Jo Wenberg, Tom Schwartz. Courtesy of Jo Wenberg/Instagram; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Tom Schwartz and Jo Wenberg‘s situationship ended simply as randomly because it began.
In the course of the latest episode of Vanderpump Guidelines, which aired on Tuesday, April 9, Schwartz, 41, and Jo navigated their informal relationship as he ventured again into the relationship scene. Jo defined in a confessional that she hoped for a future with Schwartz.
“I see how a lot Schwartz loves his buddies, and I wish to be welcomed into the group if I wish to be part of Schwartz’s life ceaselessly,” she famous. “We acquired very, very emotionally shut when he would cry about Katie [Maloney].”
Jo was initially a serious matter of dialog on Vanderpump Guidelines within the aftermath of Schwartz and Katie’s divorce. (The previous couple introduced their break up in March 2022, months earlier than they began filming season 10.)
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Schwartz’s shut bond with Jo was talked about in a number of unaired scenes earlier than he confirmed their connection on the 2023 reunion. He has since performed off how severe the pair really had been — which viewers acquired a bigger glimpse of on the present.
On Tuesday’s episode, Schwartz and Jo ended up in an ungainly state of affairs when she invited herself to a singles mixer with him, Tom Sandoval and Kyle Chan. Schwartz’s buddy group was fast to level out that he couldn’t casually date when he was spending a lot time with Jo.
“Schwartz and Jo are on two totally different pages. Jo is their situationship as a glass half full relationship,” Sandoval, 41, mentioned. “Schwartz simply being Schwartz, he’s going to offer off alerts. It’s like a part of his superpower, he’s charming on a regular basis.”
Kyle, in the meantime, supplied Schwartz some recommendation, including, “You must be not all the time with Jo. How are you going to discover a woman?”
The outing acquired even worse when Schwartz began flirting with a girl. The duo shared a kiss, which is when Jo awkwardly left the venue as a result of she acquired upset that Schwartz was overtly flirting.
“I used to be underneath the impression that why we had been right here was to help Tom Sandoval. Then after we acquired right here, he was focused on different girls,” she instructed the cameras. “What am I? Chopped liver?”
Jo continued: “I do know the reality, and the reality is that we’re hooking up. We mentioned I really like you to one another. It bothers me that he doesn’t actually wish to share this relationship along with his buddies. I’m uninterested in feeling like a secret.”
Schwartz subsequently began to query whether or not his state of affairs with Jo was sustainable, saying, “Perhaps it isn’t as reasonable to be this shut as me and Jo are and nonetheless exit and date different individuals, hang around with different individuals and have intercourse with different individuals. I’m beginning to marvel if she’s in a bit deeper than I’m.”
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Later within the episode, Schwartz requested Jo if she felt that he was sending “blended alerts” her means.
“As a result of I do know we have now such a great time collectively and we have now this simple chemistry. That being mentioned, I don’t wish to be in a relationship in any respect,” he defined to her. “I wish to date different individuals. I’m relationship different individuals and I get numbers and I hook up with individuals.”
Jo didn’t maintain again about how Schwartz’s actions harm her. “Do you think about how I really feel after being round you for the previous 12 months and a half? We have now been there for one another,” she famous. “Are you embarrassed by me?”
Schwartz denied being embarrassed by Jo however he did admit to listening to some rumors, including, “Individuals are saying that you’re saying behind closed doorways that we’re secretly relationship. Perhaps we have to not hang around as a lot.”
As a substitute of pulling again a bit, Jo advised they not hang around “in any respect,” which upset Schwartz.
“To listen to her say that’s type of intestine wrenching. Me and Jo have had this incredible voyage stuffed with compassion, help and perhaps even love,” he admitted. “It will be a f—king tragedy if we by no means frolicked or talked once more.”
The dialog acquired emotional when Jo defined how necessary Schwartz was to her.
“It’s so simple. Like, us collectively can be [so easy]. We’d be disgustingly ugly and outdated and laughing and all these issues,” she gushed. “That’s the reason I want a while as a result of deep down I do assume I’ve emotions for you.”
Because the twosome agreed to half methods, Jo began to cry. “I’m going to overlook that. It solely comes round occasionally and it’s OK for us to only say, ‘Properly, perhaps we might discover it some place else,’” she instructed Schwartz earlier than speeding out of his condo to take care of her feelings.
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Jo elaborated on her love for Schwartz, telling the cameras, “It’s actually onerous. I simply need him to be completely happy. Massively. He’s my favourite particular person on the planet and I don’t care what he says about me, however that’s that goddamn reality. I believe the world of him.”
Since their onscreen break up, Schwartz opened up about why timing was working in opposition to him and Jo.
“There have been perhaps blended alerts there a bit bit. We had a lightning in a bottle state of affairs for some time there,” he mentioned on Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen in February. “I don’t know if it was sustainable given my psychological state of being. I don’t know if I used to be geared up to be in a traditional relationship.”
Schwartz joked he “ought to have been dedicated” as an alternative of in search of out a girlfriend, noting, “I used to be in a really bizarre place like I’ve by no means skilled in my complete life. I’ll shut up now.”
The TomTom cofounder has since moved on with Sophia Skoro. Jo, in the meantime, has continued to publicly reward Schwartz.
“Been eager to say this for some time, and provides me grace on how I say it – ⭐️Every part about this human makes me completely happy. Have you ever ever discovered a human that simply will get you? Makes you snort and has a real love for individuals the identical means I do too. 💕that’s Tom,” she wrote through Instagram in March. “Tom Schwartz deserves the world — and so do I. I do know him so properly and I’m so completely happy and grateful. Perhaps I’m not the woman for him, however I get it — he’s actually a great instance of somebody residing within the second all the time and so am I.”
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The publish concluded: “Blessings to Tom Schwartz for serving to me with life. And vice versa, what in tarnations, discover an individual who could make you snort on a regular basis — that’s Tom Schwartz (T$) you people on the market are fortunate to hang around with him. (He’ll hate this publish as a result of it’s a praise to who he’s) however somebody has to say it — t$ has the very best snort, smile, and other people ought to actually understand how variety he’s. I’ll love him ceaselessly. Jo, out ☀️.”
In response to feedback questioning the prolonged caption, Jo replied, “Why can’t I publish about certainly one of my finest buddies? Simply because he’s a man? If this was certainly one of my finest girlfriends nobody would care! Let’s all be variety and shout out the very best individuals in our lives! ❤️.”
Vanderpump Guidelines airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and is out there to stream on Peacock the following day.
