BREAKING: TOM SCHWARTZ CONFIRMS NEW ROMANCE — “SHE’S NOT JUST A FLING” + TALKS KIDS & SANDOVAL DRAMA
Tom Schwartz revealed he’s dating someone new, and addressed if he wants to have kids. Meanwhile, the Vanderpump Rules star also gave an update on his friendship with Tom Sandoval
In past months, fans speculated that Tom and his former costar, Lala Kent, were in a secret romance. In September, Lala leaned into it by jokingly posting their ‘soft launch,’ which sparked more rumors.
On her Untraditionally Lala podcast, Lala addressed claims of a secret romance.
“Everyone was like, they’re for sure f**king. They’re for sure dating. They’re for sure doing whatever it is that people do when they’re working towards a relationship. And we couldn’t shake it,” said Lala, via @vanderpodrecaps on Instagram. “And then I didn’t help a few days ago with [my post].”
“I liked it,” Tom responded. “I didn’t repost it. I have respect for someone I’m dating, but she is in on the joke and she gets it totally.”
“I know you’re keeping [the romance] kind of under wraps and protecting it,” said Lala, who shared that she met the mystery person. “Now that I can put like a face, a very hot face, someone call it a supermodel stunning face. I like kind of couldn’t put together words when I saw her. But then I felt bad because I had like posted that … And then I met her and I was like, oh, f**k. This isn’t just a girl’s name that I’ve heard.”
Tom agreed that the woman is “not just a fling
“I was texting my best friend Jesus this morning and I was like, man, I’m really digging somebody right now,” he added.
Later on, Lala commented, “Let’s talk about kids very quickly. So the girl that you’re seeing is younger than you … Is there a timeline for you, not saying that you’ve had this discussion with her, but for you where you’re like, I would like to start having kids when I’m this age?”
“I think I’ll be really sad if by the time I’m 50, I don’t have any kids. I’ll probably have an existential meltdown,” he said. “I feel better than I’ve ever felt in my life. I feel healthy and I’m happy. I’m in a good place, but yeah, I want kids, man. But I don’t want to be so rigid with timelines and stuff that I deny myself being in the moment and happy.”
Around the same time, Tom, on his own podcast, Detox Retox, addressed where he stands with Sandoval.
“Do you still speak to Tom Sandoval?” asked guest star Peter Madrigal
“Yeah. He’s on tour right now,” answered Schwartz. “I was going to meet him in Texas, actually. We took a break from each other for obvious reasons and just to recalibrate.”
Major ‘Issues’ Continue to Follow Former Commanders No. 2 Overall Pick
More than a few eyebrows were raised when the New Orleans Saints decided to drop a bag on edge rusher Chase Young this offseason with a 3-year, $51 million free agent contract.
Young, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft by the Washington Commanders, received a significant raise over the 1-year, $13 million contract he played on with the Saints in 2024 and did so by being pretty average with 31 tackles, 5.5 sacks and 8 TFL but did have a career high 21 QB hits.
What Young has given back to the Saints in return to this point seems more on brand with how the rest of his career has gone — he was set to miss a fourth consecutive game with a calf injury for the winless Saints in Week 4 and has yet to play this season.
“Whatever the best case scenario for the Saints and what they expected (from Young), it ain’t that,” Locked On Saints host Ross Jackson said on his official X account. ” … When you are the top paid edge rusher and the biggest, best player on defense and you’re expected to be out there and you’re not that’s going to cause some frustration and going to cause some issues. So I don’t play anybody for being frustrated about that.”
Young’s entire career has been a study in frustration, beginning with his time with the Commanders/
Young Seemed Like Future of Franchise at One Point
The Commanders thought they’d drafted a generational talent when they took Young with the No. 2 overall pick in 2020. There’s some irony in that he was taken behind quarterback Joe Burrow to the Cincinnati Bengals at No. 1 overall — 2 players who have seen their careers defined by injury more than anything else.
Young started off his NFL career like a Man on Fire with a career highs in tackles (44), sacks (7.5), TFL (10), forced fumbles (4), fumble recoveries (3) and pass deflections (4) as a rookie. That year, he was selected to the Pro Bowl, won NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors and even led the Commanders to a rare playoff berth.
Following a torn ACL suffered in Week 10 of the 2021 regular season, Young missed 22 of the next 25 regular-season games, including all but 3 games in 2022.
Young revamped his career in 2023 with 7.5 sacks while playing for both the Commanders and the San Francisco 49ers after a midseason trade and was a role player as the 49ers made it to the Super Bowl.
Saints Called Out For Paying Young Big Money
Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox put Young’s new deal at the top of his list of the NFL’s “Biggest Contract Blunders” in the 2025 offseason.
In 5 seasons, Young has never finished in the Top 25 in the NFL in sacks.
“t was strange to see Young get that sort of deal this offseason following another good-not-great season,” Knox wrote on July 21. “What made this a poor decision by New Orleans, though, was its cap situation … Given Young’s injury history and the state of the Saints franchise, his extension represented a very unnecessary risk. Young is only 26 years old and still has the potential to develop into a dependable starter, but New Orleans’ money would have been better spent elsewhere.”
