Current:Home > ScamsAriana Madix Details "Lovely and Caring" Romance With Daniel Wai After Tom Sandoval Break Up -MarketStream
Ariana Madix Details "Lovely and Caring" Romance With Daniel Wai After Tom Sandoval Break Up
View
Date:2025-04-11 22:51:58
Ariana Madix has found happiness again after SUR-viving Scandoval.
Two months after ex Tom Sandvoal's affair with Raquel Leviss came to light, Ariana is moving on with fitness coach Daniel Wai.
"I'm enjoying myself and I would say I'm very happy right now," Ariana shared May 18 on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna. "I met him at a wedding about 10 days after all of this. And in no way, shape or form did I go into that thinking anything."
And after the Vanderpump Rules season 10 finale May 17, which saw her confront Tom for cheating, it's time for her to raise her glass high and celebrate her new beginning.
"I have just been taking things very, very slow and really enjoying myself," she continued. "And it's just really lovely to interact with someone who is just so nice and kind and lovely and caring."
Ariana and the NYC-based trainer first sparked romance rumors when they were caught making out at Coachella last month. Since then, the couple haven't shied away from posting PDA-filled photos together on social media and they even recently reunited for a date night at a May 2 Yankees game in the Big Apple.
Today, for the 37-year-old, her ex will always be a strike out, with no chance of forgiveness.
"I would say I place more of the blame on him because he was the one in the relationship," she told co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. "Even though she was my very close friend, I do think that ultimately it is the responsibility of the person in the relationship to set those boundaries."
That doesn't mean Ariana can imagine a world where she and the former beauty queen would ever be friends again, either.
"I don't, I really don't," she confessed. "I just don't trust that person. You hear my ex on the show last night saying, 'I know it's hard for Ariana to trust people,' and it has been over many years. It took me a long time to get to a point where I did trust new friends. So, I think once that trust is broken, I don't see going back."
Bravo fans aren't the only ones happy to see Ariana move on following the messy breakup. Her VPR co-stars Scheana Shay and Lala Kent recently gave Daniel their stamp of approval.
"The way that I witnessed him treat her, I've honestly—not even in the beginning of her relationship with Tom—ever seen her light up the way she does when he gets around her, when she talks about him," Scheana exclusively told E! News earlier this month. "It's been really, really amazing to just see her so happy."
Lala echoed, "To see her with this new guy, where she just seems light and excited about life, it's inspiring."
Keep reading to see Ariana and Daniel's cutest pics.
Vanderpump Rules' three-part reunion kicks off Wednesday, May 24, at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
Ariana and Daniel make their first public appearance as a couple at a Coachella 2023 party in April 2023 where they were spotted making out after her breakup from Tom Sandoval.
The reality star cozies up to her man during Frank Ocean's Coachella concert.
Ariana meets up with the NYC-based fitness coach and some friends.
Ariana flashes a giant smile during a night out in the Big Apple.
The lovebirds enjoy a date in NYC's Central Park in May 2023.
Ariana and Daniel get all dolled up for a night on the town in NYC.
The duo parties with pals in the Big Apple after Ariana attended NBCU's 2023 Upfronts on May 15.
Following Vanderpump Rules' shocking season 10 reunion, Ariana proved she and Daniel are still going strong by jetting off to NYC for the The Governors Ball Music Festival in June 2023.
The lovebirds had a blast and shared videos while watching performances by Lil Nas X, Kendrick Lamar, Sofi Tukker and more.
Ariana and Daniel celebrated Independence Day 2023 partying with pal at Santa Monica hot-spot Elephante.
(E!, Bravo and TODAY are all part of the NBCUniversal family)
Peacock is live now! Check out NBCU's streaming service here.veryGood! (94)
Related
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- Nigerians protest mysterious death of Afrobeat star as police exhumes body for autopsy
- What's up with the internet's obsession over the Roman Empire? The TikTok trend explained
- Man dies after swarm of bees attacks him on porch of his own home
- Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
- 2 Black TikTok workers claim discrimination: Both were fired after complaining to HR
- Baby, one more time! Britney Spears' 'Crossroads' movie returns to theaters in October
- Suspect suffers life-threatening injuries in ‘gunfight’ with Missouri officers
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Nicki Minaj’s Husband Kenneth Petty Ordered to Serve House Arrest After Threatening Offset
Ranking
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Florida agriculture losses between $78M and $371M from Hurricane Idalia, preliminary estimate says
- Bears GM doesn't see QB Justin Fields as a 'finger pointer' after controversial remarks
- Talking Heads reflect on 'Stop Making Sense,' say David Byrne 'wasn't so tyrannical'
- Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
- Novels from US, UK, Canada and Ireland are finalists for the Booker Prize for fiction
- The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say
- 2 teens face murder charges for fatal Las Vegas hit-and-run captured on video, authorities say
Recommendation
Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie return for an 'Encore,' reminisce about 'The Simple Life'
Body cam shows aftermath of band leader's arrest after being shocked by police
When is the next Powerball drawing? No winners, jackpot rises over $700 million
Is Lionel Messi injured or just fatigued? The latest news on Inter Miami's star
The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
Free covid tests by mail are back, starting Monday
Tim McGraw's Birthday Tribute to Best Friend Faith Hill Will Warm Your Heart
A British ex-soldier pleads not guilty to escaping from a London prison