Zayn Malik is clarifying his previous comments about his relationship with Gigi Hadid.
Zayn, who shares daughter Khai with Gigi, left fans confused in 2024 when he said he had “never” been in love.
The Pillow talk hitmaker opened up about his feelings towards Gigi during his televised appearance Call her daddy podcast.
“I will always love Gigi because she is the reason my child is on this earth, and I have the utmost respect for her,” Zayn, 33, said in the episode released on Wednesday, February 11. “I will always love her. I don’t know if I’ve ever been in love with her.”
“I have so much respect for this woman, and I really love her crazy amount. But I don’t think I was in love with her at that moment,” he continued. “Otherwise I would have been a better version of myself.”
“My understanding of love is constantly evolving. At the time I may have thought it was love,” he told host Alex Cooper. “As I got older, I realized maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was lust, maybe it was this, maybe it was that. I don’t feel like it was love.”
Zayn Malik and Gig Hadid dated from 2015 to 2021. They welcomed Khai in 2020.
