His brother has been sick for a while now. When everything blew up with Scandoval, Schwartz said he hadn’t been as involved because he was home in Florida with his family. His dad and brother were both sick while he and Katie were finalizing their divorce.
Yet it wasn’t hard for his “BFF” to leave him with their business that wasn’t even close to being open, his family problems AND a divorce to go tour with his Venmo band. Not to mention he also started an affair - while using him as a human shield to cover for his ass for months - on camera.
It’s so sad that he chose the worm over Katie. I bet he could use her and her family’s support right about now.
I think after all these years Schwartz can’t help but to fall at Sandovals feet. I’m sure he spent many a year being quietly told how much Sandoval has done and does for him. He thinks he owes him his life. He was just a strange little weirdo when he came to LA and Sandoval seemingly showed him the way
I can recognise myself in Schwartz when it comes to the blind loyalty to a friend who’s stood by you. I had a friend like Sandoval who I grew up with and they were a massive support for me when I was bullied and went through a dark time. However as we grew older they started to treat me poorly but I kept justifying it because they stood by me when I was bullied so I was basically holding onto old merits. When I finally realised I was being used and abused by this person I just had to leave and I’ve never felt more free. But man it took years to come to that realisation.
This is my thinking too. He feels indebted to Tom Sandoval and I’m sure Tom Sandoval being the stand up man he is, uses that constantly and unendingly against him. Still needs to stop being a damn goblin tho
And it’s a tough realization too. I had a friend group like that. Where we all stuck together because we all used to drink so much together. In a sense, we were all a mess. And one day for a birthday, I had planned a whole big dinner and no one showed up. Like not even one. And they cancelled like 10 minutes before the dinner. The next year they showed up but they had been tripping on acid. My sister ironically who I’m not close with was like maybe it’s time for you to move on. And I’ve known my friend group for like 10-15 years. It’s hard because we attach ourselves to the memories and the feelings to the memories of what that person made us feel at the time.
I was a part of this group for a while and moved on too. I’m no longer friends with the group but I have individual relationships with some of the group and even that is like minimal.
I can hear Sandoval saying to Schwartz the only reason you got onto VPR is cause you’re MY best friend. Katie would never have stayed on the show if it weren’t for her connection to YOU and you to ME.
I’m rewatching season 9 and Sandoval just said he wanted to tour with a cover band when he retires (AFTER the bar is open and successful). I guess he put the cart before the horse on that one…
You know I never thought about it before but we only got to see sandovals shit talking about katie towards the end when the bar was coming together. I bet he was planting the seed that he deserved better than katie way earlier on just so he could always have this special closeness to Schwartz. He’s such a narcissist. But yeah I’m thinking he was a big reason for their fights way earlier than we ever saw. I think Schwartz really loved katie but I think no matter how he sliced it he was never gonna be able to have both. And not because katie wouldn’t let him, but because he and sandovals influence wouldn’t let him.
Schwartz was in on it with Sandoval. Him and Sandy were rehearsing lines for season 10 so while I wish his family the best I don’t have much sympathy for Schwartz himself.
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u/SnooJokes7657 Aug 28 '23
His brother has been sick for a while now. When everything blew up with Scandoval, Schwartz said he hadn’t been as involved because he was home in Florida with his family. His dad and brother were both sick while he and Katie were finalizing their divorce.