Ariana Madix didn’t give up on love following her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval’s infamous cheating scandal with their former co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. Shortly after she and Tom split, Ariana began dating her current boyfriend, Daniel Wai. Keep reading to learn more about their romance!
When Did Ariana Madix and Daniel Wai Start Dating?
The couple were first spotted together in April 2023 at the Coachella Valley Music Festival. Ariana shared a few photos of the two of them together to social media, which sparked fans’ interest in her new beau since she had just split from Tom.
What Happened Between Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix?
Tom’s cheating scandal that is now known as “Scandoval” surfaced in March 2023 after the Buying Back My Daughter actress discovered a screen recording of Raquel on Tom’s phone. The video confirmed that Raquel and Tom were having an affair, which was later revealed to have begun in August 2022. Ariana and Tom’s messy breakup unraveled during the season 10 finale, marking the end of their nine-year relationship.
Ariana and Daniel reportedly first met at a mutual friend’s wedding before they were seen getting close at Coachella.
Is Daniel Wai on ‘Vanderpump Rules’?
The cast of VPR reunited over the summer of 2023 to film season 11, except for Rachel. It’s not clear whether Daniel will be featured on the upcoming season.
However, multiple outlets reported that Daniel was seen accompanying his girlfriend and the other cast members on a trip to San Francisco while cameras recorded the outing.
What Is Daniel Wai’s Job?
Daniel works as a personal trainer and fitness coach, according to his business’s website. He lives in New York City and owns a business named DW Fitness on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
After graduating from college as a computer science and business, Daniel worked as a consultant to several Fortune 500 companies. However, he realized that consulting wasn’t his passion, and so he worked multiple jobs in New York while pursuing his dreams.
“For an entire year, I balanced both my consulting job and a part time job as a trainer, training clients in the morning, working 9 to 5 and then training clients at night,” Daniel wrote in his website’s bio. “Although I was proud of the work I was producing from my consulting job, it was neither fulfilling nor inspiring. However, the few hours daily I was spending with my clients that I was training changed my entire outlook on life.”
