Tom Schwartz is getting the cold shoulder from his Winter House castmates. On the hit reality show’s Season 3 premiere — which was filmed less than two weeks after Scandoval broke — the Vanderpump Rules star’s fellow Bravolebrities warn him against bringing his West Hollywood baggage to Colorado.
The icy conversation starts when Summer House star Kyle Cooke tells the house that Schwartz is coming the next day — and that he’ll be “solo.” Tom Sandoval was also set to join the cast until it came out days earlier that he had a months-long affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, who was a mutual close friend of his and his ex-girlfriend of nine years Ariana Madix.
After Cooke announces that Sandoval won’t be joining his other half, Summer House star Danielle Olivera declares it a “good” thing as awkward silence fills the room. Moreover, she opens up about her frustration with Schwartz — who, at the time, was still two weeks away from revealing how much he actually knew about the affair at the Season 10 reunion.
“I know Tom Schwartz through his ex-wife Katie [Maloney]. And she’s not feeling great about him in this moment,” Olivera says in her confessional. “So Tom, if you’re bringing the baggage with Sandoval into this house — my safe haven from all the shit that I’m dealing with — no. Just get out.”
Olivera isn’t the only one who’s glad that Sandoval won’t be joining their wintery escape. Even Cooke knew the bar owner’s presence would be a damper on everyone else’s trip.
“As much as I was looking forward to both Schwartz and Sandoval coming to Colorado, thank fucking god Sandoval is not here because we do not need that energy right now,” Cooke tells the cameras. “Schwartz has done some dumb things just like yours truly. But he needs to leave all that toxicity behind so he can blossom.”
While Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard star Jordan Emanuel says she’d rather “stay out of it,” the Below Deck: Mediterranean ladies Katie Flood and Malia White have no idea what the heck anyone is talking about.
“I just missed something,” White admits amid the awkward silence, while Flood adds, “Am I living under a goddamn rock here? I have no idea who the fuck Tom Schwartz is.”
In classic cliffhanger fashion, it takes until the end of the episode for Schwartz to finally make it to Colorado. In his confessional, he immediately expresses sadness over not being able to share the experience with Sandoval.
“I feel like I got thrust into a parallel universe,” he says. “Me and Tom actually had this trip planned together when we opened the bar, Schwartz & Sandy’s. We always from the get-go said, ‘Once we’re done, we’re gonna go to Steamboat, Colorado. We’re gonna snowboard. It’s gonna be glorious.’ But that’s not the reality.”
He adds, “I feel like I’m having an identity crisis right now. I feel like I’ve become a side character in someone else’s movie. It’s all unraveling and I don’t know what the hell’s gonna happen.”
Will the rest of the house welcome Schwartz with open arms? Or will he be walking on thin ice?
We’ll just have to find out when new episodes of Winter House air every Tuesday at 9/8c on Bravo.