Zayn Malik Explains Why He Doesn’t Believe He Was Ever ‘In Love’ With Gigi Hadid

Zayn Malik is getting candid. The singer joined Alex Cooper for the Feb. 11 episode of “Call Her Daddy,” in which he confirmed his previous interview comments that he’s never been in love. “Yeah. Because my understanding of love is always developing, you know. At that moment in time — I might have thought it was love, but as I’ve got older, I’ve realized maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was lust. Maybe it was this, maybe it was that — I don’t feel like it was love,” he began. The former One Direction star then clarified what his feelings are for Gigi Hadid, his ex-girlfriend whom he dated on-and-off for six years and the mother of his daughter, Khai. “And to be fair, like, just to say this on record, I will always love G because she’s the reason my child is on this earth. And I have the utmost respect for her. I will always love her, but don’t know if I was ever in love with her.” He went on to explain why he thinks he wasn’t in love with Hadid, saying, “Otherwise I would have been a better version of myself.”