{"id":15480,"date":"2026-07-24T07:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T02:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15480"},"modified":"2026-07-24T07:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T02:44:25","slug":"vanderpump-rules-tom-schwartz-slams-unrecognizable-paparazzi-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15480","title":{"rendered":"Vanderpump Rules&#8217; Tom Schwartz Slams &#8220;Unrecognizable&#8221; Paparazzi Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eonline.com\/news\/tom_schwartz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tom Schwartz<\/strong><\/a> knows that it&#8217;s his time to clear the air.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/eonline.com\/news\/vanderpump_rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em><\/a> alum clapped back after a tabloid published a paparazzi photo of him out in Los Angeles with the headline reading: &#8220;Tom Schwartz is unrecognizable as he surfaces downcast at 43.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His trademark breezy ebullience seemed nowhere in evidence,&#8221; read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15997283\/vanderpump-rules-star-tom-schwartz-unrecognizable-surfaces-downcast-43.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">July 22 article<\/a>, which also detailed how his and <strong>Tom Sandoval<\/strong>&#8216;s Hollywood bar Schwartz &amp; Sandy&#8217;s had closed down while the L.A. sandwich shop owned by Schwartz&#8217;s ex-wife <strong>Katie Maloney<\/strong> &#8220;remains open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, Schwartz wasn&#8217;t exactly raising a glass to how he was depicted. 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