“I should have Pasha give Daniel tango lessons,” the ‘Vanderpump Rules’ star says of the two men in her life
Ariana Madix is ready to double her paso doble.
Four weeks into her work Dancing with the starsthe Bravo star became a favorite who was consistently among the top scorers thanks to his team with professional partner Pasha Pashkov.
Summing up her take on ABC’s dance competition each week, Vanderpump Rules star, 38, tells PEOPLE exclusively, “I’ve always been very hardworking, so I enjoy being put to work.”
However, luckily for Madix, work could very easily turn into play if Paskov’s wife Daniella Karagach (another DWTS pro who was paired with fellow top scorer Jason Mraz in Season 32) and Madix’s new love Daniel Wai join the mix.
Ariana Madix recalls meeting new love Daniel Wai — at a wedding — 10 days after Tom Sandoval broke her heart
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Madix met Wai, a 37-year-old fitness influencer, in the spring less than two weeks after ending her nine-year relationship with VPR Costa Tom Sandoval when she discovered that bar co-owner TomTom, 41, had been having a months-long affair with their friend and co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, 29.
In the months after fans called Scandoval threw the whole Vanderpump thrown into disarray, Wai is a constant presence alongside Madix. He even joined Madix’s brother Jeremy and co-stars Scheana Shay and Brock Davies to cheer on his love as she declared in the season 32 premiere that “scandal doesn’t define me.” He was also in the ballroom in week two as she said she was “closing the book on the drama of my life”.
Ariana Madix celebrates her birthday with cake, champagne — and a menu prepared by New Love Daniel Wai
When asked if she could teach the fitness influencer a few moves now that she’s mastered everything from samba to contemporary, Madix told PEOPLE, “I’m sure he’d love to teach him some tango moves, but I just learned them.”
She continues: “I should have Pasha give Daniel tango lessons.” In fact, he adds, “We need a double date – Pasha and Dani, and me and Daniel.”
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And thanks to Madix’s recent partnership with Red Robin off the dance floor, she has an idea for how the foursome can refuel and shake things up after the dance.
Hamburger chain i Individual AF cocktails the author launched a new Burgertini on Tuesday, which Madix describes as “a cross between a classic dirty martini and a bit of a bloody mary.”
“I feel like it was the perfect combination of burger and cocktail,” she says of the vodka-based cocktail, which features crushed tomatoes, beef broth, pickle brine and Red Robin’s signature spice mix. And while she admits the thought of burger cocktails is “wild,” she teases, “I like to be a little bit wild. So this is how we ended up here.”
Ariana Madix prefers ‘quality over quantity’ when it comes to drinking: I don’t ‘hang out at the bar too much’
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For those who want to keep their burgers on a bun, Madix favors the OG beef patty, telling PEOPLE, “I’m a classic girl — load up on pickles, tomatoes, get that good buttered bun. I’m asking for more mustard anytime.”
The Bravo star notes that Red Robin has recently “upgraded their cooking methods, they’ve upgraded their ingredients,” then adds — in an apparent nod to her new man — “we’re all thriving here.”
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