Her time on Vanderpump Rules has come to an end, but Katie Maloney is busy with a new man.
The reality star has officially kicked off her relationship with her new boyfriend, Sleeping With Sirens guitarist Nick Martin.
The Vanderpump Rules alum, 37, shared a loved-up photo with her love on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday while celebrating his birthday.
The couple looked as cute as can be as they snuggled into a booth at Casa Vega restaurant with Martin’s arm lovingly draped over her shoulders.
Katie held his hand as they looked admiringly at each other in the diner. ‘Happy birthday my (red heart emoji)!!!!!’ Katie — who was previously married to VPR alumnus Tom Schwartz — captioned the photo.
Katie confirmed her romance with Martin in October, but only shared a loving photo of their hands.
Katie Maloney kicked off her relationship with new boyfriend Nick Martin hard on Tuesday
Martin reshared the photo and added: “Our Casa Vega XMas Card.”
Nick’s identity was first revealed by Katie’s Vanderpump Rules co-star Scheana Shay in October.
Katie first revealed she had a boyfriend on October 16 when she appeared on Dayna Kathan’s podcast Disrespectfully.
Katie chose not to reveal her new man’s identity, but Scheana revealed his name a week later on her podcast Scheananigans after meeting him.
Her new boyfriend comes two years after she finalized her divorce from Tom Schwartz after six years of marriage.
During the October 16 podcast appearance, Katie revealed that she has a man in her life.
‘I have a boyfriend. Yes, I’m in love, y’all. I’m very happy.’
Adding, “He is the most wonderful person I have ever met. He is very sweet and I just feel very special. He’s very special and yes, I’m just very happy.’
Although she chose not to identify him, she did add that she saw him the weekend before her podcast appearance.
‘This weekend I went to my friend’s. He has to travel for work, so I went to meet him, spend some time with him.”
She continued, “It was really great because I hadn’t seen him in a few weeks and it was really necessary and really nice to spend some quality time and just be around him.”
A week later, Scheana told fans what they wanted to hear: who is Katie’s boyfriend.
Nick is the guitarist for the band Sleeping With Sirens – whose identity was first revealed by Katie’s Vanderpump Rules co-star Scheana Shay in October
Maloney was previously married to Tom Schwartz; pictured 2017
Meanwhile, Katie along with the rest of the original cast of Vanderpump Rules are saying goodbye to the Bravo series — the show recently announced that they will be moving on with a brand new cast for the show’s upcoming 12th season
Scheana said on her podcast that she met Katie’s boyfriend this weekend, explaining, “I met him this weekend. We were all standing by the artist trailers in the meeting room, and he and Katie walked over while I was standing in line at the taco truck getting food.”
‘I said hello to her. She introduced me to her boyfriend,” Scheana explained.
‘There’s been something online lately. I’ve seen little bits and pieces. But let me tell you, he couldn’t have been nicer. He’s from San Diego and we just talked about that. Then I ran into them again later at the hotel at the end of the night, and he was just such a sweet guy,” she said.
‘I saw the end of their set. We actually left Fall Out Boy a little early because they were playing at the same time. But I wanted to check out Sleeping With Sirens. I wanted to see what the band stood for. They were really good.’
Katie was previously linked to Love Island USA’s Connor Newsum in July.
She split from husband Tom Schwartz in March 2022 and finalized the divorce in September 2022.
Meanwhile, Katie is saying goodbye to the Bravo series along with the rest of the original cast of Vanderpump Rules — the show recently announced that they will be moving on with a brand new cast for the show’s upcoming 12th season.