest regrets
01:57in the history of the show.
01:58It just felt awkward.
01:59We had no chemistry.
02:00There was lots of alcohol involved,
02:02and I don't know,
02:03it kind of felt right in the moment,
02:05but immediately afterwards, no.
02:06It just felt kind of like...
02:08It just felt forced.
02:10Those are my least favorite kisses.
02:12No disrespect to Rachel.
02:14Um...
02:15Okay, question number two.
02:18You admitted that you kissed Sheena in Vegas
02:20while you were still with Katie.
02:21Can you walk us through exactly what happened?
02:24First of all,
02:26I was a schmuck for doing that.
02:28But I remember being upset with Katie,
02:31and it just, like...
02:32I was just kind of a sloppy fool back then.
02:35But...
02:36I don't remember it, man.
02:37I don't...
02:38I'm just gonna take the shot.
02:39Yeah, I'm gonna take the shot on that one.
02:41Is that okay?
02:42Yeah.
02:45Moving on.
02:46Question number three.
02:47You said on Watch What Happens Live
02:49that you were a, quote,
02:50sloppy douchebag.
02:52Did I say that?
02:53I mean, I was a sloppy douchebag.
02:55Jesus, I gotta chill.
02:56I gotta take it easy on myself.
02:58When you were with Katie,
02:59what are...
03:00Sporadically.
03:01These were isolated incidents.
03:03All right, all right.
03:04What are three things you could have done better
03:06in that relationship?
03:07Let her feel her feelings and validate them
03:10before trying to confront them with, like, logic.
03:14I think I was too quick to do that.
03:16Like, too solution-oriented.
03:18As opposed to just letting her feel her feelings
03:20and getting it all out, you know?
03:22I guess be a better listener.
03:25Not get drunk and make out with strangers
03:28on a regular basis.
03:32Did I have to do that?
03:33No, you didn't.
03:34Okay.
03:36Be a better listener.
03:37Be more faithful.
03:39And...
03:42Thank you.
03:43I'm replaying.
03:44Because for the most part,
03:45I gotta be honest.
03:46Like, our relationship was pretty awesome.
03:52Me not having her back
03:54is very triggering for me.
03:56Because...
03:57I don't know, man.
03:58She put me in a position.
04:00Like, I was there for her
04:02and I did have her back at times.
04:04It's just that she really, really
04:05was kind of, like, emotionally needy
04:08when it came to that.
04:09Constantly quarreling with people.
04:11I'm a peacekeeper by nature, you know?
04:13I just want everyone to get along.
04:15And I know people are tired of that shtick.
04:16I see the comments, okay?
04:18But, like, it comes from the heart.
04:19It's pure.
04:20So, yes, I'll give you that.
04:21Katie, I probably should have
04:23stuck up for you a little more.
04:24Yeah.
04:25Okay, cool.
04:26All right.
04:27How we doing, guys?
04:28Do you guys wanna do a shot?
04:30Okay, okay.
04:31Question number four.
04:33Your castmates have accused you
04:34of being a pushover at times.
04:37Is there a moment where you wish
04:38you held your ground better?
04:40I wish I would have stood up for myself
04:41a little more during, you know what of all.
04:44Because I kind of cowered
04:45and I turned into a hermit
04:46and I was very introspective
04:47and I just kind of let the internet win.
04:50Honestly, I have a good attitude about it now.
04:52I think we're all in a good place.
04:53Vanderpump Rules feels really fun again.
04:56It feels like vintage VPR again.
04:58And on that note, I'm gonna drink.
05:00You don't have to.
05:01How about a sip?
05:04Okay.
05:05Help me out, though.
05:06What are you thinking?
05:07I think you should have stuck to your guns
05:08and not made the shorts and thingies
05:10because you didn't seem to like it.
05:11I did cave on the name.
05:13I remind him frequently.
05:14I'm like, you put your name
05:15on the side of a brand, a business,
05:17you just have to hold yourself
05:18to a higher standard.
05:19You really do.
05:20Yeah, man, that came back
05:21to bite us in the ass.
05:23Oh, God.
05:24All right, let's go.
05:26Question number five.
05:27You said in confessional, quote,
05:29I could probably marry Joe
05:30and be happy, you know?
05:31But I don't want to do that right now.
05:32I do, but I don't.
05:34Why not?
05:35Well, I think in the haze
05:38of some sort of infatuation
05:40or whatever you want to call it,
05:42I may have overlooked some things,
05:44just ultimately not a match for me.
05:48Yeah, we're cool, though.
05:49We're cool.
05:50I think we're cool.
05:51Right, Joe?
05:52I think we're cool.
05:53Anyways, we'll always have tequila
05:56and Olive Garden salad, you know?
05:58You don't have to drink.
06:00Although I get why she's kind of hurt.
06:02It's hard to, like, deal with rejection.
