Zayn Malik has admitted he does not believe he was “in love” with Gigi Hadid during their on-off relationship.<\/p>\n
The One Direction alum opened up about his past relationship with the model, with whom he shares his five-year-old daughter, Khai.<\/p>\n
During an appearance on Wednesday’s episode of Call Her Daddy, Zayn explained that while he and Gigi dated on-and-off for five years, he now questions whether his feelings at the time amounted to love.<\/p>\n
“To be fair, just to have this on the record, I will always love G, because she is the reason my child is on this Earth and I have the utmost respect for her,” he told host Alex Cooper. “I will always love her, but I don’t know if I was in love with her.”<\/p>\n
Zayn continued, “I do love her a crazy amount, but no, I don’t think I was in love with her at that point. Otherwise, I would have been a better version of myself.”<\/p>\n
The Pillowtalk singer, 33, explained that his understanding of love has evolved over time, suggesting that what he once believed to be love may have been something else.<\/p>\n
“My understanding of love is always developing,” he shared. “At that moment in time, I might have thought it was love, but as I got older, I realised maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was lust. Maybe it was this, maybe it was that. I don’t feel like it was love.”<\/p>\n
Zayn and Gigi began dating in late 2015 and, after several years of an on-off relationship, officially split in 2021. Gigi, 30, has been dating actor Bradley Cooper since 2023.<\/p>\n
The singer, who also previously dated Little Mix star Perrie Edwards, admitted that being single has been “freeing”.<\/p>\n
“No disrespect to all the past relationships I’ve been in,” he stated. “No disrespect at all, it was freeing. I am that type of person who runs on my own clock, answers to myself. So, it was so freeing to me. I could just do things, make plans. Sleep until any time I want.”<\/p>\n
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