Katie Maloney Has a New Boyfriend: ‘I’m Really Happy’

Vanderpump Rules star Katie Maloney is officially off the market.

“I have a boyfriend,” Maloney, 37, revealed during the Wednesday, October 16, episode of her and Dayna Kathan’s “Disrespectfully” podcast. “Yeah, I’m in love, everybody. I’m really happy.”

Maloney declined to name her beau but did offer a slight glimpse into their love story.

“This weekend, I went to go see my boyfriend. He has to travel for work, so I went to go meet up with him and hang out with him and spend some time,” she said. “It was really amazing ’cause I hadn’t seen him in a few weeks and just being able to, like, spend some quality time and just be around him was really necessary and really nice.”

According to Maloney, she will likely share more about her boyfriend “in time.”

“He’s the most wonderful person I’ve ever met,” Maloney said. “He’s very lovely and he  just makes me feel really special and he’s really special and, yeah, I’m just really happy.”

Maloney was previously married to VPR costar Tom Schwartz between 2016 and 2022.

“I never thought I would have to make an announcement like this. But I feel it’s important that I’m open about my life with you,” Maloney wrote via Instagram in March 2022. “After 12 years on an adventure through our life together, Tom and I are ending our marriage. This ending is not met with resentment or animosity, no sides to choose. We have deep admiration for one another that will always remain and cherish our friendship.”

Maloney filed for divorce that same month, which was finalized in September 2022. Since then, she and Schwartz, 42, have remained committed to sharing equal dog custody of pets Gordo and Butter.

“We’re hoping sometime in the next couple months [that] we’ll be able to get [our house] listed and sold,” Maloney exclusively told Us Weekly in April 2022. “We’re kind of in the process of figuring out our next moves of where we’re gonna live and what that’s gonna be like.”

She and Schwartz have also each moved on romantically. After Maloney’s brief fling with actor Satchel Clendenin, Us exclusively confirmed in July that the Something About Her cofounder was spotted out with Love Island USA alum Connor Newsum.

Newsum, 28, appeared on season 6 of the Peacock dating series, which is hosted by Maloney’s BFF Ariana Madix.

Madix, 39, later denied setting up Maloney with Newsum, noting on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, “Katie is not dating anyone. I have never played matchmaker with Katie.”

Maloney never publicly addressed her connection to Newsum.

Schwartz, for his part, briefly dated hairstylist Jo Wenberg following the divorce.