Vanderpump Rules’ Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney’s Ups and Downs Over the Years: Tom Schwartz Drama, Birthday Party Fights and More

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Vanderpump Rules’ Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney's Ups and Downs Over the Years: Tom Schwartz Drama, Birthday Party Fights and More

Friends or foes? Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney may have started off as friends, but their relationship has grown complicated over the years. The reality stars first met in 2013 as they joined the original cast of Vanderpump Rules. As drama between their castmates heated up, Shay and Maloney also dealt with their own interpersonal issues, including drama over Maloney’s friendship with Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute. While the friends dealt with the ups and downs in their relationship as the years went on, things took a turn for the worse when the Utah native and Tom Schwartz called it quits in March 2022 after more than a decade together. The drama between the former couple — who tied the knot in 2016 after five years together — escalated as Schwartz got cozy with costar Raquel Leviss at Shay’s wedding to Brock Davies in August 2022, a few months after Maloney filed for divorce. Maloney, who was not in attendance for the “Good As Gold” singer’s nuptials, accused Shay of trying to set up her ex-husband with the former beauty queen. [jwplayer HH21WWLS-zhNYySv2] “It is very disrespectful what you have been up to,” Maloney told the former SUR waitress during a February 2023 episode of Pump Rules, accusing the actress of bad intentions over her invitation to Schwartz to discuss his divorce on her “Scheananigans” podcast. “What you did with Schwartz on your podcast was f—king gross. You and your podcast should just stop right now.” She continued: “You do not need to talk about the most painful day in my life. It’s none of your f—king business. I don’t care what you think. There is no room for your feelings. There is no room for you in this. Get out of my divorce with Tom. I am really proud of where we are and you are derailing everything. You are meddling like a little troll.” After the episode aired, Shay slammed her costar’s harsh words and exclusively told Us “it was projection at its finest.” “Like, [Katie] goes on Reddit, she finds out information about us and then screenshots it and sends it to people and then comments on posts and actually trolls,” she claimed to Us in March 2023. “So, I was like, ‘No, no, no. That’s one thing you’re not gonna call me because that’s actually what you are.’” The feud between the two women seemingly calmed down after news of Tom Sandoval’s affair with Leviss came to light in March 2023. Maloney and Shay banded together to support Ariana Madix amid the drama, who ended things with Sandoval upon finding out his relationship with Leviss. Keep scrolling to see Shay and Maloney’s ups and downs through the years:

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2013

Drama between the friends began to brew during the first season of Pump Rules when Maloney and Schroeder grew closer and Shay began to feel left out. The tension only increased later that year, when Maloney felt like Shay sabotaged Schwartz during an interview with Lisa Vanderpump at SUR. The women got into a disagreement during Shay’s birthday party.

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2014

In season 2, the Pump Rules cast went to Mexico for Schroeder’s birthday. During the festivities, Shay and Schwartz approached Maloney to share their concerns with her drinking, which led to an argument between the couple.

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2016

Two years later, Shay got into another fight with Maloney and Schroeder over an apology to Lala Kent. The three women went back and forth leaving Shay in tears.  

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April 2022

Weeks after Maloney and Schwartz announced their split, the BlackBoxTV music producer accused Shay of supporting her estranged husband and helping him move on.

“Inviting Schwartz and Raquel to her birthday (not me),” Katie said at the time. “It was very obvious.”

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May 2022

Maloney released a series of texts between herself and the actress in February 2023 that cleared the air about their argument in the spring. Shay, for her part, asked her costar she was “putting up a front” about her ex dating again. Maloney replied: “When in public that’s how I present.”

“Literally why would I think you were lying to my face??? You were telling me how much happier you are etc etc so I’ve [been] happy FOR YOU,” Shay fired back. “You literally told me in Vegas that you want tom to move [on] bc it’ll make it easier for you bc you had already. And you encourage me to push him to move on.”

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August 2022

Us confirmed that Schwartz made out with Leviss at Shay’s wedding to Davies, which Maloney was not in attendance for.

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February 2023

Shay got candid about a conversation she had with Maloney about Schwartz moving on during an episode of Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast

“There was a conversation that happened between Katie and I … and Katie said, ‘I think they would make a good couple,’ or, ‘They might be a good match,’ or something along those lines,” the “Scheananigans” podcast host recalled. “So I took that and ran with it and I told Raquel, ‘Katie kind of gives you her blessing if you want to pursue that.’ And then you’ll see the rest play out.”

In an episode of Pump Rules that aired a few days later, Maloney called out Shay for “meddling like a little troll.”

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March 2023

Shay slammed Maloney for calling her a “troll” and exclusively told Us that it was “projection at its finest.”

Later in the month, an episode of Pump Rules showed that Maloney and Shay got in an argument over hotel room arrangements for her wedding in Mexico. One of her bridesmaids, Jamie Lynn, was having issues booking a room, so Shay offered to buy Maloney’s nonrefundable room since she no longer planned on attending the nuptials.

“It sucks that Scheana’s bridesmaid didn’t book her room when she was bullying the rest of us to do it. But these are not my problems,” the Utah native told cameras before she revealed her plans to travel to Mexico regardless. “I called the hotel and made sure Kristina Kelly could be added to my room and it was no problem.” 

Shay and Maloney seemingly put their differences aside to support Madix duirng her breakup with Sandoval. Both women were seen visiting the Florida native's L.A. home in the wake of the drama and attended the Pump Rules season 10 reunion.

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April 2023

Madix, Shay and Maloney led a chant of "f--k Tom" amid Scandoval at Emo Nite in Los Angeles.