Go ahead! Ariana Madix offered to look into her passionate connection with Daniel Wai after her break with Tom Sandoval.
After nearly a decade of dating Us weekly confirmed in March 2023 that Madix and Sandoval had broken up due to his affair with their Vanderpump Rules partner Raquel Lewis. The TomTom co-owner later issued a public apology to Madix after initially responding only to the backlash his Los Angeles business received as a result of the fallout.
“I want to first of all apologize to everyone I offended in this process. Most of all I want to apologize to Ariana,” he wrote on Instagram the same month. “I made mistakes, I was selfish and made reckless decisions that hurt the one I love. No one deserves to feel this pain in such a traumatic and public way. I can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel terrible about this. My biggest regret is that I embarrassed Ariana. I never wanted to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends.”
Madix, for her part, took a short break from social media before publicly thanking the people who supported her.
“Hi. where do I start? I want to express my most sincere gratitude for the outpouring of love and support that I have received from friends, family and people whom I have never even met in the past two weeks,” she captioned an Instagram post in March 2023. “When I felt like I couldn’t even stand, you all gave me the strength to carry on and saw me through my darkest hours. To say that I was devastated and broken is an understatement. however, I know that I not alone in this.”
The Florida native continued: “Many of my closest friends are now also mourning this loss and recovering from this betrayal on many levels. I’m so damn lucky to have the best support system in the world and I hope I can repay every single person for the love you’ve shown me. What doesn’t kill me, you better run. with love, Ariana.”
A month later, Madix visited Coachella with a group of friends that included Vai. The couple sparked romance rumors after they posted several pictures of them holding hands and kissing at a music festival.
Exclusively reported by a source Us at a time when Madix and the personal trainer were “just having fun” during the outing. “Ariana is not ready to make any major commitments right now as she is still recovering from a relationship that just ended with Tom,” the insider explained, noting that the Bravo star is “not looking” for commitments after , as she announced a break with Sandoval. “Part of her recovery process was to have a good time at Coachella, and that’s exactly what she did.”
Sandoval, for his part, wished the ex-girlfriend good luck in her romantic life. “Yes, I love it,” he told TMZ in April 2023. Yes, I do (I want her to find love again). I really do.”
As Madix continued to spend time with Vai, the fitness trainer received endorsements from several of her past and present. Vanderpump Rules colleagues, including Sheana Shay, Kristen Doat And Lala Kent.
“She’s like, ‘Heartbreak, what? Like, I’m solid. I’m fucking a handsome man,” Kent said on her Give ‘Em Lalu podcast in April 2023. “She looks (at everything) like this: “Look at my life. I’m happy.’ She said (to me), “Wow, I don’t have anxiety anymore. This is weird.'”
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