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After years of watching her bazillionaire ex-husband Donald Trump buy and sell just about everything on the planet, Marla Maples has finally made her own valuable acquisition — former Bachelor star Andy Baldwin!
The camera-friendly pair recently confirmed they’re dating and OK! caught up with Marla— who will soon appear on the CBS reality show Secret Talents of the Stars — at Monday’s Dancing With the Stars, where she sat in the audience with her new man.
“There’s so much happiness in my personal life,” Marla gushed to OK! “Andrew is awesome. He’s a great human being. We both love sports; we both love giving back. We’re having a great time.”
Marla, 44, who has a 14-year-old daughter, Tiffany, from her marriage to Trump, said both she and Andy, 31, enjoy doing charity work. In fact, the two met while both were participating in a bike ride benefiting Best Buddies. “Tiffany and I were biking 15 miles and he was biking like a hundred miles,” she laughed.
“We try to lift and inspire each other,” Marla said about her relationship with Andy, who is a medical doctor and an officer in the U.S. Navy. “He was just on a mission in Pulau and while he was there he worked with the government to help bring athletic gear and tennis shoes to the children in Pulau.”
Marla also told OK! Andy shows he’s a true officer and a gentleman in smaller ways as well. “We were ice skating together over the holidays and if anyone fell, he’d be the first one to go to try to help them up. So that’s in his nature — ‘let me try to help you!’ To me, that’s an aspect of a person that’s worth taking a second look at.”
They’ve also bonded over their experiences with fame. “I’ve tried to share with him how hard I know it is being in the public eye,” said Marla, who will perform aerial gymnastics on Secret Talents of the Stars in the episode airing April 29. She thinks their romance will thrive “as long as you keep communication open and don’t have any expectations.”
By Carole Glines
He was touted as an officer and a gentleman on the 10th season of The Bachelor, but naval officer Andy Baldwin is also a committed triathlete. The 30-year-old, who proposed to social worker Tessa Horst in May only to break up a month later, has just participated in his fifth Ironman World Championships, which will be broadcast on Saturday on NBC at 4:30 p.m. OK! caught up with the hunk to get the lowdown on his grueling race and his take on love post-Bachelor.
Did you have any family, friends, loved ones cheering you on during the race?
Yes, some of my friends came over from Oahu to cheer me on.
How did you prepare for the triathlon?
I averaged about 30 hours of training per week, mostly on the weekends. And I did 100-plus mile bike rides around the island of Oahu and 20-plus mile runs. Long swims in the ocean. Lots of yoga.
Why did you want to compete in the Ironman?
I wanted to compete for the physical and mental challenge, the love of the sport, the people and being chosen to race for and represent the Navy on their All-Ironman team. This was my fifth time competing Ironman World Championships and the eighth Ironman I’ve completed.
How did your military background play into your training?
The Navy has instilled in me a sense of discipline and a devotion to commitment, honor and courage. It has helped me make it through medical school, dive school and, definitely, Ironman.
You’re clearly a competitive guy. Aside from a reality show and these sorts of competitions, does this quality come out in your daily life?
Actually, in daily life I think most people would consider me a laid-back kind of guy, who has the ability to be very focused and serious when he needs to be.
What do you think about the latest Bachelor’s decision to not pick either of the two final women?
The most shocking rose ceremony EVER.
What do you now look for in a girl after being on the Bachelor?
I will stand by the Ironman motto: anything is possible.
Watch Andy take on the grueling Ironman in all his shirtless glory this Saturday at 4:30pm ET on NBC.