06:04That sucks, but she's gonna be fine.
06:06I'm gonna be fine.
06:07Everybody's gonna be fine.
06:08Round one complete.
06:10I have, like, a pleasant, like,
06:121.5 out of 10 buzz.
06:14Round two, time shots.
06:16These drinks are Tom Collins.
06:18Four are mixed with top-shelf gin.
06:20The other one is something horrible.
06:23All right, question number one.
06:25Which of your castmates
06:27were Katie's bridesmaids?
06:29Oh, shit.
06:31Dodie?
06:33Stassi?
06:35Ariana was my groomsman.
06:37Um...
06:38Wait, who am I missing?
06:39Oh, God.
06:40Sheena was in there?
06:42All of them?
06:44No, no, no, no, no.
06:45Um...
06:46My God, my wedding.
06:47It was one of the greatest days of my life.
06:48Come on.
06:49Even knowing it didn't work out in the end,
06:51still one of the greatest days of my life.
06:53Um...
06:54Holy shit.
06:55Let me...
06:56Okay, let me imagine the lineup.
06:57Oh, shit.
06:58Okay, I'll take a shot.
07:00That was nice.
07:02That was actually lovely.
07:04Um...
07:05Wait, can you tell me who they were?
07:07Brittany.
07:08Brittany!
07:09Oh, Brittany, I love you, Brittany!
07:11Oh, my God.
07:12Congrats on the new show.
07:13I'm so happy for you.
07:15Okay, cool.
07:16I'm feeling good now.
07:18A little toasty.
07:19Question number two.
07:20What did you call Sheena in season six
07:22when you were sticking up for Katie?
07:24Do I have to say that?
07:26When you were sticking up for Katie.
07:28Do I have to say it again?
07:30I called her a bootleg Kardashian.
07:35You're nothing!
07:36You're a bootleg Kardashian!
07:37I'm sorry, Sheena.
07:39See, I do stand up for Katie.
07:41One time.
07:42I did stand up for Katie one time.
07:45I'm glad that the cameras caught it.
07:48Okay, question number three.
07:49Throughout your time on Vanderpump,
07:51which castmates have you thrown drinks at?
07:53No, you did not hit me with that one.
07:56I guess, sort of, kind of, Katie.
07:59I think that's it.
08:01No?
08:03I've never thrown a drink on someone.
08:05Like, jokingly.
08:07Sarcastically.
08:09Early season.
08:10Stassi?
08:12Oh.
08:13Oh, she did.
08:14Yeah, she threw a drink on me,
08:15and I retaliated.
08:17That might have been the drunkest
08:18we've all been ever.
08:19That forever changed the course
08:21of Vanderpump Rules.
08:22I mean, the producers had to step in.
08:24It was insane.
08:25I think it was getting to the point
08:26where, like, people were really gonna,
08:27like, kill each other.
08:28And it was, like, one of my favorite scenes
08:30to watch back,
08:31because it was just such a calamity.
08:33It was like a barroom brawl.
08:34The way I remember it,
08:35like, there was chairs flying across the room.
08:37Tom had ripped his shirt off.
08:39It was mostly just, like,
08:40a lot of machismo.
08:42A lot of dudes taking their shirts off
08:43and huffing and puffing
08:44and not actually doing anything,
08:45you know what I mean?
08:46I often tell people, I'm like,
08:47I wish the cameras would have, like,
08:48been filming before the show started,
08:50because I swear our fights
08:51were even more, like, tumultuous.
08:53Like, it was crazy.
08:54It was crazy.
08:55When Tom was dating Kristen,
08:56I was dating Katie,
08:57and Jax was dating Stassi,
08:59and we were pretty much all living together
09:01in one little apartment.
09:02I mean, hey, it was a beautiful shit show.
09:05Just beautiful chaos.
09:07Yeah.
09:08Question number four.
09:09What did Lisa Vanderpump say about you
09:11when you walked out of your
09:12bartending job at Pump?
09:14Well, I think she called me a wussy pussy.
09:16Is that right?
09:18Chump change?
09:19Pathetic?
09:22She said she was gonna do something.
09:24Oh, God.
09:25All right, come on.
09:27I guess I gotta take a shot.
09:28Or a sip.
09:29I don't know.
09:30What is it?
09:33She said,
09:34I'm gonna ring that little fucker.
09:36I do not remember that.
09:38That would have been kind of hot, though.
09:39Honestly.
09:41That's the Tom Collins talking.
09:44All right.
09:45New fantasy unlocked.
09:47Just kidding.
09:48Question number five.
09:49Okay.
09:50There was a lot of back and forth
09:51on the menu for Schwartz & Saney's.
09:53Name all of the specialty cocktails
09:54that are currently being offered.
09:56I could, but honestly,
09:57I'd just rather take a shot.
09:59Yeah, so.
10:03Is it true
10:04there are only four cocktails?
