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The 26-year-old supermodel appeared on the cover ofInStyle’s March issueand raved to the magazine about her first child,daughter Khai— whom she welcomed in September 2020 with exZayn Malik.
“I still can’t believe it. It’s wild,” she adds of being a mom. “A lot of my mom friends feel like that, and we’re nearing the first couple years [with our kids]. You’re obsessed with them, but sometimes you turn and you’re like, ‘Oh my God. Where did you come from?’ "
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The model admits she’s still “trying to learn” about motherhood, joking that she and her mom friends “only talk about babies and sleeping and what bottles don’t leak.”
“I do have a secret TikTok, which I don’t post on, and I don’t follow anyone I know on it. I’m a lurker, but it’s for, like, mom videos and kids' lunch videos,” she says.
Though she’s soaking in every moment with Khai while she’s little, Hadid tells the magazine that she’s looking forward to the mother-daughter experiences they can share in the future.
“I’m really excited to take Khai skiing one day, because I learned to ski when I was, like, 2,” she says. “We’re getting close.”
Unlike passing on her skiing skills, Hadid — who began her modeling career as a child — has no plans for her daughter following her footsteps in the modeling industry anytime soon, if at all.
“Yeah. No. You know, she’s going to do what she wants to do. She could be an astronaut. I don’t know,” she tellsInStyle.
“Our girl joined us earth-side this weekend and she’s already changed our world. So in love🥺💕,” Hadid wrote at the time alongside a black and white image featuring Malik and their daughter holding hands.
After celebrating Khai’s first birthday,multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLEin October that the new parents ended their romantic relationship following analtercationthat took place between Malik and Hadid’s mom,Yolanda.
“They are not together right now. They are both good parents though,” said a Hadid family friend. “They co-parent.”
“Yolanda is very upset with Zayn, but Gigi has made it clear that her daughter needs her dad,” a source close to the model told PEOPLE. “Gigi will do everything she can to make sure they co-parent in a civil way.”
source: people.com
