Gigi Hadid stepped out for the Met Gala tonight, this time without her partner Zayn Malik. Hadid wore white column gown with a thigh-high leg slit in the back and leather
gloves. She had her hair styled into a high ponytail; its color tonight is redder than it has ever been.
Malik and Hadid last attended the Met Gala together five years ago in 2016. They've been on-off since but welcomed their daughter Khai together last September.
Hadid spoke to Harper's Bazaarthis summer about Malik's relationship with her family. “At first he was like, ‘How do I get a word in edgewise?’” she started. “But now he is very comfortable. He speaks his mind. When he’s in the middle of a family thing and everyone’s like, ‘Zayn, whose side are you on?’ he’s charming. He’s usually on my mom's side, so he's smart in that sense.”
Hadid doesn't post often about Malik on her Instagram, but in June, she did give him a glowing tribute for Father's Day and a very public I love you.
“Our Khai is so lucky to have a baba who loves her so much & does anything to see her smile !!” Hadid wrote. “@zayn Happy first Father’s Day .. I’m so grateful for all the lil bits of her that are you ☺️ We love you so much.”
Malik, meanwhile, spoke about Hadid, Khai, and his first months of parenthood in March.
Fatherhood, "honestly, it's amazing," Malik started, via E!. "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.' 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." He added that his girlfriend is an incredible parent too: "She's good. She's a wicked mom. Obviously, she's really a big help with everything, and she's doing well."