Ariana Madix. Ralph Bavaro/BRAVO
Ariana Madix couldn’t be happier courting Daniel Wai after coping with the fallout from ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair.
“Ariana is having a good time with Daniel. When issues initially unfolded with Tom and Raquel, she by no means imagined she would wish to leap into one other relationship as quickly as she did,” a supply solely tells Us Weekly, including that it’s “refreshing” for Madix, 37, to be in a relationship with “somebody who treats her with a lot respect and compassion.”
The Florida native — who was first linked to Wai, 37, after they have been noticed collectively at Coachella in April – seems like her new beau is “the overall bundle” and “couldn’t assist however fall for him” after her break up from Sandoval, 40. (The twosome have been collectively for nearly a decade however known as it quits when Madix discovered in regards to the TomTom cofounder’s infidelity.)
Madix and Wai have been noticed collectively a number of occasions — having fun with nights out in Manhattan and packing on the PDA throughout dinner dates. Final weekend, the lovebirds attended a New York Metropolis music pageant. The health coach revealed on the time that he had deliberate it as an early birthday shock for the Pump Guidelines star, who turns 38 on June 24.
“She thought she was coming right here for a dinner, however obtained stunned by [friend Brad Kearns] on the airplane,” Wai wrote through Instagram on Sunday, June 11, sharing a photograph of himself hugging Madix as Kendrick Lamar carried out within the background. The Fancy AF Cocktails coauthor, for her half, reposted the picture and shared a number of snaps and movies from the occasion through her Instagram Story.
Final month, Madix opened up about her budding romance with the train guru throughout a Might interview on At the moment.
“I met him at a marriage about 10 days in any case of this. And on no account, form or type did I’m going into that considering something,” she defined on the time. “I’ve simply been taking issues very, very gradual and actually having fun with myself. And it’s simply actually pretty to work together with somebody who’s simply so good and sort and wonderful and caring.”
The One thing About Her cofounder additionally gushed about Wai throughout a latest look on Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen, telling the 54-year-old Bravo exec: “I’ll simply say that I’m very completely satisfied and really happy.”
In April, castmate Lala Kent praised Madix for her willingness to open herself again as much as love regardless of the Scandoval drama. “She’s like, ‘Heartbreak, what? Like, I’m stable. I’m banging a fine-looking man,’” Kent, 32, stated throughout an April episode of her “Give Them Lala” podcast. “She’s taking a look at [everything] like, ‘Have a look at my life. I’m completely satisfied.’ She stated [to me], ‘Wow, I don’t have anxiousness anymore. That is unusual.’”
Whereas Madix continues to search out her happiness with Wai, she can be thriving in her skilled life, gearing as much as open her West Hollywood eatery, One thing About Her, with Katie Maloney within the coming months.
“We have been hoping by, like, finish of Might, however you understand, within the nature of these items and beginning a restaurant, there’s all the time gonna be issues [that delay the process],” Maloney, 36, stated in an look on the “So Dangerous It’s Good With Ryan Bailey” podcast earlier this month, including that the restaurant is “gonna be open this summer season. … We’re actually excited.”
Whereas individuals should approach a bit of longer to seize a sandwich on the duo’s store, former Pump Guidelines star Stassi Schroeder just lately gave followers of the Bravo hit a glimpse into the Parisian-style eatery, which options mild blue partitions and a number of work.
“Oh, wow,” Schroeder, 34, marveled through her Instagram Story on Monday, June 12, exhibiting off the blue sky blue partitions, customized wall decor and bench-style seating space.
