Katie Maloney set the record straight about her past relationship with Connor Newsum.

About a year ago, dating rumors swirled around the pair after they were seen together at the Laurel Tavern in Studio City, California. Katie spoke about the rumors in an August 2024 episode of Disrespectfully, a podcast she co-hosts with her 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 choose for that to become public knowledge,” Katie remarked about the reports of her outing with Connor. “I’m not denying anything… but I don’t think it’s appropriate to elaborate on it.”

Katie Maloney theorizes why Connor Newsum “freaked out” after their date

Then on the July 15 episode of The Viall Files podcast, Katie provided more insights into her brief interaction with Connor. During the episode, host Nick Viall jokingly called Connor Katie’s “ex,” which led the Utah native to further explain her and Connor’s dynamic.

“We just went on one date. I wouldn’t even define it as that,” Katie said of being labeled as having an “ex.” “He did say in an interview — he was mentioning seeing someone and noted, ‘I’m not gonna disclose who it is… It attracted some attention.’”

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Katie didn’t provide specifics, but indicated Connor wasn’t pleased with all the headlines surrounding their date.

“Somebody told on us at the bar we went to,” she said. “He definitely freaked out about it.”

Connor, known from Love Island USA Season 6, recently confirmed his romance with fellow Love Island participant Carmen Kocourek (Season 5). Connor announced the news in a July 2 Instagram post, simply captioned, “an update,” featuring several date night photos, including one where he kisses a smiling Carmen on the cheek.

Katie Maloney enters a relationship with rock musician Nick Martin

Some months after her outing with Connor, Katie disclosed that she had started a romantic relationship with Nick Martin, the guitarist for Sleeping with Sirens. She talked about this relationship in the April 14 episode of Humble Brag, hosted by The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s Cynthia Bailey and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Crystal Kung Minkoff.

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The former SUR-ver said she met Nick during a 2024 trip to Las Vegas, and immediately hit it off with the musician.

“We just became friends, and we went [for] coffee one day,” she said. “He had just started going through a divorce, and then started kind of seeing someone else. But we maintained friends through that and really got to know each other.”

Why Katie Maloney was “nervous” to start dating Nick Martin

It wasn’t long before the relationship went from platonic to romantic; however, Katie admitted she was hesitant to tell Nick her true feelings as she didn’t want to ruin their friendship.

“You know when you’re nervous when somebody that you’ve only ever seen platonically and only been friends with, then your feelings maybe start to change, you don’t wanna ruin the vibe by crossing any lines?” she said. “So that’s kinda how we both were. We were both tiptoeing things.”

The pair eventually shared their first kiss in late 2024 and have been going strong ever since.

“I just really loved the person that he is,” Katie continued. “I’ve actually never told this [story]… It worked out for me.”

Learn more about Katie’s romance with Nick, and what her ex-husband, Tom Schwartz, thinks of her new beau.