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Katie Maloney appeared on Kristen Doute’s podcast final week, the place she provided an replace on her and Ariana Madix‘s sandwich store, One thing About Her.
Earlier than admitting in a separate interview that she desires to be “distant” from Vanderpump Guidelines co-star Raquel Leviss, who connected together with her ex-husband, Tom Schwartz, simply months after their break up, Katie mentioned the “additional work” she and Ariana are doing on their new restaurant earlier than accusing Schwartz and his enterprise accomplice, Tom Sandoval, of doing issues “backwards” when it got here to Schwartz & Sandy’s.
“You assume that discovering the situation is the toughest half, so that you assume, however there are such a lot of elements that go into it, it’s not so simple as like choosing out paint or tables and chairs, it’s like plenty of additional work, authorized stuff that goes into it, licenses and entitlements and issues,” Katie defined on the February 8 episode of Intercourse, Love, and What Else Issues, by way of Heavy.
Whereas Katie and Ariana have discovered a location, reportedly close to SUR in West Hollywood, they nonetheless have quite a bit to do earlier than they will open their doorways. So earlier than they get to the “enjoyable components” of beginning a enterprise, Katie mentioned they’re specializing in “working with consultants to actually map out in nice element the marketing strategy [and] the price range.”
Katie then mentioned she didn’t agree with the method Schwartz and Sandoval took to open Schwartz and Sandy’s.
“No shade to the fellows however they type of labored backwards, I don’t assume that helped them in the long term, it price them some huge cash and plenty of time and so type of — not essentially studying from that however that kind of bolstered that we had been doing issues the right approach,” she mentioned.
Wanting ahead to the opening of the store, Katie mentioned she and Ariana are going for a timeless and “romantic” look that has been impressed by the interiors seen in Nancy Meyers’ movies.
“It’s not stylish, it doesn’t really feel like this can be a stylish spot, it feels prefer it’s type of been there without end in a approach,” she defined.
Throughout one other interview with Us Weekly, Katie was requested the place she stands with Raquel months after she connected with Schwartz in Mexico.
“Nowhere. I stand distant,” Katie revealed. “That’s the place I stand.”
Based on Katie, she “tried” to make it work with Raquel. However, she continued, “Some issues are simply not meant to be. And our friendship might be one in all them.”
As for her relationship with Schwartz, Katie mentioned they’re doing their finest to remain on good phrases.
“I’ve a historical past with Tom and we’ve canines, so I used to be a little bit bit extra eager to attempt to restore and work by way of [everything],” she famous. “We’re making an attempt to determine the place the candy spot is in our friendship that we are able to stay in one another’s lives, stay associates, however it’s not inflicting an excessive amount of rift and all of that.”
Vanderpump Guidelines season 10 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.