• “Vanderpump Guidelines” star Ariana Madix and her new boyfriend, Daniel Wai, look like getting extra critical.
• Madix was catapulted to the highlight after her ex, Tom Sandoval, cheated on her with their buddy Raquel Leviss.
• Wai is a health coach and influencer who’s been showering Madix with public shows of affection.

Ariana Madix has at all times been a fan-favorite amongst “Vanderpump Guidelines” viewers, however the actuality star was catapulted right into a wider highlight when her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval’s months-long affair with their buddy Raquel Leviss grew to become nationwide information.

The connection drama, dubbed Scandoval, started unfolding in early March when TMZ first reported that Madix had dumped Sandoval after discovering he was dishonest on her. Within the months since, Madix has been flooded with public assist, model offers, merch gross sales, and a brand-new boyfriend.

This is all the things we learn about Madix’s new relationship with Daniel Wai.

Who’s Daniel Wai?

In keeping with his LinkedIn profile, Wai attended Virginia Tech and majored in laptop science, with a secondary diploma in enterprise and a minor in arithmetic. He graduated in 2005.

He labored for a number of consulting corporations earlier than deciding to take the Nationwide Academy of Sports activities Drugs (NASM) check to change into an authorized private coach and work as a coach full-time.

On his coaching web site, he stated his want to give attention to bodily health had been with him since he was 13.

“As a typical teenager, I used to be insecure with my measurement and power and determined to include train and bodily health into my life, and it has been a big a part of my life ever since,” he stated. 

Along with coaching shoppers, Wai can be a health influencer. Wai posts health content material, together with his exercises and meal prep, and advertises his providers on his Instagram account @thestrongwai, the place he has over 56,000 followers.

Madix and her new boyfriend have been first linked in April once they attended Coachella collectively

Madix and Wai have been seen wanting cozy collectively whereas attending the primary weekend of Coachella an annual occasion that Madix has attended for years. The 2 went to the music pageant with a bigger group of their mutual mates, together with Madix’s “Vanderpump Guidelines” costar and BFF Scheana Shay, Shay’s husband Brock Davies, “Vanderpump” alum Dayna Kathan, and others.

Individuals reported that Wai and Madix have been seen “kissing and holding fingers” throughout Coachella.

Wai shared a video montage of the group’s Coachella adventures on April 18, together with a number of photographs that hinted at his romance with Madix. Notable amongst them was an image of the 2 showing to carry fingers whereas getting IV infusions and a photograph of the 2 sporting matching sneakers with Madix on her tip-toes.

Madix and Wai have been additionally photographed kissing when she dropped him off at LAX post-Coachella, in line with footage obtained by TMZ.

A supply informed Individuals on the time that the connection wasn’t critical. “Ariana simply received out of a protracted relationship and is not leaping into something critical,” the supply stated. “What you are seeing is a lady who’s single and having enjoyable.”

Wai celebrated his birthday with Madix in early Might

Issues seem to have gotten rather more critical.

Within the months since their romance started, Madix and Wai have been having fun with a bi-coastal romance. Madix is predicated in Los Angeles however has often traveled to New York Metropolis for press commitments and to spend time with Wai, in line with the pair’s Instagram exercise.

Wai posted one other Instagram montage on Might 5, shouting out Madix and thanking her for his birthday festivities in New York. The 2 attended a birthday dinner with mates and went to a New York Yankees recreation collectively.

That month, a supply informed Those who Madix has “been telling individuals in her circle that she’s falling in love” with Wai.

“It is occurring sooner than she thought, however he treats her properly, they’re having enjoyable, and he or she’s comfortable to be transferring on to this subsequent chapter with such an unimaginable man,” the supply informed Individuals.

Madix stated she and Wai met ‘about ten days’ after Scandoval broke

Madix addressed her new relationship in a number of interviews throughout her current “Vanderpump Guidelines” press tour. 

“I met Daniel at a marriage about ten days in any case of this. Two of my oldest and dearest mates that I met, like, 20 years in the past virtually, received married,” she stated in a Might interview with At the moment.com.

“, I am having fun with myself, and I’d say I am very comfortable proper now,” Madix informed Hoda Kotb throughout her Might 18 “At the moment” present look. She additionally informed Kotb that Wai’s character was his greatest characteristic and that “it is simply actually pretty to work together with somebody who’s so good and type and caring.”

Throughout her “Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen” look the night time of the “Vanderpump Guidelines” season 10 finale on Might 17, Madix performed coy when Cohen requested about her new relationship: “I am going to simply say that I’m very comfortable and really happy.”

Madix and Wai aren’t shy about PDA on social media

The brand new couple hasn’t formally labeled their relationship, however they repeatedly touch upon each other’s Instagram posts. Madix, specifically, has commented on a number of of Wai’s exercise movies, dropping an eyes emoji on a video of Wai finishing a grueling quad exercise and writing “leg day” within the feedback on a photograph of Wai climbing ruins on his current journey to Mexico.

On June 11, Wai posted about shocking Madix with a number of of their mates becoming a member of them in New York Metropolis to attend the Governors Ball music pageant.

“She thought she was coming right here for a dinner,” Wai captioned the put up. Wai’s Instagram story exhibits video clips from Madix’s early birthday dinner forward of her June 24 birthday.