Zayn Malik says parenting daughter with Gigi Hadid has been ‘amazing’

‘I just love spending my days with her, hanging out with her, and just doing really relaxing and chill stuff with her,’ singer says of his daughter

Zayn Malik has opened up about how “amazing” it has been parenting his and Gigi Hadid’s newborn daughter Khai since they welcomed their first child together in September.

The 28-year-old spoke candidly about the ease with which he and Hadid have embraced parenthood during an appearance on iHeartRadio’s Valentine in the Morning on Wednesday.

“Honestly, it’s amazing. A lot of people that I was speaking to, obviously, before she was born and stuff were like: ‘It’s a big adjustment, and it’s going to be a massive change and stuff,’” the singer said. “But honestly, she’s an amazing baby. It’s been really easy for me and Gig to kind of just ease into it.

“She kind of made it easy for us, she sleeps really well, she loves her milk. It’s just feeding and changing diapers at the moment. It’s wicked. I’m enjoying it, for sure.”

As for the changes becoming a father has had on his life, the former One Direction band member revealed that he didn’t expect to be“quite as into it” as he has found himself, explaining that, before Khai, he “was always into myself” and mostly focused on his career – but that he has since found himself happy to be spending quality time with his daughter.

“I didn’t expect to be quite as into it to be honest with you. I was always into myself just doing my own thing of just writing, recording, making music, and I was just very focused on my career,” he said. “I had time for my relationship too, but it was still solely about me. 

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“The fact that [Khai] has been so easy to, kind of, just adjust to, it’s been surprising to me because I just love spending my days with her, hanging out with her, and just doing really relaxing and chill stuff with her. I’m watching kids shows with her on TV and on Netflix, learning nursery rhymes, rolling around with her, and just singing to her. It’s a really different pace of life, but it’s been really easy to adjust and that’s the most surprising.”

During the conversation, the Dusk Till Dawn singer also praised Hadid’s skills as a mother, calling his longtime girlfriend a “wicked mom”.

“She’s good. She’s a wicked mom. Obviously, she’s really a big help with everything, and she’s doing well,” Malik said.

But, despite spending the last few months raising their daughter in Pennsylvania together, Malik said he and the supermodel are not necessarily ready to settle down, as they are both still focused on their careers.

Explaining that he hasn’t really “thought about settling down yet”, even though he and Hadid share a child together, Malik said the pair are “still thinking about work and things we want to do career-wise”. 

However, he did note that when they do eventually decide to settle down, it will be in a place similar to where the family has been quarantining in Pennsylvania, which he described as a “relaxed environment, where we can just chill out”.

Malik’s comments come after Hadid opened up about motherhood in an interview with Vogue in February, which accompanied a photoshoot she did for the magazine’s cover just 10 weeks after giving birth.

Speaking about the birthing experience, which occurred at her home surrounded by her family, the 25-year-old said: “I was an animal woman” and that Malik caught the infant.

“It didn’t even click that she was out,” she continued. “I was so exhausted, and I looked up and he’s holding her. It was so cute.”