Ariana Madix Boyfriend Daniel Wai Marks 3 Years Together
Ariana Madix boyfriend Daniel Wai has been in her life since early 2023, after they met at a mutual friend’s wedding. The relationship has outlasted the immediate fallout from her split with Tom Sandoval and has stayed visible through work stops in New York, Los Angeles, and beyond.
Early 2023 to May 2023
Early 2023 is when Madix and Wai started dating, and the timing mattered because she had just left a nine-year relationship with Sandoval. By May 2023, they were already being spotted sharing PDA at Coachella, while a source described Wai as someone who treats her well and said they were having fun.
May 2023 also established Wai as more than a date on the arm. He is a personal trainer based in New York City, has spent over 10 years in the fitness industry, and said in a 2024 TikTok that in 15 years of training he had helped over 200 different clients achieve their goals.
December 2023 to January 2024
December 2023 brought a visible show of support after Madix’s Dancing With the Stars run, where she finished third on Season 32 with Pasha Pashkov. Wai posted, “This is an appreciation post,” and called her “so amazing and to me you are the champ, the people’s champ.”
January 2024 added another public stop when Wai brought Madix a bouquet for her Broadway debut in Chicago. That kind of appearance says less about publicity than consistency: the relationship kept moving across her TV, stage, and event calendar instead of staying private and off the record.
March 2025 and May 2026
March 2025 marked their official red carpet debut as a couple at the iHeart Radio Music Awards. By May 2026, they were together again at a Vulture event celebrating reality TV’s most influential stars, which fits a pattern of increasingly public appearances rather than a one-off photo op.
Los Angeles and New York City now define the logistics as much as the relationship itself, with Madix still based in Los Angeles while Wai spends time in New York City. For readers tracking the pair, the useful takeaway is simple: this is a long-distance couple that has turned private dating into repeated public proof over more than three years, not a headline that faded after Coachella.
