{"id":41203,"date":"2025-12-24T14:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=41203"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:06:14","slug":"ok-so-what-is-this-katie-maloney-tom-sandoval-murderer-beef-actually-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/24\/ok-so-what-is-this-katie-maloney-tom-sandoval-murderer-beef-actually-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Ok, so what is this Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval &#8216;murderer&#8217; beef actually about?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"625\">Winter may be for cosy vibes, but Vanderpump Rules alums Katie Maloney and <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/03\/06\/people-hate-to-admit-this-mind-blowing-hot-take-on-tom-sandoval-after-the-traitors\/\">Tom Sandoval<\/a> apparently didn\u2019t get the memo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"625\">A resurfaced clip from one of Sandoval\u2019s live appearances has people side-eyeing him hard, and Katie\u2019s response quickly turned into its own mini comment-section moment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"625\">The gist? A game meant to be cheeky took a left turn into &#8220;wait\u2026 why would you say that?&#8221; territory, and Katie did what Katie does best.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"625\">She didn\u2019t over-explain, didn\u2019t over-perform, just hit back with a line that instantly travelled across the Bravosphere, and sent shockwaves in its path.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"654\">Tom fired shots at Katie<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Omg \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pyqB2TGpk0\">https:\/\/t.co\/pyqB2TGpk0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CHE8cqTpLD\">pic.twitter.com\/CHE8cqTpLD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bye Wig Hello Drama (@HousewivesHub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HousewivesHub\/status\/2003646520567239148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"925\">Here\u2019s how the &#8216;murder&#8217; part entered the chat. During a live Q&amp;A at a show in Pittsburgh, Sandoval was asked to play a round of &#8216;F*ck, Marry, Kill&#8217; with three very Bravo-coded options: Katie Maloney, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/05\/erm-lisa-vanderpump-just-revealed-a-bravo-cheating-scandal-she-knew-all-about\/\">Lisa Vanderpump<\/a>, and Lala Kent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1326\">Instead of keeping it light, Sandoval launched into a weird riff about true-crime tropes, specifically the way murder victims on ID Discovery are often described as having a smile that &#8220;lights up the room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1326\">Then he contrasted that with Katie, saying she\u2019s &#8220;the opposite,&#8221; doesn\u2019t &#8220;light up the room,&#8221; and (yes, he said it) she\u2019s in &#8220;no danger of being murdered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1476\">After that little monologue, he made his picks: &#8220;marry&#8221; Lisa Vanderpump, &#8220;f**k&#8221; Lala Kent, and &#8220;murder&#8221; Katie.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1918\">If you\u2019re wondering why this hit a nerve&#8230; Katie and Sandoval have years of bad blood baked in.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1918\">Sandoval was Tom Schwartz\u2019s best friend and business partner during Katie\u2019s marriage, and Katie has openly blamed Sandoval\u2019s influence for contributing to their relationship issues in the first place.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1918\">So when he drags her in public, especially with a true-crime joke, folks weren\u2019t exactly in a forgiving mood.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1946\">She clapped back online<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSoTQd3DWEx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; 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text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSoTQd3DWEx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by The VERY passionate blogger &#8211; \ud835\udddc \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\u2019\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude04 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude04\ud835\uddf1 (@xoxo_bravo_girl_)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1948\" data-end=\"2172\">Katie didn\u2019t respond with a paragraph. She responded the way Katie does best.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1948\" data-end=\"2172\">Once footage of the moment circulated on Instagram, she commented: &#8220;Lol well he has the characteristics of a murderer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2174\" data-end=\"2383\">She also dropped a reaction meme of herself from a <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/17\/heres-the-real-reason-the-og-vanderpump-rules-cast-wasnt-asked-back\/\">Vanderpump Rules<\/a> reunion saying: &#8220;Choke. I don\u2019t care.&#8221; Which is honestly the most on-brand punctuation mark she could\u2019ve used.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2385\" data-end=\"2680\">Then Sandoval popped into the comments to clap back at her clap back, telling Katie it was &#8220;rich&#8221; coming from someone who &#8220;celebrated the murder of a father and husband,&#8221; and adding that he\u2019s glad he doesn\u2019t have to be around her &#8220;miserable energy&#8221; anymore.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"3077\">That accusation appears to be referencing earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/09\/16\/katie-maloney-issues-apology-after-saying-we-dont-mourn-monsters-following-charlie-kirks-death\/\">backlash Katie faced<\/a> over a post she made after political activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September 2025, backlash that led her to clarify she was not celebrating his death and didn\u2019t believe he deserved to be killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shots were very randomly fired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734210,"featured_media":41207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1552,1792,1364],"class_list":["post-41203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bravo","tag-tom-sandoval","tag-vanderpump-rules"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/24\/ok-so-what-is-this-katie-maloney-tom-sandoval-murderer-beef-actually-about\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Ok, so what is this Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval &#8216;murderer&#8217; 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