10:05Yes, we're actually redoing the menu.
10:07It's just a temporary menu right now.
10:09So that's why it looks like
10:10it was done in word processor
10:11in under five minutes.
10:12But we're doing new drinks, new food.
10:14We have a new sound system.
10:16We're staging a comeback.
10:17Round two, complete.
10:19But at what cost?
10:21I'm starting to get a little,
10:22I'm starting to sweat a little bit.
10:23Round three.
10:24This time the category is cheap shots.
10:26I'll be taking literal cheap shots
10:28at everyone.
10:29The drinks are Puptinis.
10:30Four are made with a top shelf liquor
10:32and one is made with something horrible.
10:36Question number one.
10:37Rank the following breakups
10:38from most to least messy.
10:40Tom and Ariana,
10:41Jax and Stassi,
10:42James and Kristen.
10:44Whoa.
10:45Great question.
10:47I mean, Tom and Ariana
10:48has to be the messiest.
10:49James and Kristen,
10:50that was a disaster too.
10:52Probably the most disastrous
10:53relationship in the history
10:54of the show.
10:55Jax and Stassi,
10:57that was pretty seamless
10:58I feel like.
10:59Right?
11:00I don't know.
11:01I feel like it was pretty cordial.
11:02All right, let's keep going.
11:04All right, question number two.
11:05Your castmates have been frustrated
11:06Sandoval isn't apologetic
11:07over ruining their friend dynamic.
11:09What are three things
11:10that Sandoval has not
11:11taken accountability for?
11:13Three things Santon,
11:14Mr. Sandoval has not
11:15taken accountability for.
11:18I mean,
11:19I might just have to drink.
11:20I feel like he's had enough
11:21at this point.
11:22Yeah.
11:23I'll drink.
11:24It's for you, Sandoval.
11:28All right, cool.
11:29How was that?
11:30It's okay.
11:31It was cheap.
11:32It's okay.
11:34Question number three.
11:35Okay, Ariana told us
11:36she'd be completely useless
11:37on her desert island.
11:39What?
11:40Tom Schwartz,
11:41I don't want there at all.
11:43Completely useless,
11:44no thanks.
11:45That's offensive.
11:46Name something you'd be
11:47more useful at than her.
11:50Diplomacy?
11:53I don't know
11:54how far that's going to get me
11:55on a deserted island.
11:57I do have great stamina
11:59and endurance
12:00and I have a positive mindset.
12:03I think I'd be pretty uplifting
12:04during the bleaker moments
12:05or when people
12:06started to lose hope.
12:07I feel like I'd be right there
12:08to sort of instill hope
12:10and I think I would be better
12:12at keeping a positive attitude
12:13on a deserted island
12:14than Ariana, for sure.
12:17Question number four.
12:18Tom shut down Ariana's request
12:19to sell their home
12:20and split the profit.
12:21Do you think Tom deserves
12:22to keep the house
12:23or should he get his own place?
12:25I feel like,
12:27I mean,
12:28the respectful,
12:29decent thing to do
12:30is just sell the house,
12:32split the profits
12:33and move on with your life.
12:34I completely understand.
12:35Ariana wants closure.
12:36So does Tom.
12:37But also,
12:38people who locked in
12:39a sub three percent mortgage
12:41around the time of the pandemic,
12:43like,
12:44I mean,
12:45that's a unicorn now.
12:46Some would say
12:47it's stubbornness,
12:48but I understand.
12:49It's like,
12:50he loves that house
12:51and so does she,
12:52you know?
12:53They both have fair points.
12:54I really,
12:55I hope he gets
12:56to keep the house.
12:57Did I answer it?
12:58No.
12:59Not really,
13:00but I'll do it for you.
13:01Okay.
13:02I wish somebody else
13:03was here with me.
13:06That one was
13:07significantly better.
13:08Question number five.
13:09Jo said on
13:10Rachel Goes Rogue
13:11that she was shocked
13:12you put a green
13:13singles wristband
13:14on the dating event
13:15after telling her
13:16off camera
13:17that you wouldn't.
13:18That's not true,
13:19first of all.
13:20Do you think
13:21you were fair to her?
13:22Yes,
13:23I do.
13:24Because at that point,
13:25I made it clear
13:26I didn't want to
13:27pursue a relationship
13:28with her.
13:29I don't think
13:30she really listened
13:31to me well.
13:32I don't know.
13:33I'll just take a shot.
13:34I'm kind of over talking
13:35about that,
13:36to be honest.
13:37Yeah.
13:38Yeah,
13:39okay.
13:40Round three complete.
13:41Let's do more.
13:42Thank you for watching
13:44and watch Vanderpump Blues.
13:45It's a really good season.
13:46Love you guys.
13:48Do you love me?
13:49I'm feeling needy right now.
13:50I don't know what it is.
13:51Maybe it's the alcohol.