Gigi Hadid celebrated two important dads in her life this Father’s Day.
On June 19, the model posted two Father’s Day tributes on her Instagram Stories. In the first post, Hadid shared a photo with her dad, Mohamed Hadid, with the message, “Happy Father’s Day to my sweet baba. I love you!’
The second Insta Story, however, was dedicated to “Khai’s baba.” Hadid shared a photo of her ex, Zayn Malik, and their 21-month-old daughter, Khai, enjoying some father-daughter coloring time. Hadid and Malik dated on and off for about five years, splitting just over a year after welcoming their daughter on September 23, 2020. Malik has been largely absent from Hadid’s social media posts following an incident between Malik and Hadid’s mother, Yolanda Hadid, that reportedly led to their split in October 2021.
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Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik have opted to keep their daughter’s face off social media to preserve her privacy, and have asked the paparazzi to respect those wishes. “We have never intentionally shared our daughters [sic] face on social media,” Hadid wrote in an Instagram Story back in July 2021. “Our wish is that she can choose how to share herself with the world when she comes of age, and that she can live as normal of a childhood as possible, without worrying about a public image that she has not chosen.”
She continued, “It would mean the world to us, as we take our daughter to see and explore NYC, and the world, if you would PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE blur her face out of the images, and if and when she is caught on camera, I know it’s an extra effort, but as a new mom, I just want the best for my baby, as all parents do… and I hope this can continue the conversation to protect minors in the media, even if they come from a public family.”
