Katie Maloney, 35, Is Dating Satchel Clendenin, 25, After Divorce & BFF Stassi Is ‘Happy’ For Her (Exclusive)

Katie Maloney, 35, is enjoying a “new” romance with Satchel Clendenin, 25, and her BFF Stassi Schroeder, 34, is afloat supportive. The Vanderpump Rules star, who split from husband Tom Schwartz successful March, seemingly “isn’t putting excessively overmuch pressure” connected the caller transportation and Stassi “couldn’t beryllium happier” for her. “Stassi knows things are inactive precise caller betwixt Katie and Satchel but she couldn’t beryllium happier for her friend,” a root EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife. “Not due to the fact that she’s dating, but due to the fact that she sees however blessed Katie is with her beingness successful general.”

“Stassi has been by Katie’s broadside done heavy and thin, and was determination for her each passim her divorcement from Schwartz,” the root continued. “Stassi conscionable wants Katie to beryllium blessed and thinks she deserves the world. A fewer radical person met Satchel and truthful acold everybody thinks he’s great. He’s truly laid backmost which Stassi thinks is simply a bully lucifer for Katie. She realizes there’s an property difference, but Satchel seems beauteous mature for his property and Katie is enjoying his institution truthful that’s each that matters. She sees that Katie isn’t putting excessively overmuch unit connected things and is conscionable having amusive for the clip being.”

Stassi and Katie person been friends for years. (Shutterstock)

As Katie embraces a caller narration with Satchel, she has officially and legally walked distant from her aged one. Her and Tom’s divorce was finalized connected Oct. 12 and the documents, which were obtained by Us Weekly, showed that they are splitting the profits from the merchantability of their Los Angeles home, which they sold successful August for $2 million. They’ll besides beryllium dividing up their different assets according to whose sanction is attached to the items.

Katie and Tom, who were joined successful 2019, confirmed their separation with statements released successful March. They some revealed it was Katie’s determination to dissolve the matrimony and Tom admitted helium respected her decision. “[I] afloat respect Katie’s determination and we’ve had healthy, productive conversations astir it. It would beryllium acold sadder if she decided to enactment with maine whilst not happy,” helium said successful his statement.

Stassi is ‘happy’ that Katie is dating a caller man. (Stephanie Augello/Shutterstock)

Shortly aft the divided was announced, a antithetic root told america that Stassi was “heartbroken” for them. “Stassi is heartbroken for Tom and Katie due to the fact that they’ve shared truthful galore memories unneurotic arsenic friends,” a person adjacent to the manner blogger EXCLUSIVELY shared with HollywoodLife successful precocious March. “Out of everybody successful their ellipse of friends, Stassi is astir apt the astir affected by this due to the fact that she’s the closest to them arsenic a couple.”