From ELLE
Zayn Malik is celebrating his 28th birthday today, and his girlfriend Gigi Hadid marked the occasion by paying tribute to him on Instagram – and giving his daughter a rare look at their relationship and life as new parents. Hadid posted a gallery of two photos, featuring a photo never seen before of her and Malik, as well as an illustration of him and his daughter.
“Sleepless team!” Hadid wrote to him. “The happiest birthday for our Zaddy baba. So special. I love you for a long time, thank you for making me mommy for the best girl ever ☺️ I wish you the best every day.”
Hadid and Malik purposely kept their relationship more private this time. The couple has been connected since November 2015. But Hadid gave more glimpses here and there of his quiet life with Malik. Most recently, she shared a backward image of them kissing in their Instagram story in December, taken in April 2020:
Hadid also opened up a little about their relationship during an Instagram Live with her makeup artist Erin Parsons in May. She discussed how Malik would react to her when she saw the makeup she had just done during the IG Live tutorial.
“My man is going to be like this,” Hadid put his hands together and smiled. “You know what’s so funny, I don’t think he likes it, obviously, when I get home from work, it can be like, ‘Oh, that’s a look from Erin’ or ‘This is like Patrick [Ta] look, ‘or whatever, but he really loves, like, he – how can I say that? He reacts more excitedly when Erin does my makeup without knowing it. He’s going to be like, ‘Wow, you look amazing.’ “
In late September, days after her daughter’s arrival, a source spoke to E! about how parenting changed the way Malik looked at his relationship with Hadid.
“Zayn was very touched when their daughter was born,” said the source. “It was a special and exciting moment for him. He expressed that he is forever changed and would never disappoint her or Gigi. He wants to be the best possible father and is very excited.” That source added that, despite their intermittent history, Hadid and Malik were “in the best place now” after their daughter’s arrival.
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