Jo Wenberg became a part of Vanderpump Rules Season 10 due to her close proximity to Tom Schwartz. She became a topic of conversation after his divorce from Katie Maloney, as cast members struggled to understand the hairstylist’s relationship with the VPR star.
Jo and Schwartz were especially close between seasons, when the full effect of Scandoval took an emotional toll on him.
But just as confusing as their situationship was when it was active, viewers were just as unclear by what Jo and Schwartz closed during the latest episode of Vanderpump Rules from April 9.
The singles mixer made Jo uncomfortable
“I see how much Schwartz loves his friends, and I want to be welcomed into the group if I want to be a part of Schwartz’s life forever,” Jo explained during a confessional interview. “We got very, very emotionally close when he would cry about Katie [Maloney].”
The emotions were triggered by Jo and Schwartz’s attendance at a single’s event. While Jo thought they were going together in support of Tom Sandoval and Kyle Chan, Schwartz started flirting with some of the attendees.
Jo ended up leaving in tears and a state of confusion. She said to the camera, “I was under the impression that why we were here was to support Tom Sandoval. Then when we got here, he was interested in other women. What am I? Chopped liver?”
“I know the truth, and the truth is that we are hooking up,” she added. “We said I love you to each other. It bothers me that he doesn’t really want to share this relationship with his friends. I’m tired of feeling like a secret.”
Sandoval noticed the dynamic and explained his point of view to producers.
“Schwartz and Jo are on two different pages. Jo is looking at their situationship as a glass half full relationship,” he said. “Schwartz just being Schwartz, he is going to give off signals. It is like part of his superpower, he is charming all the time.”
Schwartz decided to have a conversation with Jo
Schwartz’s reaction was to pull back from the situationship.
“Maybe it is not as realistic to be this close as me and Jo are and still go out and date other people, hang out with other people and have sex with other people. I am starting to wonder if she’s in a little deeper than I am,” he said in a confessional interview.
Producers got the duo together in Schwartz’s apartment to discuss the aftermath. He initiated the conversation by asking if Jo felt he had been sending her “mixed signals.”
“Because I know we have such a good time together and we have this undeniable chemistry. That being said, I don’t want to be in a relationship at all,” he said. “I want to date other people. I am dating other people and I get numbers and I hook up with people.”
Jo became emotional. She responded, “Do you imagine how I feel after being around you for the past year and a half? We have been there for each other. Are you embarrassed by me?”
Schwartz denied it, but in the same breath put Jo on the spot for telling others in their friend group that they were “secretly dating.”
Jo felt the need to cut ties
“Maybe we need to not hang out as much,” he concluded.
Jo upped the ante by saying that under those circumstances, she didn’t want to see him “at all.”
“To hear her say that is kind of gut wrenching. Me and Jo have had this fantastic voyage full of compassion, support and maybe even love,” he admitted. “It would be a f—king tragedy if we never hung out or talked again.”
In a shocking confession of her feelings, Jo concluded with a sweet sentiment before leaving Schwartz’s apartment.
“It is so easy. Like, us together would be [so easy]. We would be disgustingly ugly and old and laughing and all those things,” she reflected. “That is why I need some time because deep down I do think I have feelings for you.”
“I am going to miss that. It only comes around once in a while and it is OK for us to just say, ‘Well, maybe we would find it somewhere else,’” Jo added.
In a confessional interview, the hairstylist said, “It is really hard. I just want him to be happy. Massively. He is my favorite person in the world and I don’t care what he says about me, but that is that goddamn truth. I think the world of him.”
Is Jo’s time, and storyline, on Vanderpump Rules finished? Perhaps she and Schwartz are not completely done with each other and the hairstylist will be back. Jo was certainly effective at getting under Katie’s skin.
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