How Gigi Hadid supported ex Zayn Malik after Liam Payne’s death
Gigi Hadid “offered her support” to ex-boyfriend Zayn Malik after the passing of his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne.
“Gigi reached out to Zayn to offer her condolences after Liam’s passing,” a source exclusively tells Page Six.
Our insider explains that the model “was there to listen and offered her support if Zayn needed anything at all or just wanted to talk.”
Reps for Hadid and Malik didn’t immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
Zayn Malik, pictured Wednesday at Liam Payne’s funeral in the UK, leaned on ex Gigi Hadid after his former bandmate’s tragic passing.
Hadid “offered her support” to Malik following Payne’s passing, a source exclusively tells Page Six.WireImage
The model “was there to listen” if Malik, seen here looking stoic as his friend was laid to rest, “wanted to talk.”W8Media / MEGA
Payne died on Oct. 16 after falling three stories from his room at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The UK-born singer-songwriter’s former One Direction bandmates were amongst the mourners at his funeral Wednesday in England’s Home Counties.
Malik was joined by Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson for the first time in nearly nine years as they paid their respects to the late singer.
Liam Payne died on Oct. 16 after falling from a third floor balcony at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Getty Images
The UK-born singer-songwriter was laid to rest on Wednesday in his hometown in England.Getty Images
Malik was joined by ex-One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.AFP via Getty Images
One Direction broke up in 2016, one year after Malik left the band.Getty Images
Our source tells Page Six that “Gigi and Zayn have had their ups and downs over the years but they’ve come a long way and are on much better terms.”
“Their main focus is on coparenting Khai and they have been able to get along well.”
Hadid and Malik “spend time together with their daughter including her fourth birthday this past September.”
Hadid and Malik dated on and off for six years starting in 2015, and later welcomed their daughter, Khai, in September 2020.
Our source tells Page Six that Malik and Hadid, who split in late 2021 and share daughter Khai, “Have had their ups and downs over the years but they’ve come a long way and are on much better terms.”gigihadid/Instagram
Our source says that Hadid and Malik’s “main focus is on coparenting Khai and they have been able to get along well.”Instagram/gigihadid
Hadid and Malik “spend time together with their daughter, including her 4th birthday this past September.”
The former couple called it quits for good one year later and focused on maintaining an amicable coparenting relationship.
“Gigi and Zayn realize that they’re both going to be in each other’s lives and they’re both very mature,” the insider says.
“They just want what’s best for their daughter and they’re able to put any differences aside that they’ve had in the past and come together on the same page.”
