The Vanderpump Rules alum revealed why Connor may have "freaked out" after they were spotted together in 2024.
Katie Maloney set the record straight about her past relationship with Connor Newsum.
The pair sparked dating rumors roughly a year ago after they were spotted together at the Laurel Tavern in Studio City, California. Katie addressed the whispers in an August 2024 episode of Disrespectfully, a podcast she co-hosts with her good friend and fellow Vanderpump Rules alum Dayna Kathan.
“Do you wanna confirm or deny that you were on a date with someone?” Dayna asked. “You can plead the fifth.”
“Was I on a date? Listen, I didn’t obviously choose to put that out there,” Katie said, referring to the news reports about her and Connor’s outing. “I’m not going to deny anything… I don’t think it’s fair to be yapping about it.”
Katie Maloney theorizes why Connor Newsum "freaked out" after their date
Fast-forward to the July 15 episode of The Viall Files podcast, where Katie shed more light on her and Connor’s brief fling. At one point during the broadcast, host Nick Viall jokingly referred to Connor as Katie’s “ex,” which prompted the Utah native to clarify the nature of her and Connor's relationship.
“We went on one date. I didn’t even categorize it as that,” Katie said, referring to the “ex” label. “I did clock when he said — he was talking [in an interview] about someone that he was seeing. He’s like, ‘I’m not gonna say who it is… It got some attention.’”