Tom Schwartz Admitted He Overlooked Raquel Leviss Before Split From Katie Maloney: ‘She’s Cool as S–t’

30.08.2022 - 01:05 / usmagazine.com

Planting the seeds? Tom Schwartz gushed about his Vanderpump Rules costar Raquel Leviss weeks before they hooked up at Scheana Shay‘s wedding to Brock Davies.

“She’s cool as s—t,” the TomTom co-owner, 39, said during a recent episode of Shay’s “Scheananigans” podcast. “Shout-out to Raquel.”

The Minnesota native went on to say that he felt like he overlooked the former SURver, 27, while he was in a relationship with Katie Maloney. Schwartz and the “You’re Gonna Love Me” podcast host called it quits in March after more than a decade together.

“I was so caught up in my own little world and I was married — I never took time to get to know Raquel,” Schwartz told Shay, 37. “She was always cool. I just never really took [the] time to invest in her. That’s a horrible way to phrase it. I never really gave her a chance. … She has so much depth and character. I think I wrote her off.”

The “Good as Gold” songstress and her Bravo costar also discussed the debunked rumors that he kissed Leviss at Coachella in April. Schwartz reiterated that he wasn’t at the music festival, while Shay asked him if he would ever “make the rumors” true. The Schwartz & Sandy’s cofounder replied, “I don’t know what to say.”

Earlier in the episode, Shay asked her podcast guest to play a game of “F–k Marry Kill” with Leviss, Lisa Vanderpump and Lala Kent. “I think I’m gonna marry Raquel,” Schwartz said.

After Shay’s August 23 wedding, Us Weekly confirmed that Schwartz and Leviss “made out” during the festivities. “Apparently there was some heavy drinking involved,” an insider said, adding that they heard “through the grapevine” that “more happened” between the duo.

Schwartz’s estranged wife, 35, didn’t attend the ceremony, but she was in Mexico during the event —