Make no mistake: these are the best days of Ariana Madix’s life.
The Vanderpump Rules alum walked the red carpet at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards alongside boyfriend Daniel Wai, whom she suggested might just be “the one.”
“I think so,” Ariana told E! News’ Francesca Amiker exclusively at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles March 17. “I think when you know, you know, and I think very early on I was just like, ‘There’s something different about this guy.’ He continues to show up for me, like, consistently.” (For more from the iHeartRadio Music Awards, tune in to E! News March 18 at 11 p.m.)
The reality star made her romance with the fitness coach public in April 2023, shortly after ending her nine-year relationship with Tom Sandoval in the wake of his months-long affair with their then-costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. And with the chaos of the cheating scandal behind her, Ariana, 39, is grateful for her current partnership.
“He’s everything I’ve ever wanted without even knowing that that’s what I wanted,” she said of Daniel, 41. “Like, he’ll say something and I’m like, ‘How did you even know that that’s what I was thinking?’ And I like it. It’s lovely.”
As for future plans, the Love Island host played coy, teasing that she only thinks about wedding bells “sometimes.”
Ariana previously expressed her gratitude for her boyfriend when she shared a sweet birthday tribute in his honor last May, even giving him a shoutout for his impressive culinary skills.
“Happy birthday to the most handsome man I know,” she wrote on Instagram at the time, “who always lets me have the first and last bite.”
Keep scrolling to see all the stars who walked the red carpet at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards…
Kelsea Ballerini
In Alexandre Vauthier.
Mariah Carey
FINNEAS & Billie Eilish
Doechii
JoJo Siwa
In Versace.
Bad Bunny
Gracie Abrams
In Khaite.
GloRilla
In Valdrin Sahiti.
Becky G
In The New Arrivals RE25.
Jenny McCarthy
In Genny.
Nikki Glaser
In Stella McCartney.
Benson Boone
Tori Spelling
Ashanti & Nelly
Ashanti in Balmain.
Victoria Monét
Brandi Cyrus
In Dolce & Gabbana.
Cheryl Burke
LL Cool J
Chanel West Coast
Madison Beer
Hair styled using OGX products.
Offset
AJ McLean
Daniel Wai & Ariana Madix
Ariana in Miraco jewelry.
Janet Caperna & Brittany Cartwright
James Charles
Joel McHale
Robin Thicke
Muni Long
Linkin Park’s Emily Armstrong, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda & Colin Brittain
Tori Kelly
