‘He’s like a son to me’: Yolanda Hadid gushes over daughter Gigi Hadid’s boyfriend Zayn Malik

Catwalk model in her own right Hadid reveals all about the pair
Supermodel duo: Yolanda Hadid with daughter Gigi
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Safeeyah Kazi8 February 2018
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Yolanda Hadid has gushed over daughter Gigi Hadid’s boyfriend Zayn Malik, revealing that he is “like a son to me”.

Speaking ahead of the UK premiere of her new show, Making a Model, the mother of supermodels Gigi and Bella said that she “gets along great” with the British singer.

She said: “When you raise your children, I hope I instilled the best in them to make the right choices and turn to me and say "I love this man" then I'm going to love them too.

“This is their journey and I'm just here to support both of them as long as they make each other happy, working through things then I'm happy.”

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik - US Vogue cover

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The 54-year-old TV personality described the pop sensation as a “Beautiful human being”.

She said: “He's a beautiful human being from Bradford, England. He's from the same background that I'm from, him and I get along great and he's like a son to me. It's all good.

“He has no family here and he's so far away so I understand that life because I lived that life. I think that I'm just a momma to him.”

When quizzed about possible wedding bells for the superstar duo Hadid said: “We'll see, I truly believe they're all on their own journey. It's not in my hands anymore so I'm just sitting back and letting it all unfold.”

Happy: Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid
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At the start of her career, Hadid signed to Ford Models and went on to walk catwalk across the globe including Paris, Milan and New York.

The Danish star is now set to start an eight-part series which follows young hopeful models and their mothers as they travel to New York to try their hand at becoming supermodels.

“The show is really about the love for a dream, every 13, 16, 17-year-old wants to be a model but they don’t really understand what it takes to become a model and to actually live in that life.”

Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid airs exclusively on Lifetime on Thursdays from 8th February at 9pm

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